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Mettais Apple Scionwood (Spring 2026)


A traditional French cider apple, classed as a bittersweet. Also known as Adrienne, Sauvageon Adrienne.

A productive, vigorous tree, Mettais is moderately susceptible to fireblight, powdery mildew, scab, and canker, and it tends to biennialism. This apple is used exclusively for cider; it is not suitable for fresh eating.

Mettais is an attractive, medium-sized apple that is flushed red over a yellow background and webbed with russet. It yields a beautiful, deep amber juice, that is tendre and amère (soft and bitter), very aromatic, and is traditionally used for cider and calvados. (From WSU: Tannin (percent tannic acid): 0.25; Acid (percent malic acid): 0.19; pH: 4.49; SG: 1.056; oBrix 12.9.)

Mettais was first grown on the property of Monseur Mettais at Eure, Champagne. It was added to the list of recommended cider varieties in 1949.

Volume Pricing

Premiums are included in the following prices if applicable. These prices are for regular scion. Add $1 for clean scion.

Quantity Mettais Apple Scion
1 $12.00
2-5 $8.00
6-10 $7.00
11-99 $6.00
100+ $5.00

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$12.00 ea.

This is the full retail price for orders of 1 scion. You can get these scion for as low as $5.00 each – see Volume Pricing above. More about Pricing & Grading.

11 in stock

This product is an unrooted plant cutting meant for grafting onto rootstock (sold separately) or onto other existing trees.

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Our clean scion is harvested from trees grown on G.16, which is extremely sensitive to viruses. These trees would not have survived if the scion contained viruses. Our clean wood has not been lab tested. Regular = may contain one of the common latent viruses; this is not usually a problem and can be used with most rootstocks.

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A productive, vigorous tree, Mettais is moderately susceptible to fireblight, powdery mildew, scab, and canker, and it tends to biennialism. This apple is used exclusively for cider; it is not suitable for fresh eating.

Mettais is an attractive, medium-sized apple that is flushed red over a yellow background and webbed with russet. It yields a beautiful, deep amber juice, that is tendre and amère (soft and bitter), very aromatic, and is traditionally used for cider and calvados. (From WSU: Tannin (percent tannic acid): 0.25; Acid (percent malic acid): 0.19; pH: 4.49; SG: 1.056; oBrix 12.9.)

Mettais was first grown on the property of Monseur Mettais at Eure, Champagne. It was added to the list of recommended cider varieties in 1949.


The Fruit

Fruit Type

Category: Apple
Subcategory: Heirloom, Cider, Hot-Climate

Fruit Uses & Storage

Uses: cider
Cider classification: bittersweet
Storage duration: less than one month (approximate, depending on storage conditions)

Fruit Appearance

Skin color: red
Flesh color: off-white

Fruit Origins

Parentage: Blanc Molet x unknown
Origin: France
Introduced in:
Introduced by: M. Mettais

The Environment

Calendar & Geography

USDA zones: 5 - 8
Chill hours: Not yet determined
Ripening date: Sep 15 (approximate, in New York State) + 0 days after McIntosh

Diseases & Pests

glossary

Apple Scab: Susceptible
Fireblight: Susceptible
Perennial Canker: Susceptible
Powdery Mildew: Susceptible

Pollination

Pollination Factors

glossary

Bloom group: 2
Is it self-fertile? N
Is it fertile? Y
Ploidy: Diploid

Pollination Partners

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