Our Variety Assessment

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

Harry Master’s Jersey is a dependable choice for rounded, fruity and high-quality English-style cider. This Somerset variety produces sweet bittersweet juice with mild tannins. The tree remains relatively compact, begins cropping young and is usually productive, although older trees may become biennial. It is suitable for blending and can also make an approachable, softer style of single-variety cider.

Harry Master’s Jersey

Price range: 26,50 € through 59,75 €

Harry Masters Jersey is a traditional English cider apple variety, producing a bittersweet juice.

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Choose your tree form

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

Half-standard – 1 to 1.5 m stem

Low-stem tree – approx. 60 cm stem

Standard tree – 1.8 m stem and over

Apple rootstock options

Bittenfelder – approx. 6 m mature height

EM9 – approx. 2.5 m mature height

M116 – approx. 4 m mature height

MM111 – approx. 4 m mature height

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SKU: 4351 Categories: Apple trees, Cider apple trees

Description

Harry Masters Jersey is a traditional English cider apple variety, producing a high quality bittersweet juice. It was introduced at the end of the 19th century and has been a popular English commercial cider variety ever since.

Variety characteristics

Variety origin

English variety bred in the late 19th century by Harry Masters at Yarlington, Somerset.

Origin

Period of origin

USDA zone

Flowering

Harvest period

Eating / keeping period

Use

Disease resistance

Self-fertility

Pollinator value

Ploidy

Origin and identity

Parentage

Exact parents unknown

Synonyms

Port Wine, Harry Masters’ Jersey

Growth and adaptation

Vigour and habit

Low to medium vigour, compact upright to spreading habit

Disease behaviour

Scab

Low susceptibility to scab

Powdery mildew

Low susceptibility to powdery mildew

Canker

Low susceptibility to canker

Pollination

Compatible pollinating varieties

For reliable fruit set, plant at least one variety with a compatible flowering period nearby. Flowering period: 4 - late.

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Additional variety information for Harry Master's Jersey is provided in partnership with Orange Pippin.