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Stoke Red
A traditional West Country medium bittersharp cider apple.
Origin: Somerset UK, 1920
Pollination: Stoke Red 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.
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History and description of Stoke Red
Stoke Red cider apple first came to prominence in Rodney Stoke in Somerset in 1920's. The variety was also found to have been grown earlier at Wedmore in Somerset where it was known as 'Neverblight'. The fruit is small to medium sized, yellow skinned with a bright red flush. It produces a medium bittersharp juice which ferments to a sharp often scented vintage quality cider. The tree is of medium vigour, spreading and very resistant to scab. Cropping is heavy but with a bineniel tendancy.Characteristics of Stoke Red apple trees
| Use | Cider |
| Colour | Flushed |
| Flavour | Bittersharp |
| Fruit size | Small |
| Picking time | Oct |
| Season of use | Nov |
| Tree vigour | Moderate |
| Tree habit | Spreading |
| Fruit-bearing | Spur-bearer |
| Cropping | Biennial |
| Disease resistance | Scab - Very resistant |
| Pollination date | 23 |
| Pollination group | G |
| Self-fertility | Self-sterile |
| Pollinators | Pollination partners |
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