Sweet Coppin cider apple tree

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• Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
• Pollination group: 3
• Uses: Hard cider

Sweet Coppin is a good quality traditional English cider variety, producing a sweet juice which is low in tannin and acid. It is therefore a good variety for providing sweetness to tannic or sharp blends.

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• Semi-dwarf 1-year bare-root tree $37.95
  Mature height: 8ft-12ft after 10 years
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How to grow

Sweet Coppin is a weak-growing, heavy-cropping variety - a combination that invariably leads to biennial bearing in cider apples. Counter this by thinning the fruitlets to prevent it setting an over-heavy crop.

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History

Sweet Coppin originates from the south-western English county of Devon.

Sweet Coppin characteristics

• Gardening skillAverage
• Self-fertilityNot self-fertile
• Pollination group3
• Pollinating othersAverage
• Picking seasonVery late
• UsesHard cider
• Keeping (of fruit)1-3 days
• General resistanceAverage
• MildewSome susceptibility
• Cold hardiness (USDA)Zone 5 (-29C)
• Summer maximum temperaturesCool ( 20-24C / 68-75F)
• Country of originUnited Kingdom
• Period of origin1850 - 1899
• Fruit colorGreen / Red