Newland Sack
A very rare cooking and cider apple.
Medium sized round glossy yellow fruit, with red flush becoming brighter and deeper in the sun. Some russet. Tender and sweet with a hint of tartness.
Exceptional storer, keeping until May. Increases in sugar after about two months and becomes a sweet, nutty eater.
Very hardy, excellent cropper.
Although the origin is uncertain, it was thought to be from a pip in a refuse heap at the cider mill at Newland Court at the end of the 1700s. Hogg states that a Mr Cresswell 'discovered its merit, and grafted it freely.' Then thought lost until a single tree in Malvern was positively identified.
Hogg quotes Mr Baron Webster, a tenant farmer at Newland Court, as saying 'it is the best family apple known' and wishing all his orchards were of Newland Sack.
M116 – Medium. A semi-vigorous rootstock, with trees growing up to 3-4m (10-13
ft) high. Space trees 3.6m (12ft) with 4.5m (15ft) between the rows. Good for wet soil conditions. Start fruiting after 3-4 years.
MM106 – Medium. A semi-vigorous rootstock, with trees growing up to 3-4m (10-13
ft) high. Space trees 3.6m (12ft) with 4.5m (15ft) between the rows. Good for half standards, espaliers, cordons. Start fruiting after 3-4 years.
M25 – Large. A very vigorous rootstock, with trees growing up to 6m (20
ft) high. Space trees 4.5, (15 ft) with 6m (20ft) between the rows. Grow as full or half standard. Ideal in poorer soil in exposed sites. Start fruiting after 5-6 years.
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