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White Jersey Apple Bareroot

History: White Jersey is another English cider apple whose origins are a little obscure. It was popular in the Somerset area of England during the 1800s where it was first recorded in 1895. It is still grown in modern cider orchards in the UK today.

Why We Grow It: Although it has been deemed an apple with 'average quality juice,' White Jersey is still worth checking out if you are interested in cider making. It does well in the Great Lakes area and it compensates for its average juice quality with good productivity and a tendency to start bearing fruit early.

      $56.50

      Rootstock:
      Size

      35 in stock

      Fruit Traits:

      Recommended Use: Cider

      Fruit Size: Medium-small

      Storage: Does not keep well

      Harvest: September - Mid

      Cider Class (if applicable):

      • Bittersweet

      Class: Bittersweet
      Sugar: Medium, SG 1.051
      Acidity: Low, TA 2.9 g/L
      Tannins: High, 2.6 g/L
      Taste: Sweet with mild astringency
      Recommendations: Good for blending but an also be used to make a single-variety cider
      *Information based on Claude Jolicoeur's The New Cidermaker's Handbook

      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: 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: Quite vigorous and precocious with a spreading growth pattern, tends to bear fruit every other year but has heavy crops when it does. Resistant to 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.

      White Jersey Apple

      White Jersey Apple Bareroot

      $56.50

      $56.50

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