Silver Creek Nursery Ltd.

Binet Rouge Apple Bareroot

History: A traditional French cider apple grown in Normandy, it is one of the varieties approved by the Appellation d'Origine Contrôlée for use in cider production in the region.

Why We Grow It: This apple produces an aromatic, bittersweet juice that can be used in cider and apple brandy. Although it only bears fruit every other year, it produces a considerable crop in a single season. It is also a great pollinator for other varieties due to its long blooming time.

      $56.50

      Rootstock:
      Size

      20 in stock

      Fruit Traits:

      Recommended Use: Cider

      Fruit Size:

      Storage: Keeps less than a month when stored in cool humid conditions

      Harvest: October - Late

      Cider Class (if applicable):

      • Bittersweet

      Class: Bittersweet
      Sugar: Medium, SG 1.0577
      Acidity: Low
      Tannins: High
      Juice Yield: Low
      Taste: Makes an aromatic juice
      Recommendations: Can also be used to make apple brandy
      *Information based on Dr. N. Rothwell's Hard Cider Varieties Suitable for Northern Michigan

      Tree Traits:

      Canadian Hardiness Zone: 5

      Soil Preferance: Sandy loam, loam, clay loam. Prefers average to moist conditions, avoid planting anywhere that floods for more than two weeks in the spring. Generally quite adaptable to different soil conditions.

      Flowering Time: Middle

      Bloom Colour: White

      Pollination Requirements: Requires a pollinator of a different apple variety that blooms around the same time, an excellent pollinator due to its long blooming period

      Sun/Shade Requirements: Full sun (approx. 8-10 hours of sun daily)

      General Growth Habit: Somewhat vigorous, has very heavy crops every other year. Susceptible to scab, mildew, and fireblight but very resistant to canker. Spur bearing.

      Overall Disease Resistance Rating*: Low

      *this rating is combined with our experience growing in our test orchards combined with already available information on the cultivar.

      Shipping: Every year we ship thousands of plants across Canada. We carefully bag roots in damp sawdust, then box them and send them out via courier. CLICK HERE to see our shipping policy.

      Pick-up: We also have thousands of trees picked up from our nursery each year. The pick-up options is free, though you must wait until you have been emailed a confirmation that your order is ready to pick up, which will have further information such as hours, locations, etc.

      Our grafted fruit trees are graded into two categories, and the size includes the rootstock:

      • 50-80cm grade: Smaller trees that may have some minor branching, this grade is like a "b-grade" size tree according to industry standards. This size may include trees that are over 1m but have some scarring or mild crookedness.
      • 1m+ grade: Trees that are over 1m tall, some may have no branches and others may have light feathering or a few established branches 

      Please keep in mind, bareroot trees appear small if you are unfamiliar with them. Size can vary year to year due to weather conditions and every single variety has a unique amount of vigour (some varieties naturally are smaller and some bigger, much like humans -and when you propagate hundreds of varieties, there certainly is variation). While we remain competitive in our plant size, it's also worth noting we don't use synthetic chemicals to push vegetative growth. Therefore you may find some conventional nursery stock larger in comparison. 


      Why plant small? It's best to transplant a tree when it's young so it can establish its roots before it has a lot of vegetative growth. This is much less stressful on it and after a few years bareroot trees tend to catch up and even surpass larger potted trees planted at the same time.

      Orders that are cancelled last minute due to size (being "too small"), will still incur the applicable cancellation fees if the trees are true to our grading standards as per the agreement of sale when the order was placed.

      Binet Rouge Apple - watercolour painting.

      Binet Rouge Apple Bareroot

      $56.50

      $56.50

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