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The cider apple and perry pear varieties we offer are prized for making hard, alcoholic cider. These varieties, when blended with both sweet and tart varieties, also brighten the flavor of sweet cider or apple juice. In addition to the varieties listed here, we have several other high quality cider varieties that we can custom graft in commercial quantities upon request. We offer 4-6' bareroot trees.
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A088D Arkansas Black Apple/M26
One of the nationally favorite heritage apples, its dark red fruit turns nearly blackish when its fully ripe and its tart flavor mellows in storage. Ripening late in the season, Arkansas Black is an excellent keeper and is somewhat resistant to cedar-apple rust and fireblight. USDA Zones 4-9. full description
An annual, heavy bearer of medium to large size, round red apples. Harvest this traditional "bittersweet" cider variety in late October. Makes a beautiful 15-20' spreading tree. On EMLA 7 rootstock. full description
Since 1854 this little round, yellow with red stripes apple has been giving that "sharp" flavor to ciders sweet and hard. It is classified as a "bittersharp" and it makes a full bodied, aromatic, prized, high class vintage English cider. It stores well for holiday cider making parties! It blooms mid season and ripens in mid October. Tree habit is upright. Needs a pollenizer. full description
Prized for making a full-bodied bittersweet cider, this yellow cultivar, from Somerset, England, ripens in October and blooms with Ellison's Orange, which is a good choice for proper pollination. full description
The flavor of Kingston Black is such a fine, complex combination of sweet, sharp and bitter qualities that it makes a wonderful hard cider even without blending with other varieties. Classified as a “bittersharp” apple, the English consider it to be the standard cultivar for making a high quality, single variety cider. A very large harvest of medium-size, red apples ripens mid-October. Don’t eat it; cider it! On semidwarf EMLA 7 rootstock, trees will grow to 15' tall. Needs a pollenizer. full description
Known simply as King, the large yellow-green apples with red stripes are excellent for eating fresh, for cooking and for making cider. They also keep well. This highly prized apple is a tip bearer. (Tip bearer pruning note: Wait to prune until two inches of new growth has begun in spring. Then prune back to 6-8” of last years growth!) On M7 semi-dwarf rootstock. full description
The cider apple and perry pear varieties we offer are prized for making hard, alcoholic cider. These varieties, when blended with both sweet and tart varieties, also brighten the flavor of sweet cider or apple juice. In addition to the varieties listed here, we have several other high quality cider varieties that we can custom graft in commercial quantities upon request. We offer 4-6' bareroot trees.
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