Tremletts Bitter Apple Trees

Malus domestica Tremletts Bitter

A mostly red, often blotchy apple, Tremletts Bitter is a real cider apple - one bite from a fresh one and you won't be wanting another in a hurry! The fruit are medium sized and have a hard, bittersweet flavour, high in tannin.
When blended with a sweet and a sharp cider apple, they help create a rich, refreshing overall flavour and are a popular ingredient in commercial ciders.
You could use Tremletts Bitter for a single variety cider if you really like the dry stuff.

The fruit have a handy habit of falling from the tree when ripe, so place a net underneath to catch the early ones, and give the tree a shake when you think that they are all ready.
The trees' growth is fairly good and they are noted for coming into fruit well in their third or fourth year. It is up to you to decide whether to keep these first fruit or pinch the buds off to discourage a biennial habit (meaning one year will be good, the next not so good).
The fruit ripen in early to mid October.

Browse all our apple trees or read our guide to buying the right apple tree.

Features:

• Cider: Full Bitter-Sweet
• Spur bearer
• Self sterile.
• Pollinator
• Pollination Group B.
• Harvesting: October.

Have a look at our quick guide if you are new to brewing cider at home.

Pollination Partners for Tremletts Bitter

Planting Golden Hornet or John Downie crab apple trees is the fool-proof way of pollinating a mixed orchard. If you would rather use another normal apple tree, then select any of the fertile or pollinating trees in Groups A-C in the Apple Tree Pollination list.

Tremletts Bitter Rootstocks

The MM106 rootstocks that we use for our apple trees will produce a medium sized tree of 4-5 metres if left to grow naturally and are also suitable for training your tree into a bush, cordon or espalier.