Silver Creek Nursery Ltd.

Somerset Redstreak Apple Bareroot

History: Somerset Redstreak originated in Somerset, England in the early 1900s. This cider apple is still widely planted in the UK.

Why We Grow It: These attractive apples, yellow with red blush and striping, create a nice bittersweet juice with no sharpness. 

    $56.50

    Rootstock
    Size

    5 low in stock

    Fruit Traits:

    Recommended Use: Cider

    Fruit Size:

    Storage: Does not store well

    Harvest: October - Early

    Cider Class (if applicable):

    • Bittersweet

    Class: Bittersweet
    Sugar: Medium, SG 1.050
    Acidity: Low, TA 1.9 g/L
    Tannins: High, 3.5 g/L
    Taste: Astringent, no sharpness
    Recommendations: It makes a great base for cider blends but can also be made into a single-variety cider
    *Information based on Claude Jolicoeur's The New Cidermaker's Handbook

    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: Moderately vigorous and precocious with an upright growth pattern, tends to crop every other year, fruit rots after falling, spur bearing. Susceptible to sawflies but resistant to scab and brown rot.

    Overall Disease Resistance Rating*: Medium

    *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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