Kingston Black

• Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
• Flowering group: 4

Kingston Black is one of the definitive English hard cider apple varieties and produces a bittersharp juice.

Note that Kingston Black cannot be eaten fresh - it is grown solely for hard cider production.

Malus domestica

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Kingston Black cider apple trees for sale

• 11-year maiden bare-root tree 24.95€
  MM106 rootstock
  Large size (3m-4m after 10 years)
  

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• 21-year maiden bare-root tree 24.95€
  M25 rootstock
  Full size size (4.5m-6m after 10 years)
  

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Deliveries resume December 2020

History

Takes its name from the the town of Kingston near Taunton in Somerset, the main cider-growing area of the UK. Thought to have arisen in the 19th century.

Kingston Black characteristics

• Picking seasonVery late
• CroppingLight
• Keeping2-3 weeks
• Fruit persistenceNormal ripening
• Useful forHard cider
• Gardening skillExperienced
• Self-fertilityNot self-fertile
• Flowering group4
• Pollinating othersAverage
• PloidyDiploid
• VigourAverage vigour
• PrecocitySlow to start bearing
• Bearing regularityRegular
• Fruit bearingSpur-bearer
• Disease resistancePoor
• CankerSome susceptibility
• ScabSome susceptibility
• Climate typeTemperate climates
• Summer average maximum temperaturesCool ( 20-24C / 68-75F)
• Country of originUnited Kingdom
• Period of origin1850 - 1899
• Fruit colourCrimson
• Fruit sizeAverage