Kingston Black Cider Apple Size:Semi-Dwarf (4'-5') On Northern California Black Walnut

On Northern California Black Walnut rootstock

Pyrus communis 'Honeysweet'

and thought to be a seedling of Winesap heritage

Dwarf rootstock: M26

Kingston Black Cider Apple Size:Semi-Dwarf (4'-5') On Northern California Black WalnutMalus domestica 'Kingston Black' Classified as a 'bittersharp' apple, the English consider it to be the standard cultivar for making a high quality, single variety cider. Originally from Somerset and first mentioned in the 1826 catalog of the London Horticultural Society. A good harvest of small to medium, dark red apples; ripens early October. From WSU: tannin (percent tannic acid): 0. 15; Acid (percent malic acid): 0. 61; pH: 3. 51; SG: 1. 055;