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.Find 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. More ...

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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