Name: Malus domestica 'Pioneer Mac'
Brand: Pépinière.ca
Availability: OutOfStock

Malus domestica 'Pioneer Mac' is a hardy and reliable apple tree from the McIntosh lineage, highly valued for its crisp, tender, and juicy apples, balancing sweetness with a slight acidity, ideal for fresh consumption, compotes, pies, and homemade juice. Well-suited to Quebec's temperate climate, it offers abundant white spring blossoms that attract pollinators and enhance ornamental orchards. With a rounded and harmonious growth habit, this apple tree is easily grown in full sun in well-drained soil and integrates well into residential orchards and urban edible gardens. Although generally self-sterile, cross-pollination with other compatible apple trees optimizes yields. Easy to maintain, 'Pioneer Mac' combines productivity, hardiness, and popular fruit flavor to enrich summer and autumn harvests.

Latin name

Malus domestica Pioneer Mac

Common name

Apple Tree 'Pioneer Mac'

Type

Fruit tree

Family

Rosaceae

Growing conditions

Light, soil, water and hardiness

Hardiness zone

Zone 3–7

Exposure

Sun

Watering

Regular, space after establishment

Fertilization

Balanced spring salad

Soil type

Well drained, fertile

Minimum temperature

-34°C

Plant appearance

Blooming, foliage and shape

Blooming period

Spring

Flower color

White to pink

Fruiting

Tender, juicy, and crisp apples, sweet-tart, perfect for eating fresh, for applesauce, pies, and juice.

Foliage color

Green

Shape

Rounded

Garden structure

Size and growth

Height

4–6 m (13–20 ft)

Width

11–16 ft (3.5–5 m)

Growth rate

Moderate

Pets

Pollinators

Butterflies

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