Ashton Brown Jersey Apple Trees (Cider)

Ashton Brown Jersey Cider Apple Trees

The Ashton Brown Jersey apple tree produces a late season, bittersweet, vintage cider apple. The ripe fruit have a deep red-purple flush, and the flowers a fairly late, which makes them less susceptible to late frost.

Please note that this tree, although it makes outstanding cider all by itself, is not ideal if you only have room for one cider apple tree. It is slower than average to begin cropping (it is worth the wait) and it has a natural biennial habit. If you already have another, more consistent cider apple tree, then we recommend adding Ashton Brown Jersey to your collection. 

Browse our range of apple trees or the full variety of fruit trees.

Features:

• Use: Cider. Vintage quality. Bittersweet.
• Spur Bearer: suitable for cordons & espaliers, trained on wires.
• Tree's growth habit: Average vigour, a bit slow to establish. Biennial tendency. 
• Harvest: Early November
• Cider apples should be pressed for their juice as quickly as possible.

Rootstocks:
All of our Ashton Brown Jersey trees are grown on MM106 rootstocks.

Pollination Partners for Ashton Brown Jersey:
Your trees are self sterile and their flowers must be pollinated to make fruit.
Ashton Brown Jersey is in pollination Group F.
This means that they will cross-pollinate with other apple trees in pollination Groups E, F and G.

See our Guide to Apple Tree Pollination for a full list of partners & more tips about pollination.

Have a look at our quick guide if you are new to brewing cider at home.

Ashton Brown Jersey Disease notes:
Disease resistance: Brown Rot
Disease susceptibility: Scab (slight).

Did You Know?

Bred at Bristol's National Fruit and Cider Institute in 1903.

How Apple Trees are Measured & Delivered:
Our fruit trees are delivered in up to 3 shapes and you can also buy selected apple trees as ready made cordons.
Maiden: This unbranched tree is the smallest starting size. You can train maidens into espaliers and cordons.
Cordon: Ashton Brown Jersey trees are spur-bearers, so they can be made into cordons and espaliers.
Bush: This is a style of freestanding tree with a short trunk of about 60cm. It will grow to about 3 metres tall.
Half-Standard: This is a freestanding style that will grow into a full sized, "normal" apple tree, about 4 metres tall.