Our Variety Assessment

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

Yarlington Mill is a Somerset classic for rich, fruity and well-balanced bittersweet cider. Its juice combines abundant sugar, mild astringency and low acidity, making it suitable for quality blends or single-variety cider. The vigorous tree produces heavy crops but can become strongly biennial. As a very late cultivar, it requires a long growing season to ripen fully in northern European regions.

Yarlington Mill

Price range: 26,50 € through 59,75 €

Yarlington Mill is a traditional English cider apple variety producing a bittersweet juice.

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

Half-standard – 1 to 1.5 m stem

Low-stem tree – approx. 60 cm stem

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Bittenfelder – approx. 6 m mature height

EM9 – approx. 2.5 m mature height

G969 – approx. 3.5 m mature height

M116 – approx. 4 m mature height

M25 – approx. 6 m mature height

MM111 – approx. 4 m mature height

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SKU: 4365 Categories: Apple trees, Cider apple trees

Description

Yarlington Mill is a traditional English cider apple variety. It was discovered at the end of the 19th century and has been a mainstay of English commercial cider production ever since.

It is a heavy-cropping variety and yields a large quantity of good quality bittersweet juice, which can be blended with other cider varieties. The apples tend to be a bit larger than is generally the case with cider varieties.

Variety characteristics

Variety origin

Seedling found near Yarlington Mill, in Somerset, in the late 19th century, now a classic bittersweet variety.

Origin

Period of origin

USDA zone

Flowering

Harvest period

Eating / keeping period

Use

Disease resistance

Self-fertility

Pollinator value

Ploidy

Growth and adaptation

Vigour and habit

Vigorous, upright to spreading habit, spur-bearing, heavy production but tendency to biennial bearing

Disease behaviour

Scab

Susceptible

Powdery mildew

Resistant

Canker

Resistant

Pollination

Compatible pollinating varieties

For reliable fruit set, plant at least one variety with a compatible flowering period nearby. Flowering period: 5 - very late.

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