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Binet Rouge apple

Binet Rouge is a well-known French cider variety, classified as a bittersweet, and often used in the manufacture of Calvados.

The same word can be seen in the English Dabinett cider variety, although it is not thought these varieties are related.

USDA identification images for Binet Rouge

The identification paintings in the USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection span the years 1886 to 1942.

    Citation: U.S. Department of Agriculture Pomological Watercolor Collection. Rare and Special Collections, National Agricultural Library, Beltsville, MD 20705.

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    Origins

    • Species: Malus domestica - Apple
    • Originates from: France
    • Some historical details taken with kind permission from 'The New Book of Apples' by Joan Morgan and Alison Richards , illustrated by Elisabeth Dowle, published by Ebury Press, 2002.

    Identification

    • Country of origin: France
    • Annual cycle: Deciduous
    • Flowering duration: Average (2-3 weeks)
    • Fruit size: Small

    Using

    • Picking season: Very late
    • Keeping (of fruit): 2-3 weeks
    • Flavour quality: Very good
    • Juice style: Bittersweet (cider)
    • Cropping: Heavy
    • Food uses: Hard cider
    • Picking month: November
    • Picking period: late November
    • Specific gravity: 1063
    • Wildlife: RHS Plants for Pollinators

    Growing

    • Gardening skill: Experienced
    • Flowering group: 4
    • Pollinating others: Good
    • Ploidy: Diploid
    • Vigour: Weak growing
    • Precocity: Precocious
    • Bearing regularity: Biennial tendency
    • Fruit bearing: Spur-bearer
    • Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
    • Growth habit: Upright-spreading / Vase

    Climate

    • Cold hardiness (USDA): Zone 5 (-29C)
    • Climate suitability: Temperate climates
    • Cold-hardiness: Cold-hardy
    • Summer average maximum temperatures: Cool ( 20-24C / 68-75F)

    Other qualities

    • Disease resistance: Average
    • Canker: Very resistant
    • Scab (Apple and Pear): Some susceptibility
    • Powdery mildew: Very susceptible
    • Fire blight: Very susceptible

    Where to buy trees

    The following tree nurseries offer Binet Rouge apple trees for sale:


    Where to buy fresh fruit

    The following orchards grow Binet Rouge:

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