Binet Rouge Apple Rootstock/Size:Bud 118 Semi-Dwarf: 2-3 ft.Overview Binet Rouge is a traditional French cider apple from Normandy, long valued for its aromatic, bittersweet fruit and exceptional pollination qualities. The small to medium apples are greenish yellow with red striping, producing firm, fine grained flesh that is sweet, slightly bitter, and distinctly flavorfulexcellent for cider but unsuitable for fresh eating. Tree Characteristics The tree is moderately vigorous, frost tolerant at bloom, and
Rod and others we know in Montana refer to it as an applecrab
The seedling was later introduced and promoted by the Maxson family and became known as Spokane Beauty after being exhibited regionally
Source: Ecological plasticity of pear cultivars in the Southern Urals (2019)
and other northern climates
Disease-wise
The berries are perfect for pies
We wouldn't say this is a late apple for us
and likely even hardier
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and how much you plan to manage canopy size through pruning
fruit set may be improved and stabilized by planting with other late-flowering apricots
this firsthand regional knowledge places it among the hardiest early apples available and helps explain its long-standing reliability in cold northern climates
