Silver Creek Nursery Ltd.

Brown Snout Apple Bareroot

History: Brown Snout was discovered on a farm in the UK in the mid-1800s. Its name comes from the brown russet around its calyx. H.P. Bulmer, a cider-making company, further propagated and spread this apple in the UK where it is still used today.

Why We Grow It: This medium bittersweet cider apple has small, uniquely coloured fruit that are sweet, slightly astringent, medium-tannin, and have low acidity. 

    $56.50

    Rootstock
    Size

    5 low in stock

    Fruit Traits:

    Recommended Use: Cider

    Fruit Size: Medium

    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 1.053
    Acidity: Low, TA 2.4 g/L
    Tannins: Medium, 2.4 g/L
    Juice Yield: 281 mL/lb
    Taste: Mildly bittersweet taste with a good body and mouthfeel
    Recommendations: Can be used in blends or to make 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: Late

    Bloom Colour: White

    Pollination Requirements: Apparently self-pollinating, this variety should produce fruit without an apple tree of a different variety but will produce more and better fruit if one is present

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

    General Growth Habit: Moderately vigorous with an upright growth pattern and a tendency to split at crotches, it is slow to fruit and tends to bear crops every other year, spur bearing. It is susceptible to canker and very susceptible to mildew and fireblight but resistant to brown rot and very resistant to scab.

    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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