| Dimensions | Regular carton size |
|---|---|
| Rootstock | M25 maiden (vigorous), M25 two year (vigorous) |
| Flowering Time | Late season |
| Type of Cider Apple | Bittersweet |
| Harvest Time | Early November |
| Pollination Requirements | Not Self-fertile |
We supply rootstocks once they have been harvested and sorted, between February and March. We will email you an Order Confirmation when we take payment, before being getting in touch to arrange delivery or collection.
Chisel Jersey
A 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
£21.75
One of the ‘Jersey’ group of cider apples that originate fro 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.
There has been much speculation over the name Jersey including ‘jaisey’ meaning bitter in local somerset dialect to trees having being derived from seed of bittersweet apples from the Channel Isles in times of shortage in Somerset orchards. Chesil is an old english name for pebble – which small Chisel Jersey may resemble. Apples conical, dark brownish pink flushed and striped red. Often irregular in size but generally of medium size. Late ripening fruit – from November. Flower late in May.
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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
Ten Commandments
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
Dabinett
A 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
