A very beautiful heirloom apple that stores well.
Binet Rouge Apple on G.214 (Spring 2025)
A traditional French bittersweet cider apple.
Binet Rouge is a cider apple from Normandy. It is a productive and precocious cropper, although the tree can be a sluggish grower and it tends to biennialism. It is mildew, fireblight, and scab susceptible. Late blooming and fairly cold hardy, Binet Rouge is known to survive at low zone 4, where other European cider varieties do not. It blooms for a long period, making it a useful pollenizer in the cider orchard. This apple is used exclusively in cider making and it is not suitable for fresh eating.
This small, hard apple is a staple for French cider and Calvados (apple brandy) makers, producing a high-quality, aromatic, bittersweet juice that ferments to roughly 8% alcohol. It matures late October in upstate New York.
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The Fruit
Fruit Type
Category: Apple
Subcategory:
Heirloom, Cider, Hot-Climate
Fruit Uses & Storage
Uses: cider
Cider classification: bittersweet
Storage duration: (approximate, depending on storage conditions)
Fruit Appearance
Skin color: yellow
Flesh color: white
Fruit Origins
Parentage: unknown
Origin: France
Introduced in:
Introduced by:
The Environment
Calendar & Geography
USDA zones: 5 - 8
Chill hours: Not yet determined
Ripening date: Oct 27 (approximate, in New York State) + 42 days after McIntosh
Tree Height & Spacing
glossary
Rootstock: G.214 Rootstock
Rootstock size class: Dwarf (30% of Standard)
Tree spacing (natural spread of tree): 8'
Good for wildlife planting? N
Diseases & Pests
glossary
Powdery Mildew: Susceptible
Fireblight: Susceptible
Apple Scab: Susceptible
Pollination
Pollination Factors
glossary
Bloom group: 4
Is it self-fertile? N
Is it fertile? Y
Ploidy: Diploid
Rootstock size class:
Dwarf (30% of Standard)
Pollination Partners
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