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Kingston Black
The most popular of the cider apples.
Origin: Somerset UK, 1900
Pollination: Kingston Black is self-sterile and would require a pollinator to produce a crop. Pollination partners
British-grown 
All our bare-root trees are personally hand-grafted by our Nursery Manager and grown on at our nursery in Kent. We have Defra and Plant Healthy certification.
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Characteristics of Kingston Black apple trees
| Use | Cider |
| Colour | Red |
| Flavour | Bittersharp |
| Fruit size | Small |
| Picking time | Early Nov |
| Season of use | Nov |
| Tree vigour | Moderate |
| Tree habit | Upright-spreading |
| Fruit-bearing | Spur-bearer |
| Cropping | |
| Disease resistance | Canker - Susceptible Scab - Susceptible |
| Special features | Good for Cider |
| Pollination date | 0 |
| Pollination group | C |
| Self-fertility | Self-sterile |
| Pollinators | Pollination partners |
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