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Sharp Dual Purpose Cider Apple

 

Origin and distribution

 

Widespread and quite common in old orchards and gardens in West Dorset

 

General description

 

An early pastry apple. Large or medium sized pale yellow green, mild sharp apple, often partly covered with a thin netting of russet. Deep stem basin and quite a good length stem.

 

Season

 

Ready mid October

 

Typical Juice

 

Mild sharp. SG  1.046, acidity 0.77%, tannin 0.14 g/l

 

Cider

 

When first tried at long Ashton in 1926, the cider was described as ‘fair with and aromatic flavour but the fermentation is too fast.’