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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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à la Faux
Type: cider
Characteristics: The flesh is white, fine grained and tender. Sweet and arromatic.
Aargauer Rosen
Type: culinary
Summary: Possibly a Roman variety with origins in the western Pyrenees.
Synonyms: Baschi, Baschiapfel, Bornapfel, Weissrosen, San Sebastian, Weissrosen, ...
Acey Mac
Type: dessert
Summary: Similar to the iconic McIntosh in taste and colour, but larger in size and firmer in texture.
Synonyms: Buhr McIntosh
Alkmene
Type: dessert
Characteristics: Cream-coloured flesh is fine-grained, crisp, juicy and generally dense. Slightly tart. Look for a honeyed flavour. Very aromatic. Brix 12.9.
Synonyms: Alkemene, Early Windsor
All Doer
Type: cider
Summary: Ideal for making blended cider, the British apple also makes a sauce with a sweet honey-flavoured finish.
Amère de Surville
Type: cider
Characteristics: The flesh is greenish which is most pronounced close to the skin. Very bitter with no discernible aroma.
Synonyms: Amer de Surville, Normande, Espèce-Arnout
American Summer Pearmain
Type: dessert
Summary: This is among the better summer fresh-eating apples.
Synonyms: American Pearmain, American Summer, Early Summer Pearmain, Summer Pippin, ...
Ames
Type: dessert
Characteristics: The flesh is white, fine-grained. soft and juicy with a vinous flavour.
Ametyst
Type: dessert
Characteristics: The flesh is yellowish, fine grained and somewhat firm. Very juicy, slightly tart, refreshing.
Synonyms: UEB 2650/2
Aori
Type: apple
Characteristics: very sweet and tend to have a tough skin
Synonyms: ????????????????????
Astrachan Large
Type: apple
Characteristics: sharp
Synonyms: Atrachan Large Fruited
Autumn Glow (Listed only by
Type: apple
Characteristics: Flesh is cream coloured, crisp and juicy. Fruity and sweet in flavour. Pick as late as possible for full flavour.
Baker's Delicious
Type: dessert
Characteristics: Flesh is cream in colour, firm and crisp. Juicy, sweet with some tartness. Aromatic. Very thin skinned, bruises easily.
Bancroft
Type: apple
Characteristics: The flesh is greenish, tender and fine grained with some crispness. Juicy with a refreshing tartness and mild flavour. Keeps for up to five months in cold stora ...
Bardsey
Type: dual
Characteristics: Juicy and sweet with a unique aroma of lemon.
Synonyms: Bardsey Island, Merlin's Apple
Batul Alma
Type: apple
Characteristics: The flesh is xxxxxxxxx, crisp. Juicy, very sweet with a rich fruity flavour and aroma.
Synonyms: Patul, PŠtul.
Bébé Rose
Type: cider
Origins: France
Beeley Pippin
Type: apple
Characteristics: Cream coloured flesh. Fine testrued, firm. Somewhat juicy and sweet, very aromatic with intense flavour.
Synonyms: Beely Pippin
Bellefleur Krasnyi
Type: dessert
Characteristics: The flesh is white with pink stains next to the skin and often around the core. Firm and somewhat dry. Sweet.
Synonyms: Belfler Krasnyi
Bessemyanka Michurina
Type: dessert
Characteristics: The flesh is cream coloured, often with a reddish stain next to the skin. Coarse-grained and crisp. Juicy and sweet-tart. Brix 14.4
Synonyms: Bessemlanka Michurina, Bessemyanka Michurinskaya
Bietigheimer
Type: apple
Characteristics: The flesh is white, crisp. Juicy and quite tart.
Blair
Type: apple
Characteristics: The flesh is white, firm, crisp and fine textured. Juicy, sprightly and aromatic. Keeps up to five months in cold storage.
Bottle Greening
Type: dual
Characteristics: The flesh is white, tender, melting and very juicy. Sweet-sharp and aromatic.
Breedon Pippin
Type: apple
Characteristics: The flesh is yellow, fine textured andfirm. Very sweet and brisk with a spicy pineapple flavour. Lasts about three months in cold storage.
Synonyms: Breedou's Pepping
Brimley Bittersweet
Type: cider
Origins: Devon (UK)
Brock
Type: apple
Characteristics: The flesh is cream coloured, crisp, juicy and sweet. Sprightly.
