Subject: Re: [NAFEX] photograph of the rootstock apple Bud-118 heavy withfruit.
Date: Fri, 03 Nov 2006 17:44:11 +0000
So, a sweet apple w/ tannins but not much tart is desireable for cider-apple
growers?
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From: "loneroc" <>
To: "North American Fruit Explorers" <>
Subject: Re: [NAFEX] photograph of the rootstock apple Bud-118 heavy
withfruit.
Date: Thu, 2 Nov 2006 05:33:43 -0600
Hi Charlie,
Bud 118 has lovely pink flowers and a columnar habit (until the weight of
the fruit drags the branches down). Bud 118 has sweet fruit with a
relatively low acid levels and a nice dose of soft tannins--something that
hard cider makers value for imparting depth (mouthfeel) to the cider. It's
nothing you'd want to eat for dessert. Most European cider apples
(generally so tannic as to be inedible) are not reliably hardy in zones 3-4,
so the usual source of tannin for Northerners has been crabs of various
sorts. These also tend to be very high in acid and have not allowed cider
makers to control levels of acid and tannin independently....