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Somerset Redstreak cider apple trees

Pick: Late-season    Flowering group: 5       Uses: Cider 
Somerset Redstreak cider apple tree

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

Order now for delivery September 2013 onwards

Somerset Redstreak cider apple trees for sale

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Bare-root fruit trees (Deliveries start November 2013)

Large (3m - 4m)1-year - Bare-root - MM106 rootstock £29.00
Large (3.5m - 5m)2-year - Bare-root - MM111 rootstock £33.00

**All prices include delivery. We offer a discount on orders of multiple bare-root trees for delivery at the same time - this will be shown at the checkout.

Delivery period: Pot-grown trees can be delivered from September onwards. Bare-root trees can be delivered from mid-November onwards. Within those periods you can specify your preferred month of delivery during the checkout process. It is best to order as soon as you can to ensure items are reserved for you.

*Mature heights: Height shown is the approximate height of the tree when mature (after 5-10 years), not the height when supplied. See photos of trees as supplied. Actual mature heights may vary considerably dependent on your local conditions and training and pruning regime - see our Tree Height Calculator.

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Summary features of Somerset Redstreak

Growing

Uses

Identification

  • Country of origin: United Kingdom
  • Period of origin: 1900 - 1949
  • Fruit colour: Orange / Red
  • Blossom colour: Pink - light
  • Leaf colour: Green

Climate

  • Temperate climates
  • Tolerates cold winters
  • Mild / damp climates(explain)


Pollination guide for Somerset Redstreak

Somerset Redstreak is in flowering group 5. Somerset Redstreak is self-sterile and needs to be pollinated by another tree of a different variety nearby. Like all cider-apple varieties it can also be pollinated by most other apple varieties or crab-apples flowering at the same time.



How to grow Somerset Redstreak cider apple trees

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 ripens slightly ahead of the main late-season cider varieties.



Historical details

England, early 20th century.



Botanical name

Malus domestica Somerset Redstreak




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