Stoke Red cider apple trees
£34.95Stoke Red cider apple trees for sale
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BR11-year bare-root tree,M116 rootstock£34.95
Medium tree
(2m-3m after 10 years)
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All about Stoke Red cider apple trees
Stoke Red is widely considered one of the highest quality English cider apple varieties. It adds a classic bittersharp component to cider blends, and can also be used to make a single-varietal cider.
Growing and Training
Stoke Red has generally good disease resistance and is fairly easy to grow. The main issue is that it blooms very late. This is useful in northern areas where late frosts can be a problem, but make sure you have a suitable pollinator variety.
Stoke Red can also lapse into biennial bearing, in other words bearing a crop only every other year. This can be avoided by ensuring that the fruitlets are thinned in early June to prevent over-cropping, which is often the trigger for a poor crop the following year.
History
Stoke Red was found in the village of Rodney Stoke, in Somerset in the early 20th century.
Stoke Red characteristics
- What level of gardening skill is needed to grow Stoke Red?Average
- Is Stoke Red self-fertile?Not self-fertile
- What flowering group is Stoke Red?6
- Is Stoke Red good for pollinating others?Average
- How does Stoke Red bear fruit?Spur-bearer
- What climates is Stoke Red suitable for?Temperate climatesMild damp climates
- What season do you pick Stoke Red?Very late
- CroppingHeavy
- How long can you keep Stoke Red in a fridge?2-3 weeks
- Food usesHard cider
- What is the overall disease resistance of Stoke Red?Average
- Is Stoke Red resistant to scab?Very resistant
- How resistant is Stoke Red to fire blight?Some susceptibility
- Where does Stoke Red originate from?United Kingdom
- When was Stoke Red first introduced?1900 - 1949
- Fruit colourOrange / Red
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More about cider apple trees
In England and France there is a tradition of breeding apple varieties specifically for the production of cider. These varieties are generally not edible, but are grown for the qualities of their juice.
Cider production usually relies on a blend of different cider apples, and cider varieties are divided into four groups on the characteristics of the juice they produce:
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Sweeter |
Sharper |
| Higher tannin |
Bitter sweet |
Bitter sharp |
| Lower tannin |
Sweet |
Sharp |
Some mainstream apple varieties can also be used for cider production or in cider blends, and some crab apples are also useful for cider blends.
