Amere de Berthencourt is a traditional French bittersweet cider apple.
Amere de Berthencourt apple identification images
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USDA identification images for Amere de Berthencourt
The identification paintings in the USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection span the years 1886 to 1942.
Citation: U.S. Department of Agriculture Pomological Watercolor Collection. Rare and Special Collections, National Agricultural Library, Beltsville, MD 20705.
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United States
- Axel Kratel in Santa Cruz, CALIFORNIA
- Gina Colver in EPHRATA, WASHINGTON
- Nancy Crossley in Oxford, MICHIGAN
Origins
- Species: Malus domestica - Apple
Identification
- Country of origin: France
- Period of origin: 1850 - 1899
- Fruit colour: Yellow / Orange
- Flower colour: White
- Annual cycle: Deciduous
- Flowering duration: Average (2-3 weeks)
- Flesh colour: White
- Fruit size: Small
Using
- Keeping (of fruit): 2-3 weeks
- Flavour quality: Very good
- Juice style: Bittersweet (cider)
- Cropping: Good
- Fruit persistence: Normal ripening
- Food uses: Hard cider
- Juice colour: Pale orange
- Picking month: September
- Specific gravity: 1049
- Wildlife: RHS Plants for Pollinators
Growing
- Gardening skill: Average
- Flowering group: 2
- Pollinating others: Average
- Ploidy: Diploid
- Vigour: Vigorous
- Bearing regularity: Biennial tendency
- Growth habit: Spreading / Flat-topped
- Fruit bearing: Spur-bearer
- Organic culture: Not-suitable
- Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Climate
- Cold hardiness (USDA): Zone 4 (-34C)
- Climate suitability: Temperate climates
- Cold-hardiness: Cold-hardy
- Summer average maximum temperatures: Cool ( 20-24C / 68-75F)
Other qualities
- Disease resistance: Poor
- Canker: Some susceptibility
- Scab (Apple and Pear): Some susceptibility
- Powdery mildew: Some susceptibility
- Fire blight: Very susceptible
Where to buy trees
The following tree nurseries offer Amere de Berthencourt apple trees for sale:
- Orange Pippin Fruit Trees (USA) United States
Amere de Berthencourt apple trees - Thomas Fruit Trees (EU) France
Amere de Berthencourt apple trees
Where to buy fresh fruit
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