Binet Rouge cider apple tree

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• Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
• Pollination group: 4
• Uses: Hard cider

Binet Rouge is a traditional small French hard cider apple. It is one of the varieties authorised for use in the production of cider classified in the "appellation d'origine controlee" of the Pays Auge, in the region of Normandy.

It is not the easiest of varieties to grow, but it produces a very high quality bittersweet juice.

Binet Rouge cider apple trees for sale

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• 1Dwarf 1-year bare-root tree $37.95
  Mature height: 6ft-9ft after 10 years
  G.41 rootstock
  

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• 2Semi-dwarf 1-year bare-root tree $37.95
  Mature height: 8ft-12ft after 10 years
  Semi-dwarf rootstock
  

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How to grow

Binet Rouge is a weak-growing but relatively heavy-cropping variety, and well-known as a biennial bearer. It is important to prevent it setting too much fruit in the "on" year.

In traditional French orchards production on mature trees will be in the range 20-30 tonnes per hectare, which is slightly below the average for French cider varieties.

Binet Rouge flowers over a long period and is a useful pollinator of other varieties.

Binet Rouge is regarded as susceptible to fireblight,mildew and scab in French orchards, and resistant to canker - but the mild temperate climate of north-western France is quite different to the continental climate of much of the USA.

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Binet Rouge characteristics

• Gardening skillExperienced
• Self-fertilityNot self-fertile
• Pollination group4
• Pollinating othersGood
• Picking seasonVery late
• UsesHard cider
• Keeping (of fruit)2-3 weeks
• General resistanceAverage
• FireblightVery susceptible
• CankerVery resistant
• ScabSome susceptibility
• MildewVery susceptible
• Cold hardiness (USDA)Zone 5 (-29C)
• Summer maximum temperaturesCool ( 20-24C / 68-75F)
• Country of originFrance