Dabinett cider apple trees
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- Gardening skill: Suitable for beginners
- Self-fertility: Self-fertile
- Pollination group: 6
- Uses: Hard cider
A classic English hard cider apple variety, which produces a full bittersweet juice. It is also one of the most reliable and easy cider varieties to grow.
Unlike many hard cider varieties which are best-used for blended ciders, Dabinett can also be used to produce a single-varietal full-bodied medium-dry cider.
Note that Dabinett apples are not suitable for eating fresh, they can only be used for producing juice for hard cider.
Dabinett cider apple trees for sale
1-year Dabinett cider apple trees bare-root
G.30, G.935, M.7
rootstock
Medium (8ft-12ft) mature height
$29.00
1-year Dabinett cider apple trees bare-root
B.118, MM.106
rootstock
Large (10ft-16ft) mature height
$29.00
Out of stock
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How to grow
Dabinett is one of the most reliable cider varieties, with above average disease resistance.
Production is towards the higher end of the scale for cider varieties, e.g. 35-40 tonnes per hectare in north-west France.
Advice on fruit tree pollination.
Historical details
Dabinett originates from the traditional cider region of Somerset, England in the mid-19th century. It is possibly a seedling of Chisel Jersey.
Dabinett characteristics
Using
- Picking season:
Very late
- Uses:
Hard cider
- Cropping:
Good
- Juice style:
Bittersweet (cider)
- Fruit persistence:
Fruit drops when ripe
Growing
- Gardening skill:
Suitable for beginners
- Self-fertility:
Self-fertile
- Pollination group:
6
- Pollinating others:
Average
- Ploidy:
Diploid
- Vigour:
Weak growing
- Precocity:
Precocious
- Bearing regularity:
Regular
- Fruit bearing:
Spur-bearer
Disease resistance
- General resistance:
Good
- Fireblight:
Some resistance
- Scab:
Some resistance
Climate
- Cold hardiness (USDA):
(5) -20F / -29C
- Summer average maximum temperatures:
Cool ( 20C - 24C / 68F - 75F)
- Chill requirement:
High-chill
Identification
- Country of origin:
United Kingdom
- Period of origin:
1850 - 1899
