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characteristics: The flesh is pale yellow. Tender and juicy. Sweet with a roasted flavour.
summary: This is just one of the 96 varieties of limbertwig apples which arose out of the South Appalachian Mountain region of south-eastern North America. Roughly half ...
summary: Note that there is also a ornamental crab apple by this name. Please see Ames .
summary: A cooking apple that originated in Herfordshire during the 1800s. Possibly a lost cultivar.
summary: Dating back to the late 1700s, this north German cultivar has likely disappeared.
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characteristics: The flesh is yellowish, fine grained, crisp. Sweet-sharp. Its signature pineapple flavour becomes more pronounced in storage. Rich in Vitamin C.
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characteristics: Flesh is yellowish white, stained pink under the skin. Fine grained, firm. Sweet, lightly tart with a pronounced pineapple flavour which matures to strawberry ...
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characteristics: The flesh is cream-coloured, crisp and juicy. Sweet and sprightly.
characteristics: The flesh is firm. Somewhat dry. Distinct licorice flavour, notably so when grown in clay based soils. The flesh oxidizes very quickly and becomes quite brown ...
summary: Regarded as the queen of all cooking apples in its native Charentes region of France.
characteristics: The flesh is yellowish. Juicy, very sweet, with a distinct aniseed aroma, especially when grown in clay based soil.
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characteristics: The flesh is white, crisp and moderately juicy. Slightly acidic with an aniseed flavour.
summary: Annat Scarlet is widely considered to be the same apple as the Devonshire Quarrenden and the name is actually suggested as a synonym for the Quarrenden. However, the two have ...
summary: A fresh eating apple grown in south-central England a century-and-a-half ago. The last remaining tree is reported still standing.
summary: Weighing as much as a 400-page hardcover book, this apple shines as a cooking apple. It is also used for hardy root stock and can be grown from seeds.
characteristics: The flesh is white and crunchy, Sweet and tart
summary: https://www.cabdirect.org/cabdirect/abstract/19911620701 https://agris.fao.org/agris-search/search.do?recordID=US9023775
characteristics: The flesh is Sweet?tart, aromatic.
summary: A sweet, firm dessert apple with a flavour of banana, first grown in Ireland during the late 1800s.
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characteristics: The flesh is creamy white, fine textured and firm, Very juicy, sweet and somewhat tart. Excellent pineapple flavour with hints of melon and cane sugar. Brix ...
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characteristics: The flesh is yellowish, fine-grained and tender. Juicy, sweet and sprightly. Aromatic.
characteristics: The flesh is yellow and tender. Very juicy, sweet?tart and fragrant.
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characteristics: The flesh is white, fine-grained and crisp. Very juicy and sweet. Intense, rich flavours. Bruises easily.
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summary: Better known as Aurora Golden Gala, this excellent fresh-eating apple was developed in western Canada, but it is to some degree overlooked by commercial ...
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