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characteristics: The flesh is white and firm. Juicy and sweet-tart. Fragrant.
summary: A tender, juicy and flavourful, fresh-eating heritage apple. Makes a tasty apple butter. Also used for cider.
characteristics: The flesh is cream-coloured. Crunchy. Juicy, sweet and slightly tart. Aromatic.
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characteristics: The flesh is cream-coloured, coarse-grained, dense and crunchy. Juicy and sweet, slightly tart and highly aromatic.
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characteristics: The flesh is greenish-white, fine-grained and firm. Sweet-sharp and flavourful.
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characteristics: The flesh is white, tender and fine grained. Juicy and sweet, flavourful and aromatic.
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characteristics: The flesh is white, crisp, fine-grained. Very juicy, sweet-tart and spicy with a nutty flavour.
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characteristics: The flesh is white, tender, fine-grained, crisp and juicy. Sweet, aromatic, sprightly with a vinous flavour. Bruises easily.
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characteristics: The flesh is cream-coloured, firm, fine-grained, crisp. Somewhat dry, but sweet and sprightly.
characteristics: The flesh is white, juicy, sweet and sprightly. Rated as “very good” by Dr. John A. Warder under the name Cain in his “American Pomology: Apples” ...
characteristics: The flesh is pale yellow, moderately firm and medium fine-grained. Very juicy, sweet with minimal acidity. Tends to brown quickly when exposed to air.
characteristics: The flesh is yellowish, fine-grained and crisp. Juicy and very sweet.
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characteristics: The flesh is pale green, juicy, sweet-tart. Somewhat flat.
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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 ...
characteristics: The flesh is white, fine-grained, crisp. Juicy, sweet, faintly tart and nutty.
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characteristics: The flesh is yellowish, fine grained, very crisp and somewhat hard. Juicy, very sweet, slightly acidic with rose petal and pineapple aromas which become ...
characteristics: The flesh is cream-coloured. Fine-grained, firm and crisp. Juicy spicy, and sweet. Mildly aromatic.
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characteristics: The flesh is light cream coloured, dense and firm. Crunchy, very juicy. Aromatic, honeyed flavour and sweet; sweeter, in fact, than the Cox, thanks to the red ...
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characteristics: The flesh is cream-coloured, fine-grained, firm and crisp. Sweet-sharp when first harvested but mellows in storage.
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characteristics: Flesh is yellowish, firm, crisp and juicy. Tough skin and coarse texture, though it softens in storage. Flavour is slightly sweet, slightly tart, spicy and ...
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characteristics: The flesh is yellow, coarse-grained, crisp, sweet and tender. Aromatic. Flavour and sweetness are at their peak when the fruit is allowed to ripen on the tree ...
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summary: This is possibly the best-known apple today for making a single-varietal, British-style cider.
characteristics: Flesh is yellowish, crisp, tender and juicy. Fine-grained. Fragrant and somewhat tart. Fruit is at its best if left a couple of weeks in storage after harvest.
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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 ...
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characteristics: The flesh is cream-coloured, fine-grained and tender. Juicy, sweet and slightly tart.
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characteristics: The flesh is cream-coloured, fine-grained, soft and sweet.
characteristics: The flesh is white, tender, fine-grained and very sweet. Aromatic.
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characteristics: The flesh is greenish, coarse-grained and soft. Moderately sharp but mellows to a sweet, tender apple after about six weeks in storage.
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summary: A heritage British cooking apple, frequently used for making juice. Also makes wonderful apple pies. Too tart for eating out of hand unless held in storage for ...
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