Werribee Park Heritage Orchard
Tremlett’s Bitter
Tremlett’s Bitter
Tremlett’s Bitter
Price range: $5.00 through $35.00
Description
- Harvest: Early-mid harvest, good crop, biennial tendency, with up to 3 weeks storage
- Tree: Medium, semi-spreading, precocious tree; fairly scab-resistant
- Pollination Requirement: Very early bloom, self-sterile; possibly Brown’s Apple and Yarlington Mill may be early enough to pollinate, otherwise dessert varieties like Granny Smith and Jonathan would do well Fruit
- Shape: Medium, conical fruit tending to cylindrical, pointed nose; stem and eye basins small and shallow; eye closed. Skin &
- Flesh: Skin with heavy dark red flush often over complete surface; slight stripe, smooth and waxy. Flesh white, woolly, sweet and astringent
- Use: Bittersweet; produces a mild cider
- Origin: From Devon, England
Additional information
| Product Type | Scion, Tree |
|---|---|
| Origin | England |
| Harvest | E-M |
| Uses | Cider*bittersweet |
| Description | biennial tendency, conical fruit tending to cylindrical, England., good crop, otherwise dessert varieties like Granny Smith and Jonathan would do well Fruit Shape: Medium, pointed nose; stem and eye basins small and shallow; eye closed. Skin & Flesh: Skin with heavy dark red flush often over complete surface; slight stripe, precocious tree; fairly scab-resistant Pollination requirement: Very early bloom, self-sterile; possibly Brown's Apple and Yarlington Mill may be early enough to pollinate, semi-spreading, smooth and waxy. Flesh white, sweet and astringent Use: Bittersweet; produces a mild cider Origin: From Devon, Tremlett's Bitter Apple Harvest: Early-mid harvest, with up to 3 weeks storage. Tree: Medium, woolly |