A bittersharp cider apple variety, found at the USDA repository at Geneva, but probably of English origin.
Geneva Tremlett's Bitter apple identification images
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USDA identification images for Geneva Tremlett's Bitter
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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Origins
- Species: Malus domestica - Apple
Identification
- Country of origin: United Kingdom
- Period of origin: 1850 - 1899
- Fruit colour: Yellow / Red
- Annual cycle: Deciduous
- Fruit size: Small
- Fruit shape: Round
Using
- Picking season: Very late
- Keeping (of fruit): 2-3 weeks
- Flavour quality: Very good
- Juice style: Bittersharp (cider)
- Food uses: Hard cider
- Picking month: November
- Picking period: mid-November
- Wildlife: RHS Plants for Pollinators
Growing
- Gardening skill: Average
- Flowering group: 4
- Pollinating others: Average
- Ploidy: Diploid
- Vigour: Average vigour
- Fruit bearing: Spur-bearer
- Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
- Growth habit: Upright-spreading / Vase
Climate
- Climate suitability: Temperate climates
- Climate suitability: Mild damp climates
- Cold-hardiness: Cold-hardy
Where to buy trees
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