Cider Apple
Apple
Cider Apple
Origin and History
The Cider Apple is propagated under this name and is highly esteemed in the county of Bucks and the contiguous parts of Pennsylvania.
Tree
The tree is tall, with limbs that shoot upwards. It is sometimes loaded with fruit beyond any other tree in our orchards, requiring great care to prevent the branches from being destroyed by the weight of fruit.
Fruit
Size: Middling.
Form and Appearance: Its appearance resembles the Vandervere.
Skin: Smooth, with a lively streaked red coloring.
Flavor: Pleasant.
Stem, Cavity, Calyx, Basin, Flesh, Core, and Seeds: Not described in source.
Season
Ripens in October and November.
Uses
The Cider Apple is highly esteemed as a most productive and excellent cider fruit. While it is a pleasant table fruit, it is chiefly used for cider.
Subtypes and Variants
Not described in source.
Book Sources
Described in 1 period pomological work
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— William Coxe, A View of the Cultivation of Fruit Trees (1817)NO. 52. CIDER APPLE.
The apple propagated under this name, is highly esteemed as a most productive and excellent cider fruit, in the county of Bucks, and the contiguous parts of Pennsylvania : the size is middling, its appearance resembles the Vandervere the skin is smooth, a lively streaked red it is a pleasant table fruit, but is chiefly used for cider. The tree is tall, the limbs shoot upwards ; it is sometimes loaded with fruit beyond any other tree in our orchards, requiring great care to prevent the branches being destroyed by the weight of fruit. It ripens in October and November.