Cider Apples
Kingston Black
(Located E3, U5, Planted 2025) This “bittersharp” apple from Somerset England is the standard cultivar for making a high quality single variety cider. Medium size red apple ripen in mid-October.
Harrison
(Located W3, A 14 Planted 2020) From Essex County New Jersey, this elongated yellow apple, ripe in late October, was used since colonial times to make a sweet cider.
Campfield
(Located W3, A 14 Planted 2020)Bittersweet, yellow with a red blush. Often mixed with Harrison to make cider in colonial times.
Granniwinkle
(Located W3, A 14 Planted 2020) From New Jersey in the early 1800’s, this red striped apple is ripe in late September and is high in sugar and acids.
Hewes Virginia Crab
(Located E2, S3, Planted 2015) Washington and Jefferson’s favorite cider apple, it is a bittersweet small red apple that is blended in to make a quality cider ripe in September.
Johnny Appleseed
Located E3, P14 Planted 2024) One of the apples in our inner oval is a clonal graft of a seedling tree planted by Johnny Appleseed in about 1830 in Ohio. It is a large red apple of good flavor, ripe in mid to late September. John Chapman supplied seedling trees to homesteaders who used the trees to legally “prove” their homestead and to make cider that saw them through the tough winters. Chapman planted many thousands of trees but very few survive today. This one turned out to be a high quality eating apple and was probably selected for cloning due to its high quality.
Perry Pears
Hendre Huffcap
(Located W2, E7 Planted 2025) Its balance of tannin and acidity make it ideal for a single variety pear cider. It’s greenish yellow and ripe in October.
Butt
(Located W2, E7 Planted 2025) Small yellow russetted pears are ripe in October. It’s slightly astringent and a good pollinizer. It has very narrow branch angles.
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