Dabinett cider apple trees

Dabinett
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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

Item
Mature height*
Price
Quantity
1-year Dabinett cider apple trees bare-root
G.11 rootstock
Small (6ft-9ft) mature height
$29.00
1-year Dabinett cider apple trees bare-root
G.890 rootstock
Medium (8ft-12ft) mature height
$29.00
Out of stock
1-year Dabinett cider apple trees bare-root
B.118 rootstock
Large (10ft-16ft) mature height
$29.00

*Find out more about the apple rootstocks we use to control the mature height.


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.

The flowering period data for Dabinett is inconclusive, suggesting that it is quite influenced by local microclimates. However it is basically a late-flowering variety, possibly very-late in some situations.  Fortunately it is also reasonably self-fertile.

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) Warm (25C - 30C / 76F - 85F)
  • Chill requirement: High-chill

Identification

  • Country of origin: United Kingdom
  • Period of origin: 1850 - 1899
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