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Welcome to the world's most extensive apples (pommes) database.
Information on over 7,000 apples is available here, all carefully researched and provided in a way that is easy to navigate.
Summary: Found as a chance seedling in Britain, this late flowering cider apple makes a mellow, amber cider with bittersweet flavours.
Identification: Small to medium size and conic. The base colour is greenish yellow, sometimes blushed faint red. Heavily russeted around the calyx which is small and closed set in a small, shallow basin. The russet extends onto the crown of the basin and onto the face of the apple. The skin typically has a waxy feel at maturity.
Characteristics: The flesh colour is white, firm. Sweet and slightly bitter. Nutty, butterscotch and hints of banana.
Uses: Produces a dark cider with soft tannins.
Origins: Discovered in 1850 as a chance seedling growing on the farm of Mr. Dent of Yarkhill, Herefords in England (U.K.). It was introduced by H.P. Bulmer & Co. Nurseries and continues to be one of the mainstays in both hobby and commercial cider production.
Cultivation: Moderately vigorous, upright spur bearer. Slow to start bearing fruit and tends to bear every other year. Branches can split under a heavy load and benefit from support.
Ploidism: Diploid. Self fertile but produces best crops when a source of viable pollen is available nearby.
Cold storage: Needs to be used as soon as possible after harvest.
Vulnerabilities: Susceptible to scab and fire blight.
Harvest: Starting late in the fourth period. Fruit tends to drop as soon as it ripens.
Juice character: Tannin 0.24%, acidity 0.24%, Brix 12.0. Can be used as a vintage varietal or blended for additional acidity. Presses out to a dark, thick must.
Juice classification: Bitter sweet, mild
Brix: 12
Specific gravity: 1.048
Acidity: 2.4
Harvest period: 4
Type(s): Cider
Hardiness Zone min: 5
Pollination group: G
Pollination day: 25
ARS GRIN entry: Accession ID