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Information on over 7,000 apples is available here, all carefully researched and provided in a way that is easy to navigate.

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Knobbed Russet

Knobbed Russet

1

Type: Dessert

summary: Don't let the outward appearance of this apple throw you off. When grown in favourable conditions, this British heirloom apple is remarkably fine-grained and ...

Granny Smith

Granny Smith

2

Type: Cooking, Eating, Pie

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

Golden Delicious

Golden Delicious

2

Type: Cider, Dessert, Sauce

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 ...

Cox’s Orange Pippin

Cox’s Orange Pippin

2

Type: Dessert

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

Northern Spy

Northern Spy

2

Type: Culinary, Cider, Dessert, Pie, Sauce

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.

Yellow Transparent

Yellow Transparent

2

Type: Culinary, Dessert, Jelly, Pie, Sauce

summary: This pale yellow apple is one of the most popular early ripening varieties, initially good for use in the kitchen and later for fresh eating. It was already ...

Belle de Boskoop

Belle de Boskoop

2

Type: Culinary, Cider, Dessert, Pie, Sauce

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 ...

Ashmead’s Kernel

Ashmead’s Kernel

2

Type: Culinary, Cider, Dessert, Jelly, Pie, Sauce

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

Arkansas Black

Arkansas Black

1

Type: Culinary, Cider, Dessert, Pie, Sauce

summary: Originating during the mid-1800s in the American heartland, this seedling of Winesap is an excellent multipurpose apple.

Gravenstein

Gravenstein

1

Type: Culinary, Cider, Dessert, Juice, Pie, Sauce

summary: A good, sweet-tart eating apple if fully ripened on the tree. However, it is most commonly used green as a cooking apple for apple pies and sauce, but creates a ...

Fameuse

Fameuse

1

Type: Culinary, Cider, Dessert, Jelly, Juice, Pie, Sauce

summary: Originally grown from seed by early settlers along the St. Lawrence River in eastern Canada during the early 1700s, this apple is excellent for fresh eating, ...

Karmijn de Sonnaville

Karmijn de Sonnaville

1

Type: Cider, Dessert, Juice, Pie, Sauce

characteristics: The flesh is yellowish, coarse-grained, firm and juicy. Rich and aromatic with intense nutty and honeyed flavours. High in sugar and acidity. Sometimes on the ...

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