Cider Apples

  • Dunkerton Late Sweet

    Dunkerton Late Sweet

    A sweet English cider apple discovered in the 1940’s in the orchard of a Mr. Dunkerton of Baltonsborough, Somerset. It produces a juice that is sweet and low in tannin. Makes a cider which is light and fruity. A late season apple ripening October-November.   …

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  • Dabinett

    Dabinett

    An old English cider apple which arose in Martock, Somerset, England. It is a small, greenish-yellow apple flushed with red and believed to be a seedling of Chisel Jersey. It produces a bittersweet, astringent juice which makes a soft, full-bodied vintage cider. A very aromatic …

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  • Crimson King

    Crimson King

    Also known as: John Toucher’s, Bewley Down Pippin Crimson King is a fine English cider apple which also serves as an excellent culinary variety. It originated with John Toucher of Bewley Down, Somerset, England, who first propagated the variety in the late 19th century. It …

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  • Cortland

    Cortland is a cross of Ben Davis and McIntosh which originated at the New York State Agricultural Experimental Station in 1898. A medium-sized apple with smooth yellowish skin mostly covered with dark red and crimson. The fine-grained tender white flesh is very juicy and does …

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  • Cornish Gilliflower

    Cornish Gilliflower

    Also known as: Julyflower, Cornish Julyflower A absolutely wonderful dessert apple discovered in a cottage garden in Cornwall, England, sometime in the 18th century and introduced in 1813. Not an especially attractive apple with dull green skin with reddish brown coloration and thin russet covering. …

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  • Claygate Pearmain

    Claygate Pearmain

    A very high quality English dessert apple, found growing in a hedge by John Braddick of Claygate, in the county of Surrey in England. Fruit has a rich, nutty flavor with a good balance of sugars and acids. Skin is dull green, partially covered with …

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  • Cannon Pearmain

    Cannon Pearmain

    Also known as: Alpian, Red Cannon, Green Cannon, Anderson, Cannon First mentioned in literature in 1804, Cannon Pearmain is a fine all-purpose apple suitable for fresh eating, drying, cooking, and cider making. Like many long-keeping varieties, it improves greatly after several weeks in storage. It …

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  • Calvin

    According to history, Calvin was brought from Virginia to Kentucky over a hundred years ago. It was highly popular as a cider and brandy apple, but is also a fine, fresh eating apple. Jim Lawson of Lawson’s Nursery in Georgia sold this variety for years. …

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  • Brown's Apple

    Brown’s Apple

    A vintage English cider apple which arose in south Devon in the early 1900’s. It is a very widely planted variety in Europe and is esteemed for its tangy, scented, fruity cider. The medium, dark red fruit has a crisp, clean flavor. The flesh is …

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  • Bramley's Seedling

    Bramley’s Seedling

    An old English variety dating to the 1700’s from Southwell, Nottinghamshire. Today in Southwell there is a public house known as “The Bramley Apple.” Long considered by many apple enthusiasts as the “worlds best cooking apple”, Bramley’s Seedling quickly gained favor in this country for …

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