Bramtot cider apple tree

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

Bramtot is a traditional French hard-cider variety, used exclusively for cider production. It produces a bittersweet juice.

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

The main issue with Bramtot is a tendency towards biennial bearing. This can be managed by ensuring that you heavily thin the fruitlets in the "on" year.

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History

Bramtot was introduced in 1872 by a Monsieur Legrand, a nurseryman in the town of Yvetot in Normandy, one of the main cider-producing areas of France.

Bramtot characteristics

• Gardening skillAverage
• Self-fertilityNot self-fertile
• Pollination group4
• Pollinating othersAverage
• Picking seasonLate
• UsesHard cider
• Keeping (of fruit)2-3 weeks
• General resistanceAverage
• ScabSome resistance
• Cold hardiness (USDA)Zone 5 (-29C)
• Summer maximum temperaturesCool ( 20-24C / 68-75F)
• Country of originFrance
• Period of origin1850 - 1899