Cider Apples
An expanding selection of cider apple trees are offered for sale on that will produce high quality Cider. Cider apples are divided into Bittersweets, Bittersharps, Sweets & Sharps. We offer mostly Bittersweets with a few from the other categories.
Some varieties are also dual purpose including ‘Ten Commandments‘ & ‘Tom Putt‘. We offer cider apple trees on two rootstocks: MM106 – moderate vigour & M25 – vigorous.
Trees are available as bare-rooted one year ‘maiden’ trees.
Cider apples require a pollination partner. Each variety has a flowering period through May. A variety can be pollinated by another of the same flowering period or one to either side. Cider apples tend to flower later than other apples so for pollination compatibility should be considered on their own.
Discount information: 5% on 5+ trees, 10% on 10+ trees. Delivery cost: based on quantity ordered. See the How to Order page for more details.
Cider Apple trees are dispatched between early December and late March when dormant.
We have now updated our availability for winter 2025-26. You are welcome to advance order. We will then be in contact to arrange delivery or collection with dormancy through the winter months.
Cider Apples
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Broxwood Foxwhelp
M25 maiden (vigorous): Out of stockM25 two year (vigorous): Out of stock Price range: £12.00 through £22.50An early bittersharp variety and most likely to be a ‘sport’ of Foxwhelp, a very old Herefordshire cider variety. Small to medium sized roundish apples that are heavily striped bright red or even crimson on the sun exposed side.
Flowering time – early season Harvest time – September
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Brown’s Apple
M25 maiden (vigorous): Out of stockM25 two year (vigorous): Out of stock Price range: £12.00 through £22.50Early ripening, Brown’s Apple can produce very heavy crops of bright red flushed apples that are quite large for a cider variety. Produces a very good fresh sharp cider.
Flowering time – mid season
Harvest – mid October -
Chisel Jersey
M25 maiden (vigorous): Out of stockM25 two year (vigorous): Out of stock Price range: £12.00 through £22.50A bittersweet producing a cider of high quality, but even so benefitting from being blended with a sweeter cider. A late variety that is also late flowering.
Flowering time – late May
Harvest time – early November -
Dabinett
M26 maiden (semi dwarfing): Out of stockM25 two year (vigorous): Out of stockMM106 maiden (moderate): Out of stockM25 maiden (vigorous): Out of stock Price range: £12.00 through £22.50A well known cider variety. A bittersweet. Regular cropping, producing a high quality cider. Much grown in commercial orchards because of its reliable cropping and the quality of its cider.
Flowering time – mid/late season
Harvest time- early November -
Harry Masters Jersey
MM106 maiden (moderate): Out of stockM25 maiden (vigorous): Out of stockM25 two year (vigorous): Out of stock £22.50A mid season bittersweet variety. Makes a high quality cider. Medium sized conical apples flushed dark red. Flesh sweet & astringent. Sometimes known as ‘Port Wine’.
Flowering time – mid/late season
Harvest time – late October -
Herefordshire Redstreak
M25 two year (vigorous): Out of stockMM106 maiden (moderate): Out of stockM25 maiden (vigorous): Out of stock Price range: £12.00 through £22.50An old variety dating back to early 1600s. Because of its high quality cider this variety helped establish Herefordshire’s reputation as a cider county. Its cider has a high alcohol content and is pink coloured.
Flowering time – mid/late season Harvest time – early November
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Kingston Black
M25 maiden (vigorous): Out of stockM25 two year (vigorous): Out of stock £22.50A bittersharp variety that has become to be held in high regard because of the quality of the full bodied cider that has a distinct flavour. Fruit shape can be variable but generally conical or flattened. The skin becomes heavily flushed deep red with very dark red almost black flecking or striping.
Flowering time – mid season Harvest – early November
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Michelin
M25 maiden (vigorous): Out of stockM25 two year (vigorous): Out of stock Price range: £12.00 through £22.50A French variety and a bittersweet. Very good cropping usually blended with other varieties when making cider. Flesh white sweet with some astringency. Apples conical with distinct ribbing on the small side but a regular cropper.
Flowering time – early / mid season Harvest time – mid October
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Major
M25 two year (vigorous): Out of stockM25 maiden (vigorous): Out of stock Price range: £12.00 through £22.50Major is an early bittersweet variety being harvested from late September. Grown commerially to extend the harvesting season forwards. Apples of conical shape and small to medium in size covered with a pinkish red striped flush.
Flowering time – late / mid season Harvest time – late September
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Somerset Redstreak
M25 maiden (vigorous): Out of stockM25 two year (vigorous): Out of stock Price range: £12.00 through £22.50Somerset Redstreak is an old bittersweet variety that is ready to harvest by early October. Medium sized shiny red cider apples about 50-60mm diameter conical in shape with somewhat flattened ends.
Flowering time – early/ mid season Harvest time – late September
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Sweet Alford
M25 two year (vigorous): Out of stockM26 maiden (semi dwarfing): Out of stockMM106 maiden (moderate): Out of stockM25 maiden (vigorous): Out of stock £22.50A late sweet variety maturing in early November. Originated in Devon making a good quality sweet cider. Sometimes blended with other bittersweet varieties. Medium sized conical apples are flattened at ends. Yellow waxy skin flushed up to one third orange. Flesh eweet, white with no astringency.
Flowering time – mid May Harvest time – early November
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Stoke Red
M25 maiden (vigorous): Out of stockM25 two year (vigorous): Out of stock Price range: £12.00 through £22.50An established bittersharp cider apple that can produce a very good cider of its own. Juice is pink and often scented. Stoke Red’s apples are small, flat round, red all over with dark red striping. Later ripening in November. Tends to be slow to come into bearing but when it does cropping is good
Flowering time – late May Harvest time – mid November
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Ten Commandments
M25 maiden (vigorous): Out of stock £12.00Produces medium sized red apples that are good for cider but are also nice eaten., Name comes from the ten red spots seen around the core when sliced across on some of the apples. Alone it will not make the best cider so is best blended with a bittersweet variety.
Flowering time – early season Harvest time – late September
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Tom Putt
M25 maiden (vigorous): Out of stockM25 two year (vigorous): Out of stockMM106 maiden (moderate): Out of stockMM106 two year (moderate): Out of stock Price range: £12.00 through £22.50An old variety popular in south west England. Sharp in taste as a dessert, can be cooked and often used for cider. Its cider is dry & sharp that can be sweetened by blending. A very distinct apple being flat round in shape with prominent angular ribs which terminate at the base in a crown. Skin largely covered crimson red which appears as broad striping.
Flowering time – early season Harvest – early September
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Yarlington Mill
M25 two year (vigorous): Out of stockM26 maiden (semi dwarfing): Out of stockMM106 maiden (moderate): Out of stockM25 maiden (vigorous): Out of stock Price range: £12.00 through £22.50A bittersweet variety making a very enjoyable cider on its own. Medium to large apples conical in shape that are usually around 2/3 flushed red. Flesh sweet, white, often reddened under flush, with some astringency. Picked / gathered late October to early November. Attractive flowers appear early/mid season.
Flowering time – early / mid season Harvest – late October
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