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Porter's Perfection cider apple trees

Malus domestica
Porter's Perfection apples
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Porter's Perfection is listed in the RHS Plants for Pollinators
  • Picking season: Late
  • Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
  • Flowering group: 3

Porter's Perfection is a 19th century English cider variety producing a bittersharp juice.

Porter's Perfection cider apple trees for sale

Bare-root

  • BR11-year bare-root tree MM111 rootstock £34.95
    Large tree (3m-5m after 10 years)
  • BR21-year bare-root tree M25 rootstock £35.50
    Very large tree (4m-7m after 10 years)

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Next deliveries

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Delivery charges

Delivery for a single tree starts at £9.95, it is calculated based on your postcode.

Growing and Training

Porter's Perfection can lapse into bienneial bearing with age. This can be addressed by heavily thinning the fruitlets in late spring in the "on" year.

History

Porter's Perfection was found in Somerset in the 19th century.


Porter's Perfection characteristics

Growing

  • Gardening skillAverage
  • Self-fertilityNot self-fertile
  • Flowering group3
  • Pollinating othersAverage
  • Fruit bearingSpur-bearer
  • Climate suitabilityTemperate climatesMild damp climates

Using

  • Picking seasonLate
  • CroppingHeavy
  • Keeping (of fruit)2-3 weeks
  • Food usesHard cider

Problems

  • Disease resistanceGood
  • CankerSome resistance
  • Scab (Apple and Pear)Some resistance

Identification

  • Country of originUnited Kingdom
  • Period of origin1800 - 1849
  • Fruit colourOrange flush

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