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Yarlington Mill
type: Cider
synonyms: Yarlington
summary: A classic English bittersweet cider apple with soft and rounded tannins and good sugar levels.
identification: Fruit size is small to medium. Distinctly pear shaped. The smooth, waxy skin has a base colour of yellow over which are dark red bushes. Some russetting.
characteristics: The firm flesh is white with red veining next to the skin. Crisp, juicy and sweet, distinctly astringent with good flavour and aromas.
origins: Found in the late 1700s as a wild seedling which rooted had itself among some boulders at the water mill in Yarlington, North Cadbury, Somerset (U.K.). It was replanted in the gardens of the mill and later propagated and sold by the local nursery owner, Harry Masters.
cultivation: Vigorous, upright semi-spreading spur bearer. Requires several years to start fruiting. Produces good harvests but tends to crop best every other year.
cold storage: Needs to be used within about two weeks of harvest.
vulnerabilities: Somewhat susceptible to scab but resistant to mildew and canker. Highly susceptible to fireblight.
harvest: The fruit drops as soon as it ripens around the middle of the fourth period.
juice character: Considered vintage quality. Produces a traditional English amber cider with rich apple flavour and a slight bitterness. The must typically measures out at Brix 10 to 14 with tannins at 0.32% and acid levels at 0.22%.
juice_classification: Medium Bitter sweet
pollination group: C
pollination peak: 12
ploidism: Diploid. Partially self sterile but produces best in the proximity of a source of compatible pollen.
cold storage weeks: 2
brix: 10
harvest period: 4
hardiness: 4
sg: 1.04
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