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characteristics: The flesh has a greenish hue when first picked but matures to yellow in storage. Fine grained, tender, juicy and sweet sharp, Mild flavour.
summary: One of several eating apples from a 1981 crossbreeding of Gala and Splendour varietals at the Pacific AgriFood Research Centre in British Columbia, Canada. It ...
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summary: When first harvested, this is at best a cooking apple with a mild flavour, smooth texture and a tendency to hold its shape. After several weeks in storage, it ...
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summary: Likely originated in continental Europe during the Renaissance, this fresh-eating apple was widely accepted despite its moderate flavour and is still being ...
characteristics: The flesh is yellowish, crunchy. Juicy, sweet.
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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 yellowish, tender, Moderately juicy and sweet.
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characteristics: The flesh is white, tender, fine grained, juicy and sweet tart ranging to tart depending on the growning conditions.
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summary: This culinary apple was grown through the Loire Valley of France, but has become alarmingly scarce.
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characteristics: The flesh is firm, red under the skin and white at the core. Slightly astringent. Browns quickly when exposed to air.
characteristics: The flesh is yellowish. Tender and moderately fine-grained. Juicy, sweet-tart and mild.
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summary: The Ben Davis originated as a chance seedling that was found growing along the roads of the southeastern United States during the late 1700s and the early ...
characteristics: The flesh is white when first picked, becoming yellowish in storage. Fine-grained, firm. Juicy, sweet and aromatic.
summary: This long-keeping apple originated in the southern United States in the early 1800s and is still favoured as an excellent, sweet-eating apple.
summary: Was believed to have disappeared, but it was relocated and is once again grown.
summary: Declined in popularity and grown primarily in heritage orchards.
characteristics: White flesh is often stained red next to the skin. Coarse grained, firm . Crumbly, somewhat juicy and sweet. Aromatic.
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summary: A Russian variety from the early 1900s. listed as a red-fleshed apple, mostly grown in hobby orchards and for farmgate sales.
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characteristics: The flesh is creamy-white and fine-grained. Firm. Mildly acidic.
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summary: Often called Crow's Egg or Southern Crow's Egg, this tall, oddly shaped apple is an excellent fresh-eating variety that has been grown in the southeastern ...
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summary: This cider apple was found growing in the late 1960s in the Kanton Thurgau of northeastern Switzerland.
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summary: A heirloom American apple that lends itself to fresh eating, baking, cider and apple jelly, tends to be cold hardy and keeps well in storage.
characteristics: The flesh is pink. Juicy, sweet and aromatic. Acidity can be high, particularly in areas with weather and growing conditions that do not fall within this ...
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summary: A flavourful and sweet and spicy fresh-eating heirloom apple from Denmark.
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summary: A good eating apple after several weeks in storage. Excellent for making both soft and hard cider, Also, dried fruit, sauce and baking.
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