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Sharp - Brown's Eater 

A traditional sharp cider apple in the UK, this one is gorgeous - bright green with threads of red through the skin. Flattish fruit, the tree is a mid-season cropper with the tendency of being a biennial bearer.

Code PS-APBE          $35.00

 

Sharp - Mother-In-Law

Less well-known than its heritage apple cousins, this aptly named variety has sharp-flavoured flesh prized for making the perfect blend with other cider apples.

 

Code PS-APMI         $35.00

 

Sharp - Tom Putt 

With medium to large fruit, this apple has a distinctivee shape, 'crowning' at the apex. Its firm flesh is pale greenish-yellow with a red flush and stripes with a sharp palate.

 

Code PS-APTP        $35.00

   

Bitter Sharp - Broxwood Foxwhelp 

An old English variety with medium to large red fruit. Early to mid-season cropper.

 

 

 

Code PS-APBF          $35.00

 

Bitter Sharp - Kingston Black

An English heritage apple cherished for slow-fermenting, full-bodied real ciders. Fruit is small and dark maroon. The tree is partially self-fertile, medium-sized and spreading.

 

Code PS-APKB       $35.00

 

Sweet - Slack my Girdle

Medium fruit with greenish-yellow skin streaked with crimson, the flesh is tender and sweet. Seems oddly named, but this sweet blender is also delectable in jams and compotes, and some believe its origin to be, fittingly, another version of 'loosen my belt.'

Code PS-APSM       $35.00

   

Sweet - Sweet Alford

Heritage blendig variety originating in Devon, England, this spreading tree bears small to medium fruit with pale, waxy-yellow skin just blushing pink. Flesh is sweet, juicy and crisp.

Code PS-APSA          $35.00

 

Bitter Sweet - Chisel Jersey 

Late bearer with bittersweet fruit. Its tannic juice is the ideal cider blender with the right partners.

 

Code PS-APCJ          $35.00

 

Bitter Sweet - Tremlett's Bitter 

Known as a prolific bearer from a young age, the apple's dark red skin overlays a greenish  base. Usually blended with other apples, it makes a 'mild' single varietal cider.

Code PS-APTB          $35.00

   

Bitter Sweet - Yarlington Mill

Heritage variety with Somerset roots, the flesh is firm on this medium-sized apple sporting russeted skin over a pale yellow base. Tree is virgorous and a heavy, late cropper.

Code PS-APYM         $35.00

 
 
 
 
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