Stembridge Cluster cider apple trees

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• Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
• Pollination group: 2
• Uses: Hard cider

A traditional English bittersweet cider apple from the town of Stembridge in Somerset.

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Stembridge Cluster cider apple trees for sale

Choose a size - Delivery in spring 2026.

• 1Dwarf, 1-year bare-root tree $39.95

  Mature height: 6ft-9ft after 10 years
  G.11 rootstock
  

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• 2Semi-standard, 1-year bare-root tree $39.95

  Mature height: 10ft-16ft after 10 years
  MM.111 rootstock
  

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All about Stembridge Cluster cider apple trees

A traditional English hard cider apple from the town of Stembridge in Somerset.

Stembridge Cluster produces a full bittersweet juice.

How to grow

Like many English cider varieties, Stembridge Cluster has a tendency towards biennial bearing - in fact if you want to learn how to tame biennialism then Stembridge Cluster is the ideal variety to practice on. The key to managing it is to make sure it never over-crop, by ruthlessly thinning out the fruitlets in late spring.

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Stembridge Cluster characteristics

• Gardening skillAverage
• Self-fertilityNot self-fertile
• Pollination group2
• Pollinating othersAverage
• Picking seasonLate
• UsesHard cider
• Keeping (of fruit)2-3 weeks
• General resistanceAverage
• CankerVery susceptible
• Cold hardiness (USDA)Zone 4 (-34C)
• Summer maximum temperaturesCool ( 20-24C / 68-75F)
• Country of originUnited Kingdom
• Period of origin1900 - 1949
• Flesh colourCream
• Fruit colorGreen / Red