Our Variety Assessment

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

Amère de Berthecourt is an excellent cider apple for makers seeking colour, tannin and structure. Originating in northern France, it suits traditional orchards across the temperate regions of north-western Europe. The tree is hardy and productive, producing a powerful juice suitable for blending or distinctive single-variety cider. The strongly bitter fruit is not intended for fresh eating.

Amere de Berthencourt

Price range: 26,50 € through 59,75 €

Amere de Berthencourt is a traditional French bittersweet cider apple.

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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

Standard tree – 1.8 m stem and over

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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: 4341 Categories: Apple trees, Cider apple trees

Description

Amere de Berthencourt is a traditional French bittersweet cider apple. The apples are mostly pale yellow, and quite small, with a very bitter flavour – they cannot be eaten.

Amere de Berthencourt produces a high quality juice which can be used to create a single varietal cider or blended with other cider varieties.

Variety characteristics

Variety origin

Picardy variety obtained from a seedling sown in 1848 by the Count de Maupeou at the Parisis-Fontaines estate, in Berthecourt, Oise.

Origin

Period of origin

USDA zone

Flowering

Harvest period

Eating / keeping period

Use

Disease resistance

Self-fertility

Pollinator value

Ploidy

Origin and identity

Parentage

Chance seedling, exact parents unknown

Pollination

Compatible pollinating varieties

For reliable fruit set, plant at least one variety with a compatible flowering period nearby. Flowering period: 2 - early.

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Harvest calendar

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Additional variety information for Amere de Berthencourt is provided in partnership with Orange Pippin.