Vilberie

Price range: 26,50 € through 59,75 €

A traditional French bittersweet cider variety.

Pre-orders are open

No payment today. You are reserving your trees before the inventory in early August.

After inventory, we will confirm the available trees and send you a payment link.

Dispatch generally takes place from late November to February, depending on the weather and the progress of lifting the trees.

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: 4363 Categories: Apple trees, Cider apple trees

Description

Vilberie is a traditional French cider variety, producing a very tannic but sweet bittersweet juice.

The juice would normally be blended with juice from other varieties to produce a balanced cider.

Variety characteristics

Variety origin

Old French cider variety, introduced into the United Kingdom in the mid-19th century.

Origin

Period of origin

USDA zone

Flowering

Harvest period

November 1-15, November 15-30

Eating / keeping period

2-3 weeks

Use

Cider

Disease resistance

Average

Self-fertility

Partially self-fertile

Pollinator value

Average pollinizer

Ploidy

Probably diploid

Origin and identity

Synonyms

Vileberie, Vilberry, Villebery

Additional variety information for Vilberie is provided in partnership with Orange Pippin.

Vilberie

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Variety characteristics

Origin and identity

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