Does anyone have a cider apple nursery recommendation?

We are considering integrating Cider apples into our mix here. Also I have friend that is looking to put in a few acres of cider apples.

Does anyone have a cider apple nursery recommendation?

Thanks team!

-Mark

I've ordered from Cummins Nursery in the past and they seem to have a pretty good selection of cider apples. Here is a direct link to their cider page. While Cummins does offer a good product, they are a bit on the spendy side ($21 a tree when ordering 50-99 trees). It's very late in the season for ordering bareroot trees, so I would expect most places to have a lousy selection if you are ordering for this year.

Apple variety selection has improved a lot in the last ten years or so.

Plain old variety counts for a lot as well.


And, don't forget to plant the raspberries for your "apple" cider.


I make an apple raspberry hard cider that gets rave reviews virtually every time somebody tries it.

Thanks team!

As mentioned above its too late now but I have an excellent start on next year.

I did end up planting 70 more fruit and support trees this spring though, just no cider cultivars. So it's not a total loss!

Thanks team.

Raintree Nursery has a good selection of apples and even pears for cider.