Frederick Cider and Cooking Apple

Frederick is a highly regarded heritage cooking and cider apple tree producing aromatic fruit with a distinctive full-sharp cider character.

Features

• Aromatic fruit with full-sharp flavour profile
• Well suited to traditional vintage cider making
• Also a cooking apple - reputedly makes a great jelly
• Fruit should be used soon after harvest
• Moderately vigorous growth habit
• Drooping branches as the tree matures
  

Origins / Notes
Frederick originated in the Forest of Dean, Monmouthshire, during the 19th century. It is valued in traditional cider orchards for its aromatic qualities and contribution to balanced cider blends. 

Pollination 

Pollination is Mid Season

Available on Rootstock 

• M26 
• MM106    (please select the rootstock you want below)

Please refer to our Rootstock Guide for more information

Help selecting your organic apple tree 

You might want to have a read of our Guide - How to Choose the Right Apple Tree - that gives an overview of all the decisions you'll need to make and tips on how to make them. 

And we are happy to help if you need making your selections. Just get in touch. 

Whereas varieties determine the type of apple you get, the rootstock determines the growing characteristics, vigour and ultimate height of the tree.

Selecting the right rootstock for your site and preference is just as important as the variety you chose. The different rootstocks we graft with and their uses are listed below.

M26 – Semi dwarf. Up to 3m high. Requires staking. Used for bush trees. Suitable for small gardens & allotments, for training into cordons & espaliers. Startsbfruiting after 2-3 years. Space bush trees 2-4m apart.

M116 – Medium. A semi-vigorous rootstock, with trees growing up to 3-4m high. Good for wet soil conditions. Start fruiting after 3-4 years.  Space trees 3.6m with 4.5m between the rows.

MM106 – Medium. A semi-vigorous rootstock, with trees growing up to 3-4m high. Good for half standards, espaliers, cordons. Start fruiting after 3-4 years. Space trees 3.6m with 4.5m between the rows.     

M111 – Large. A vigorous rootstock, with trees growing up to 4m high. Tolerates wet ground, more exposed sites, higher altitudes, and shallower soil conditions, has good disease resistance. Good for farms, larger smallholdings. Start fruiting after 4-5 years   Space trees 4-6m apart with 6m between the rows.

M25– Very Large. A very vigorous rootstock, with trees growing up to 6m (20ft) high. Grow as full or half standard. Ideal in poorer soil in exposed sites. Not ideal for the most gardens unless the soil is poor. Start fruiting after 5-6 years.  Space trees 4.5m apart with 6m between the rows.

Mid Season

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