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Muscat De Bernay Apple Scionwood (Spring 2024)


A traditional bittersweet cider apple from France. Also known as Muscadet, Muscadet de Bernay.

This tree is very tall, upright-spreading, vigorous, and tends to biennialism. It is slightly susceptible to fireblight, powdery mildew, scab, and canker.

Muscadet de Bernay is a large apple, striped and splashed red over yellow. The fruit tends to drop before ripening. The greenish flesh yields a robust golden bittersweet juice that is used primarily for hard cider; this apple is not considered suitable for fresh eating. (From WSU: Tannin (percent tannic acid): 0.19; Acid (percent malic acid): 0.28; pH: 3.94; SG: 1.050; oBrix 11.9.)

First grown near the commune of Bernay at the site of a Benedictine Abbey, Muscadet de Bernay arrived in America in 1952.

Volume Pricing

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

Quantity Muscat De Bernay Apple Scion
1 $12.00
2-5 $7.00
6-10 $6.00
11-99 $5.00
100+ $4.00

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$12.00 ea.

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Clean vs. Regular

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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This tree is very tall, upright-spreading, vigorous, and tends to biennialism. It is slightly susceptible to fireblight, powdery mildew, scab, and canker.

Muscadet de Bernay is a large apple, striped and splashed red over yellow. The fruit tends to drop before ripening. The greenish flesh yields a robust golden bittersweet juice that is used primarily for hard cider; this apple is not considered suitable for fresh eating. (From WSU: Tannin (percent tannic acid): 0.19; Acid (percent malic acid): 0.28; pH: 3.94; SG: 1.050; oBrix 11.9.)

First grown near the commune of Bernay at the site of a Benedictine Abbey, Muscadet de Bernay arrived in America in 1952.


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: unknown
Origin: Normandy, France
Introduced in: 1872
Introduced by:

The Environment

Calendar & Geography

USDA zones: 6 - 8
Chill hours: Not yet determined
Ripening date: Oct 20 (approximate, in New York State) + 35 days after McIntosh

Diseases & Pests

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

Pollination

Pollination Factors

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

Pollination Partners

This table shows the first few results from a full search for pollenizers of Muscat De Bernay Apple. Please see our Pollenizer Search to run other queries and read how the application uses various factors. Also read more about fruit tree pollination.

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