Silver Creek Nursery Ltd.

Chisel Jersey Apple Bareroot

History: Chisel Jersey is believed to have originated in Martock, England in the 1800s. It spread little outside the immediate area for about a century but during the mid-1900s this apple became quite popular in commercial cider orchards. It has, however, lost some of that renown today despite being an excellent cider apple.

Why We Grow It: With small, green fruit featuring a striped red flush, this bittersweet cider apple is highly recommended in England as well as in Canada. It is high in tannins and sugars but low in malic acid and makes a great cider apple.

    $56.50

    Rootstock:
    Size

    25 in stock

    Fruit Traits:

    Recommended Use: Cider

    Fruit Size: Small

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

    Harvest: November - Early

    Cider Class (if applicable):

    • Bittersweet

    Class: Bittersweet
    Sugar: Medium, SG 1.059
    Acidity: Low, TA 2.2 g/L
    Tannins: High, 4 g/L
    Juice Yield: 232 mL/lb
    Taste: Mostly bitter with some hints of fruit or citrus, astringent aftertaste
    Recommendations: Good in blends where it adds structure and complexity
    *Information based on Claude Jolicoeur's The New Cidermaker's Handbook and Washington State University's "Cultivar Performance Gallery"

    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: Late

    Bloom Colour: White

    Pollination Requirements: Requires a pollinator of a different apple variety that blooms around the same time. Chisel Jersey and Dabinett cannot pollinate each other.

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

    General Growth Habit: Moderately vigorous and precocious with an upright growth pattern, tends to have heavy crops every other year. Susceptible to scab, mildew, and fireblight but resistant to brown rot. 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.

    We have simplified our crop inventory for grafted fruit trees into two sizes:

    1m+ Grade: this often has some feathering, and is measured including the rootstock.

    50-80cm Grade: this is like a 'b-grade' tree, sometimes with minor scaring or bent, these trees are priced accordingly.

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