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Dabinett Apple Bareroot

History: Dabinetts are an English cider apple named after William Dabinett who happened to find this variety growing in a hedge in the early 1900s. Since then the apple has become quite popular for use in making cider.

Why We Grow It: These smallish apples with speckled red skin produce a high-quality juice which can be used in single-variety ciders or blends. Dabinetts are classified as a bittersweet, are very resistant to scab, and are a reliable cropper.

      $56.50

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      Fruit Traits:

      Recommended Use: Cider

      Fruit Size: Medium-large

      Storage: Keeps a couple weeks when stored in cool, humid conditions

      Harvest: October - Late

      Cider Class (if applicable):

      • Bittersweet

      Class: Bittersweet
      Sugar: Medium, SG 1.057
      Acidity: Low, TA 1.8 g/L
      Tannins: High, 2.9 g/L
      Taste: Harsh tannin taste with hint of raisin
      Recommendations: Can be used to make single-variety ciders or can be blended with lower tannin varieties
      *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 although Dabinetts do not like sulphur.

      Flowering Time: Middle

      Bloom Colour: White

      Pollination Requirements: Self-pollinating, this variety will produce fruit without an apple tree of a different variety but will produce more and better fruit if one is present. Dabinett apples and Chisel Jersey apples cannot pollinate each other.

      Sun/Shade Requirements: Some shade tolerance, according to some sources is has been observed that this cultivar has more tolerance to shade than most apples; an interesting note when planning your orchard layout.

      General Growth Habit: Not vigorous, precocious, spreading growth pattern, bear heavy crops. Resistant to scab and brown rot. Semi-spur bearing.

      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.

      Dabinett Apple

      Dabinett Apple Bareroot

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