Somerset Redstreak cider apple tree

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• Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
• Pollination group: 5
• Uses: Hard cider

A traditional English cider apple producing a bittersweet juice. Somerset Redstreak is one of the main commercial cider varieties planted in England.

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

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How to grow

Somerset Redstreak is slightly prone to biennial bearing, fruiting more heavily in alternate years. This can be controlled by heavier thinning in the "on" year.

It also ripens in October in England, quite a bit earlier than the main late-season cider varieties which tend to ripen in November.

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History

England, early 20th century.

Somerset Redstreak characteristics

• Gardening skillAverage
• Self-fertilityNot self-fertile
• Pollination group5
• Pollinating othersAverage
• Picking seasonLate
• UsesHard cider
• Keeping (of fruit)2-3 weeks
• General resistanceAverage
• ScabSome resistance
• Cold hardiness (USDA)Zone 4 (-34C)
• Summer maximum temperaturesCool ( 20-24C / 68-75F)
• Country of originUnited Kingdom
• Period of origin1900 - 1949
• Fruit colorOrange / RedRed striped