Cider apple variety: Brown Snout
This information forms part of Primefact 796 Growing cider apples.
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Variety: Brown Snout |
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| Origin: | Probably from Mr Dent, mid 1800s, Yarkhill, Hereford, England. |
| Tree form: | Medium, upright tree; liable to split at the crotch unless has wide-angled branches; scab-susceptible. |
| Pollination requirements: | Late bloom, good self-fertility, good pollinator with Breakwell’s Seedling, Dabinett and Stoke Red. In warmer districts this late flowerer may run into difficulty with lack of winter chill in certain seasons. |
| Fruit shape: | Small, conical fruit with a closed eye in a small or insignificant basin. |
| Colour and flesh: | Skin smooth, slightly waxy, with nil to slight flush orange; russet corona around eye, hence the name. Flesh white, soft and dry with slight astringency. |
| Harvest period: | Mid to late harvest, very good yield, more than 3 weeks storage. |
| Uses: | Bittersweet, an average mild to medium cider. |