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Brown Snout Apple Scionwood (Spring 2025)


A traditional English bittersweet cider apple.

This is a medium-sized tree that has a distinctly upright habit; care should be taken to avoid splitting under heavy crop loads. It is highly susceptible to fireblight and somewhat susceptible to scab. Brown Snout is a productive variety, but like many cider apples it tends to biennialism and needs to be thinned to maintain regular production. It is very late blooming, and a pollination partner should be chosen carefully. Brown Snout is an apple that is used predominanly for cider; it is not typically esteemed for fresh eating.

Brown Snout produces a late-season bittersweet cider apple. It is a smallish fruit with a greenish yellow base that is heavily russeted around a shallow calyx, whence its name. The juice is a mellow, dark cider with high tannins. Eve's Cidery writes of Brown Snout: "It is one of the best. Bittersweet with soft, warming tannins that are never bitter." This apple does not store well and should be pressed soon after harvest. From WSU: Tannin (percent tannic acid): 0.16; Acid (percent malic acid): 0.31; pH: 3.64; SG: 1.051; oBrix 12.9.

Thought to have been discovered on a farm in Yorkhill, Herefordshire, Brown Snout was eventually propagated by the H. P. Bulmer Company and planted across the west Midlands.

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

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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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This is a medium-sized tree that has a distinctly upright habit; care should be taken to avoid splitting under heavy crop loads. It is highly susceptible to fireblight and somewhat susceptible to scab. Brown Snout is a productive variety, but like many cider apples it tends to biennialism and needs to be thinned to maintain regular production. It is very late blooming, and a pollination partner should be chosen carefully. Brown Snout is an apple that is used predominanly for cider; it is not typically esteemed for fresh eating.

Brown Snout produces a late-season bittersweet cider apple. It is a smallish fruit with a greenish yellow base that is heavily russeted around a shallow calyx, whence its name. The juice is a mellow, dark cider with high tannins. Eve's Cidery writes of Brown Snout: "It is one of the best. Bittersweet with soft, warming tannins that are never bitter." This apple does not store well and should be pressed soon after harvest. From WSU: Tannin (percent tannic acid): 0.16; Acid (percent malic acid): 0.31; pH: 3.64; SG: 1.051; oBrix 12.9.

Thought to have been discovered on a farm in Yorkhill, Herefordshire, Brown Snout was eventually propagated by the H. P. Bulmer Company and planted across the west Midlands.


The Fruit

Fruit Type

Category: Apple
Subcategory: Heirloom, Cider, Cold-Hardy, 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: green
Flesh color: white

Fruit Origins

Parentage: unknown
Origin: Herefordshire, England
Introduced in: 1850s
Introduced by: H. P. Bulmer Company

The Environment

Calendar & Geography

USDA zones: 4 - 8
Chill hours: Not yet determined
Ripening date: Oct 13 (approximate, in New York State) + 28 days after McIntosh

Diseases & Pests

Apple Scab: Susceptible
Fireblight: Very Susceptible

Pollination

Pollination Factors

Bloom group: 5
Is it self-fertile? N
Is it fertile? Y
Ploidy: Diploid

Pollination Partners

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