Apple 'Sops in Wine' - Apple - Dual - bareroot tree

A red-fleshed English cider and culinary apple that dates back to the early Renaissance. Believed to have originated in Britain in the early 1600s. Earliest documentation of this apple appears to be by John Parkinson in his "Paradisi in Sole" (published in 1629) in which he stated "Sops in wine is so named both of the pleasantnesse of the fruit, and beautie of the apple." In 1758 by Johann Knoop listed it as the "Rode Wyn Appel." It was also listed by British pomologist, Robert Hogg in his "The Apple and Pear as Vintage Fruits" (published in 1886) with the comment "It is considered a good culinary and cider fruit." American pomologist S.A. Beach "The Apple of New York" (published in 1905) also makes mention of it, describing it as "A very ancient English culinary and cider apple."