summary: A very sweet and somewhat spicy apple found growing wild in the northern panhandle of West Virginia, U.S.A., in the early 1900s. Now one of the best known and ...

summary: A favoured cooking apple, holding its shape and texture well for pies, crumbles and crisps. In most areas where this variety is grown, it is encountered as a ...

characteristics: The flesh is creamy yellow, medium-grained, crisp and crunchy. Juicy with a tart-sweet, honeyed taste. The flesh turns brown as it oxidizes, albeit slowly.

characteristics: The flesh is greenish white, firm and coarse-grained. The apple is crisp sweet-sharp and refreshing.

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summary: A sweet-tart, refreshing apple that also makes excellent apple sauce and provides tartness and sugars for cider blends.

characteristics: Bright white flesh. Crisp and fragrant with hints of melon, pineapple and sometimes elderflower, sweet with a distinct tang.

summary: Best eaten fresh. Considered one of the finest dessert apples.

characteristics: The flesh is white, fine-grained, firm and crisp. Juicy and moderately sweet. Flavour is quite sweet-tart. Browns slowly when the flesh is exposed to air.

summary: Originally known as Hawkeye , this apple from midwestern U.S.A. has reigned for almost a century as the most recognizable variety in terms of both shape and ...