Porter's Perfection cider apple trees

Porter's Perfection
  • Gardening skill: Average
  • Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
  • Pollination group: 3
  • Uses: Hard cider

Porter's Perfection is a 19th century English cider variety producing a bittersharp juice. The juice quality is very good, but it is best used as a blend with other varieties.

Porter's Perfection cider apple trees for sale

Item
Mature height*
Price
Quantity
1-year Porter's Perfection cider apple trees bare-root
G.11 rootstock
Small (6ft-9ft) mature height
$29.00
1-year Porter's Perfection cider apple trees bare-root
G.30, G.935 rootstock
Medium (8ft-12ft) mature height
$29.00

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


How to grow

Porter's Perfection can lapse into bienneial bearing with age. This can be addressed by heavily thinning the fruitlets in late spring in the "on" year. However in other respects this is an easy tree to grow, and one of the more disease-resistant of English cider varieties.

Advice on fruit tree pollination.

Historical details

Somerset, England - 19th century.

Porter's Perfection characteristics

Using

  • Picking season: Late
  • Uses: Hard cider
  • Cropping: Heavy
  • Keeping (of fruit): 2-3 weeks
  • Juice style: Bittersharp (cider)
  • Fruit persistence: Normal ripening

Growing

  • Gardening skill: Average
  • Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
  • Pollination group: 3
  • Pollinating others: Average
  • Ploidy: Diploid
  • Vigour: Vigorous
  • Bearing regularity: Biennial tendency
  • Fruit bearing: Spur-bearer

Disease resistance

  • General resistance: Good
  • Canker: Some resistance
  • Scab: Some resistance

Climate

  • Cold hardiness (USDA): (5) -20F / -29C
  • Summer average maximum temperatures: Cool ( 20C - 24C / 68F - 75F)

Identification

  • Country of origin: United Kingdom
  • Period of origin: 1800 - 1849
  • Fruit color: Orange flush
  • Fruit size: Average