Dabinett
Cider · Apple · Malus domestica Borkh. · 1 accession
Thought to have originated in the Martock-Kingsbury area of Somerset in the mid-19th Century. Believed to have been named after a Mr Dabinett. Possibly a seedling of Chisel Jersey. This variety crops regularly. Fruits have slightly crisp flesh with a sweet, astringent, strong fruity flavour when ripe. Dabinett is weak grower producing a small and spreading tree. A bittersweet variety that produces a soft, full-bodied, high quality cider.
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
- Picking time
- Mid November
- Flowering
- 11th May (10%) · 14th May (full) · 21st May (petal fall)
NFC characterisation
- Size
- small-medium
- Type
- Cider
- Crown
- weak
- Shape
- Globose
- Width
- 62.40 mm
- Height
- 50.00 mm
- Russet
- low
- Ribbing
- weak-medium
- Over colour
- Red
- Flesh colour
- Cream
- Ground colour
- Green yellow
- Over colour amount
- high-very high
- Over colour pattern
- striped/solid flush
Source · National Fruit Collection
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