Mettais - a Breton Bittersweet cider apple.

A bittersweet cider apple from Brittany (1850s) that is widely grown in Normandy that can provide 20% of a blend or can be used as a single variety as a prelude to its use in Calvados. It grows best in a drier climate with heavy crops of aromatic fruit. A good inclusion within a collection. Pollination Group 3.

BITTERSWEET  SG 1063   Malic Acid   0.25%     Tannin  0.37%   Bore and Fleskinger 1997 Juice Analysis

Cider - Self Sterile - Ready Late October

Minimum order of 5 scions - these can be of different varieties.