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 Jersey. Crops regularly. Fruits have slightly crisp flesh with a sweet, astringent, strong fruity flavour when ripe. Dabinett is weak grower producing a small and spreading tree. It is self-fertile and crops well.
- Pollination Group: PG4, part self-fertile
- Uses: Bittersweet Cider
- Harvest: March-Aprll
- Features: Top cider variety, Vintage cider
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