Our Variety Assessment

Its strengths, growing requirements and the conditions in which it performs best.

Kermerrien is a productive Breton variety that is relatively easy to grow when its vigour is controlled. Its highly aromatic juice combines bitterness with more acidity than many French bittersweet apples, bringing freshness and balance to blends. It can also produce a light single-variety cider. In very wet climates, however, its susceptibility to canker requires careful site selection and orchard management.

Kermerrien

Price range: 26,50 € through 59,75 €

A traditional French cider variety, grown for the acidic quality of its juice.

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1 year old grafted tree – approx. 1–2 m

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SKU: 4352 Categories: Apple trees, Cider apple trees

Description

Kermerrien is a traditional cider apple variety from Bretagne, in the far west of France.

It is grown for the acidic quality of its juice, which is primarily used to balance and enhance the flavour of other bittersweet varieties in cider blends – it brings freshness and balance. It can also be used to make a light thirst-quenching single-varietal cider.

Kermerrien typically has a Brix value of 12-13, and acid levels of between 5-6g per litre.