Dabinett

AppleAvailable

Soft bittersweet, vintage-quality single-variety cider

Across the consideration criteria

How it grows

Cold hardiness: -10°F
Ripening: Mid-season
Vigor: Low Vigor, Small Spreading Spur-Bearer, Precocious, Heavy-Cropping; Potassium-Demanding, Sulfur-Sensitive
Disease tolerance: High
Drainage need: Moderately Well
Soil pH: 5.8–7
Graft requirement: Graft Required
US availability: Available

Considerations

Winter hardiness-10°F

TenderVery hardy

Wood hardy to about -10°F.

Ripening seasonMid

EarlyLate

Mid-season harvest.

Disease resistanceHigh

Needs sprayResistant

High overall resistance across the pome pathogens.

Fire blightSusceptible

SusceptibleResistant

Canopy CONFLICTED: nurseries rate very-resistant; but very late bloom raises practical FB exposure and Eve's Cidery (NY) reports very-susceptible on-site to fire blight, the dominant pome disease.

VigorLow

LowHigh

low vigor, small spreading spur-bearer, precocious, heavy-cropping; potassium-demanding, sulfur-sensitive

Soil pH preference5.8–7

4.58.5

Prefers a pH band of 5.8–7.

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