Silver Creek Nursery Ltd.

Stoke Red Apple Bareroot

History: This English cider apple originated in and was named after Rodney Stoke, a small village in Somerset, England. It was discovered around 1920 and has been popular in England since. 

Why We Grow It: Stoke Red produces a great bittersharp juice that is well-regarded for cider making. As an added bonus, it is a heavy cropper and resistant to scab.

      $56.50

      Rootstock:
      Size

      1 low in stock

      Fruit Traits:

      Recommended Use: Cider

      Fruit Size:

      Storage: Does not keep well

      Harvest: October - Mid

      Cider Class (if applicable):

      • Bittersharp

      Class: Bittersharp
      Sugar: Medium, SG 1.052
      Acidity: Medium, TA 6.4 g/L
      Tannins: High, 3.1 g/L
      Juice Yield: High, 286 mL/lb
      Taste: Very sharp and fruity, often scented
      Recommendations: Adds a bittersharp component to blends and can be made into a single-variety cider
      *Information based on Claude Jolicoeur's The New Cidermaker's Handbook and Washington State University's "Cultivar Performance Gallery"

      Tree Traits:

      Canadian Hardiness Zone: 4

      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: Very Late

      Bloom Colour: White

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

      Sun/Shade Requirements: Some shade tolerance (approx. 6-8 hours of sun daily)

      General Growth Habit: Moderately vigorous with a spreading growth pattern, slow to start producing fruit and tend to produce every other year, have heavy crops, spur bearing. Susceptible to mildew and fireblight but resistant to brown rot and scab.

      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.

      Stoke Red Apple

      Stoke Red Apple Bareroot

      $56.50

      $56.50

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