Antoinette Apple (medium) Apple Antoinette is a rare in Australia cider variety from the Normandy area of northern France and is also grown in Brittany. The aromatic juicy fruit has white flesh that tastes sweet with a bitter aftertaste. It is used as a bittersweet addition to...
Belle Cacheuse Apple (medium) A large cooking and cider variety of French origins. A SWEET cider type. Image (accessed 7/4/16) Pollination Group: PG3 Uses: Cider, Cooking Harvest: March-April Features: SWEET, large fruit
Brown Snout Apple (medium) Dessert wine-like qualities. Yellow-green coloured fruit, russeted, rarely slight pink-orange flush.ALERT - limited range in Australia, combination of very high chill requirement and late flowering results in few useful crops except in areas with cold,...
Brown's Apple (medium) Originated in Devon. It was discovered by Mr Hill, a cider maker and nurseryman of Staverton, near Totnes, Devon. Known to have been in existence in the early 1920s. Trees are very vigourous and can therefore delay cropping. Fruits are medium sized with...
Bulmer's Norman Apple (medium) Originally from Normandy, France, it was developed by H.P. Bulmer & Co., Ltd., in Hereford, England. Fruits are medium to large. Tends to be biennial. Vigorous, spreading habit. Skin yellow-green, smooth and waxy, blush rare, russet in...
Chataingier Apple (medium) Very old variety, originated from Normandy, France. It was known in 1200. Fruits have firm, white flesh with a fairly sweet, subacid flavour. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v1.0. Pollination Group: PG5...
Cimetiere de Blangy Apple (medium) Apple 'Cimetiere de Blangy' is a French cider apple grown for bittersweet cider and Calvados (apple brandy). Other names include 'Blangy', 'Blagny' and 'Cimitiere du Pays'. • Pollination Group: PG4 • Uses: cider (bittersweet), Calvados (apple...
Dabinett Apple (medium) Vintage quality, i.e. well enough balanced in sugar, tannin and acid content to make a single variety cider. An old cider apple which arose in the Martock area Somerset. Believed to have been named after a Mr Dabinett. Possibly a seedling of Chisel...
Frequin Rouge Apple (medium) Apple 'Frequin Rouge' is a French cider variety also called 'Frequin Rouge Amer'. Small cone-shaped red apples with stripes, grow on vigorous trees. Bitter flavour with some sweetness. • Pollination Group: PG3-4 • Uses: cider, bittersweet...
Improved Foxwhelp Apple (medium) From Bulmers, Hereford, England, prior to 1920. One of the premier cider making apples. Mild bittersharp, early. Striped bright red over pale yellow base.Ideal blender, can be biennial. Pollination Group: PG3 Uses: Cider Harvest: March - April Features:...
Kingston Black Apple (medium) Believed to be a Somerset apple and possibly raised at Kingston, near Taunton. This variety was introduced into Herefordshire c.1820 by Mr Palmer of Bollitree Estate, Weston-under-Penyard near Ross-on-Wye. Trees are of medium size and have a spreading...
Michelin Apple (medium) Raised by M. Legrand of Yvetot, Normandy, France, it first fruited in 1872. It was named after M. Michelin of Paris, one of the original promoters appointed by the French Government for the study of cider fruits. Introduced into Herefordshire in 1884 by...
Reine des Hâtives Apple (medium) Raised in 1872 by Monsieur Dieppois, Yvetot, France. Introduced to the UK in the 1920s by Dr H.E. Durham and was distributed by H.P. Bulmer & Co. A biennial but precocious cropper. Pollination Group: PG2 Uses: Cider Harvest: Feb - March Features:...
Somerset Redstreak Apple (medium) Thought to have originated in the Sutton Montis area of Somerset. As a result of its good performance in a 1917 trial at the National Fruit & Cider Institute together with good orchard performance at Burghill, Hereford, it was subsequently propagated...
Stoke Red Apple (medium) This variety gained attention in the 1920s when surveys found trees growing in Rodney Stoke, Somerset. The trees are fairly vigorous and crop quite heavily. Produces a sharp, slightly astringent juice and a fine, sharp cider. One of the best. Fruit...
Sweet Alford Apple (medium) Variety from Devon producing a good quality sweet cider, sometimes mildly bittersweet. Pollination Group: PG3 Uses: Cider Harvest: March - April Features: SWEET
Sweet Coppin Apple (medium) An old variety originating in Devon. Once very common in cider orchards in the Exeter area. Sweet cider style. Medium to large, conical fruit. White, soft, flesh. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. ...
Tremlett's Bitter Apple (medium) Originated in the Exe Valley, Devon. Flowers are very sensitive to frost which may contribute to the trees biennial cropping pattern. Susceptible to scab. Good crop wiith up to 3 weeks storage. Produces a full bittersweet cider. Contains public...
Verité Apple (medium) Originated in France. Recorded in 1876. Fruits have firm, greenish white flesh with a slightly sweet, subacid flavour. Pollination Group: PG5 Uses: Cider, eating, juice Harvest: April - May Features: SHARP © Crown Copyright Contains...
Yarlington Mill Apple (medium) Originated in the village of Yarlington, North Cadbury, Somerset. Medium bittersweet, late mid-season.Large fruit, pinkish-red flush over yellow base.Good commercial cropping habit, can tend to be biennial without skilled pruning.Stores reasonably...
Yates Apple (medium) A US variety raised in 1813 and selected by Matthew Yates of Fayette County, Georgia around 1844. It keeps well and its small size and sweet flavour make it an excellent choice for school lunch boxes. Used for cider production in USA. Smith Muriel W.G...
