Silver Creek Nursery Ltd.

Michelin Apple Bareroot

History: Michelin was raised by a French nurseryman in Normandy where it first bore fruit in 1872. It was named after pomologist Henri Michelin who studied cider varieties. In 1884 the Woolhope Field Naturalist's Club brought Michelin along with Medaille d'Or back to England where it became one of the most commonly planted cider varieties by the 1900s. 

Why We Grow It: These juicy apples produce good quantities of bittersweet juice that make a nice addition to cider blends. The trees start producing fruit at a young age and have large, reliable crops. They have preformed well in recent studies at the Vineland Research station in our Canadian growing conditions. 

      $56.50

      Rootstock:
      Size

      35 in stock

      Fruit Traits:

      Recommended Use: Cider

      Fruit Size: Medium-small

      Storage: Does not store well

      Harvest: September - Mid

      Cider Class (if applicable):

      • Bittersweet

      Class: Bittersweet
      Sugar: Medium, 1.050 SG
      Acidity: Low, TA 2.5 g/L
      Tannins: High, 4.4 g/L
      Taste: Moderately bitter and kind of bland with a taste reminiscent of cooked apples and berries
      Recommendations: Can be made into a single-variety cider but is better in blends
      *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: Middle

      Bloom Colour: White

      Pollination Requirements: Requires a pollinator of a different apple variety that blooms around the same time

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

      General Growth Habit: Low vigour producing an upright, compact growth habit. Precocious with good crops, spur bearing. Susceptible to canker and crown rot but resistant to brown rot and resistant to scab, and has been producing well in recent Vineland Research trials.

      Overall Disease Resistance Rating*: High

      *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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