Dabinett
Cider Apple
Type
Cider Apple
Harvest
Late October
Uses
Cider
Planting Position
14
An old bittersweet cider variety supposedly found by Mr Willian Dabinett in a hedge, as a wild seedling, near Middle Lambrook, Somerset. It is still popular and well known. According to Bulmer’s Pomona it originated in the Martock/Kingsbury area of Somerset. It has been said to be a seedling of Chisel Jersey. A prolific, regular and precocious bearer with medium sized conical apples, greenish yellow, flushed and striped red. The apples are ripe from the end of October to mid-November. The flesh is fragrant, very sweet and moderately astringent. Still favoured for cider blends and also as a single variety cider apple. The trees do not grow large but are very productive.