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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 barerooted 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 compatability should be considered on their own.
Discount information – the following discounts apply on total order value, excluding carriage. 5% on 5+ trees, 10% on 10+ trees. Carriage based on quantity – see the Delivery page for more details.
Cider Apple trees are dispatched between late November and late March when dormant.
We have now brought sales to an end for winter 2021-22 with dormancy coming to an end. We are now looking forward to growing a fresh crop for winter 2022-23 which we will make available to reserve from July well ahead of supply from late November.
Broxwood Foxwhelp
£18.00Availability: In stockOut of stock
An 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
Brown’s Apple
£18.00Availability: In stockOut of stock
An early ripening relatively trouble free variety Brown’s Apple can produce very heavy crops of bright red flushed apples that are quite flattish in shape and quite large for a cider variety. The flesh is quite sharp, white & chewy and produces a very good fresh sharp cider.
Flowering time – mid season Harvest – mid October
Chisel Jersey
£18.00Availability: In stockOut of stock
One of the ‘Jersey’ group of cider apples that originate from Somerset. A bittersweet – rich in tannin and sugar producing a cider of high quality, but even so benefitting from being blended with a sweeter cider. A late variety – fruit fall and are picked in November. Also late flowering so be careful when selecting pollination partners if no other cider varieties around. Dabinett does not pollinate it and vice versa.
Flowering time – late May Harvest time – early November
Dabinett
£18.00Availability: In stockOut of stock
A well known cider variety. A bittersweet. Regular cropping, producing a high quality cider. Flattened conical in shape medium size, a typical ‘jersey’ type apple with up to three quarters red flushed. Flesh greenish or white sweet & astringent.
Dabinett flowers mid late season. It will not pollinate Chisel Jersey which it may well have arose fom as a seedling. 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
Major
£18.00Availability: In stockOut of stock
Major 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
Harry Masters Jersey
£18.00Availability: In stockOut of stock
A mid season bittersweet variety becoming ready late Oct / early Nov. Makes a high quality cider. Medium sized conical apples greatly flushed dark red. Apples on young trees can be somewhat larger. Flesh sweet & astringent. Like other ‘Jersey’ varieties arose in Somerset not Jersey and sometimes known as ‘Port Wine’.
Flowering time – mid/late season Harvest time – late October
Herefordshire Redstreak
£18.00Availability: In stockOut of stock
An 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
Kingston Black
£18.00Availability: In stockOut of stock
A 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
Michelin
£18.00Availability: In stockOut of stock
A 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
Somerset Redstreak
£18.00Availability: In stockOut of stock
An old bittersweet variety that is ready to harvest by early October. In time can crop heavily leading it to become biennial. Medium sized shiny red cider apples about 50-60mm diameter conical in shape with somewhat flattened ends and a thick stalk that does not really protrude beyond its basin.
Flowering time – early/ mid season Harvest time – late September
Sweet Alford
£18.00Availability: In stockOut of stock
A 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
Stoke Red
£18.00Availability: In stockOut of stock
An 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
Ten Commandments
£18.00Availability: In stockOut of stock
Produces 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
Tom Putt
£18.00Availability: In stockOut of stock
An 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
Yarlington Mill
£18.00Availability: In stockOut of stock
A 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
