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Cider apple trees

Cider can be made from any apple juice and is often made from a mixture of juices of different kinds of apple. Cider apples have a high tannin content which improves the quality of the cider but gives them a bitter taste which means that they cannot be used for other purposes.

1Amère Nouvelle
Graft to order
A French bittersweet apple used for making cider
2Armagnac
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A small yellow russet apple used for cider making
3Blanc Sur
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A crisp sharp apple with some sweetness, keeps shaped when cooked.
4Brown Snout
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A medium bittersweet cider apple.
5Brown's Apple
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A full sharp cider apple.
6Chisel Jersey
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Available £25.00
An old full bittersweet Somerset cider apple.
7Cider Lady's Finger
In stock
Available £25.00
A mild sharp cider apple probably originating in South West England.
8Dabinett
In stock
Available £25.00
An bittersweet old Somerset cider apple.
9Du Verger
Graft to order
French cider variety
10Ellis Bitter
In stock
Available £25.00
A traditional medium bittersweet cider apple widely grown in the West Country.
11Fenouillet Gris
Graft to order
12Foxwhelp (Broxwood)
In stock
Available £25.00
A tradional bittersharp vintage West Country cider apple.
13Harry Masters Jersey
In stock
Available £25.00
A West Country cider apple producing a full bitter sweet cider
14Herefordshire Redstreak
Graft to order
A 17th century cider apple which produces a pink cider.
15Kingston Black
In stock
Available £25.00
The most popular of the cider apples.
16Langworthy
Graft to order
A Devonshire cider apple also known as Wyatt's Seedling
17Marie Menard
Graft to order
French Cider variety
18Marseigna
Graft to order
A French bittersweet cider variety
19Medaille d'Or
In stock
Available £25.00
A small russet cider apple producing a full bittersweet cider.
20Medaille d'Or
In stock
Available £25.00
A small russet cider apple producing a full bittersweet cider.
21Michelin
Graft to order
A popular medium bittersweet cider apple from France.
22Morgan Sweet
In stock
Available £25.00
An early ripening sweet cider apple.
23Northwood
Graft to order
An old apple thought to have originated from Devon.
24Slack Ma Girdle
In stock
Available £25.00
A popular old cider apple.
25Somerset Redstreak
Graft to order
A bittersweet cider apple from Somerset
26Stoke Red
Graft to order
A traditional West Country medium bittersharp cider apple.
27Ten Commandments
In stock
Available £25.00
A small dark red flushed apple used for cider making.
28Tom Putt
Graft to order
An old apple widely grown for cider and cooking until the early 1900's.
29Tremlett's Bitter
In stock
Available £25.00
A full bitter traditional West Country cider apple.
30Wickson Crab
In stock
Available £25.00 to £39.50
An unusually sweet sharp crab apple from Northern California good for cider making.
31Yarlington Mill
Graft to order
A traditional Somerset cider apple producing a medium bittersweet cider.

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