Notes on apples for cidre-making, based on writings of Williams & Childs; Browning; and the French Committee on Cidre-making

Bramley's Seedling.  Old English variety;  the standard culinary apple of  England.  Vigorous and productive.  Late  blooming.  High vitamin C.    Considerable tolerance to scab and powdery mildew.Triploid, so requires double cross-pollinizing.  Ripens early October.    

Crimson King    No astringency.  Makes "vintage" cider.  Fruit larger than most English cider apples  2-1/4".  Useful as a cooker.  Triploid. England, late XIX century.   Bloom early midseason.  Heavy cropper; vigorous.  Scab susceptible.

Dymock Red   Not budded for 2012

GOLDEN RUSSET   Classic American cider apple.  High sugar.  Late ripening and very long keeping.  One of the very best eating apples

Roxbury Russet.--This oldest American variety has long storage life; makes a good single-variety sweet cider.   

Stembridge Jersey.--Productive, but tends to be biennial.  Mid-October   harvest. 

Binet Rouge.  Precocious and productive; a staple for French    cidre-makers.  Tree heavily feathered.   Late blooming.  Matures early midseason.  Mildew susceptible. 

Court Royal (Sweet Blenheim)--Late ripening.  Dual-purpose dessert variety; 2-1/4".  Triploid.  Scab-susceptible.High sugar content.  Makes fast-fermenting juice, and a pure light cider.   

Gilpin  200-year-old Virginia cider apple.  Late blooming; October ripening.  Coarse, crisp flesh; sweet and tender.

LeBret .--England, early 1900s.   Late midseason harvest; fuit 2-1/4".  Bloom  early.  Tree not vigorous.

Marin Oufroy.   Late midseason bloom.  Moderately productive. 

NORTHWOOD. "Vintage cider".  English, 18th century.  Bloom midseason.  Tree medium vigor.  Late harvest.  

Sweet Coppin.--Late midseason maturity.  Makes "vintage" cidre, but no astringency.  Midseason flowering. Precocious and productive.  Very low tannins.  Fruit 2-1/2".  Tends to go biennial. Tolerant to blight.   England, early 18th century.  

Wickson An Albert Etter cross: Newtown Pippin x Esopus Spitzenburg. Very high Brix, up to 25, with high acid.  Flavor probably too strong for most folks to enjoy as dessert apple.  Outstanding cider.  
 
 

 Domaines.--Early October maturity.  Very productive.  Scab   susceptible.  Vigorous.      

Frequin Rouge.--Precocious and productive.  Scab and fire blight susceptible. Matures early midseason.   Moderately vigorous.      

Golden Hornet.--Very large quantities of small (1/2-inch) yellow crabapples.  Tolerant to scab, mildew and fire blight.  Annual bearing. Much used as a pollenizer for mid- and late-season blooming  varieties.  

Mettais.--Productive.  Matures early midseason.  Moderate vigor 

Whitney Crab.--   

Bedan.--Late blooming.  Late midseason maturity.  Precocious and productive.  Disease-tolerant, including fire blight. 

Brown Snout.--Late harvest;  relatively short storage life.  Late blooming;  supposedly self-fruitful.  Fruit small (1-3/4"), yellow, light wax.  Scab susceptible. Very susceptible to fire blight.  England, 1850s.       
 

Brown Thorn    Very mildly bitter.  Very old variety from Normandy, where it is known as 'Argile Grise'.  Late bloom.  Tree vigor medium.  Late harvest.  Very susceptible to fire blight.

Bulmer's Norman.--Standard bittersweet in England; originated in Normandy.  Triploid; strong grower.  Early bloom.  Mid-October harvest.   Tends to be biennial.  Poor pollen.  Fair tolerance to blight.  Scab susceptible.  Fruit 2-1/4", greenish-yellow.  Very winter hardy -- has come through -40 without serious damage.

Chisel Jersey.--Very astringent -- "full bittersweet".  Precocious and productive.  English, 19th century.  Late bloom and late harvest.   V ery winter-hardy.  Being heavily planted in England. Scab-susceptible.  

Coat Jersey .--Vigorous tree; very productive.  Bloom late midseason.  Late ripening.  Very susceptible to scab; susceptible to fire blight.   Fruit 1-3/4".    

Dabinett.--Precocious and very productive.  Midseason bloom; late season harvest.  Makes a sweet, full-bodied cidre. Widely planted in England and France. Natural semidwarf.  Fruit 1-3/4".  Considerable tolerance to fire blight. Scab tolerant.

Ellis Bitter.--Vigorous.  Precocious and productive; tip bearer.  Late blooming. September harvest.  Fruit large(2-1/4"), yellow.  Widely planted in West Country of England. Susceptible to fire blight.  Scab moderately susceptible.  Short storage life.          

Harry Masters Jersey.  "Full bittersweet" making "vintage cider".  Small conical fruit.  Precocious and productive.  Late midseason harvest.  Late flowering.  Fruit 2".  Easy to turn biennial.  Scab susceptible.   England, XIX century.      

Major.--"Full bittersweet"; makes a soft vintage cidre.  Very productive in New York. Bloom medium-late.  Fruit 1-3/4".  Vigorous.  Late November harvest.  Scab moderately susceptible.   English, 1880s.  Medaille d'