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Type: apple
Characteristics: The fle
Other names: Morgan Sweet. There is also a Somerset (UK) Dessert/Cider apple that uses this a ...
Aagt
Type: dessert
Summary: A favoured eating apple that originated in Holland sometime during the 1700s. Also known as Friandise.
Other names: Aagt d’Angleterre, Aagt de Hollande, Leckerbissen, Friande, Friandise, Fyne Groo ...
Abbondanza
Type: dessert
Summary: Originating in Italy, this large, fresh-eating apple offers a refreshing sweet tart flavour.
Other names: Belfort
Admiral
Type: dessert
Characteristics: The flesh is pale greenish, coarse grained, soft. Sweet and aromatic.
Other names: Gloria, Togo of Upton
Ahrista
Type: dessert
Characteristics: The flesh is slightly yellowish. Very juicy. Sweet-tart.
Airlie Red Flesh
Type: dessert
Summary: A red-fleshed apple found as a chance seedling in Oregon State.
Other names: Aerlie, Airlie, Airlie's Red Flesh, Hidden Rose
Aïvaniya
Type: dessert
Summary: Widely grown in south central Bulgaria in the 1950s.
Other names: Aivanna, Aiviana, Ayvaniya,
Aiwa
Type: dessert
Characteristics: The flesh is cream coloured. Crunchy, juicy, sweet-tart and aromatic.
Akita Gold
Type: dessert
Characteristics: The flesh is yellowish. Fine-grained, crisp and very juicy. Sweet-tart and aromatic with hints of quince flavours. Brix 14.0.
Alastair Cannon-White
Type: culinary
Characteristics: The flesh is cream colour, firm. Rich flavour.
Other names: Alastair Canon, Alastair Cannon, White Lindel
Aldenham Blenheim
Type: culinary
Summary: A mutation of Blenheim Orange.
Alexander
Type: culinary
Characteristics: Flesh is white with a faint tinge of yellow. Coarse texture. Juicy and sweet with winey flavours.. Sweet when eaten fresh, otherwise quite sharp.
Other names: Albertin, Alexander the First, Aport, Calville Alexandre, Emperor Alexander, Emp ...
Alfriston
Type: culinary
Summary: No longer widely grown, but lives on as a popular garden variety in Britain. Great for apple jelly.
Other names: Alfreston, Alfristan, Freen Grove, Green Goose, Lord Gwydyr's Pippin, Lord Gwydy ...
Allington Pippin
Type: dessert
Characteristics: Flesh is off-white, fine grained. Juicy with a rich, sweet-tart flavour, somewhat reminiscent of pineapple. The flavour tends to be somewhat harsh at harvest ti ...
Other names: Allington, Allington Peppin, Brown’s South Lincoln Beauty, South Lincoln Beauty, ...
Almata
Type: dual
Summary: This red-fleshed apple makes great apple sauce, crabapple jelly and has also caught the attention of cider makers.
Other names: Alma Ata
Alpha 68
Type: dessert
Characteristics: The flesh is cream coloured, firm and tender. Juicy, sharp, with a good flavour.
Other names: Alfa 68
Altländer Fettapfel
Type: culinary
Characteristics: The flesh is white, crisp. Intense flavour.
Other names: Altlander Fettapfel
Alton
Type: dual
Characteristics: The flesh is white, often with a red stain under the skin. Very similar to the Crimson Beauty in flavour and texture.
Amanishiki
Type: dessert
Characteristics: The flesh is distinctly yellow and very sweet, but lacking flavour.
Ambrosia
Type: dessert
Summary: A sweet, juicy and flavourful eating apple, the Ambrosia stems from a chance seedling found in British Columbia's orchard country.
Other names: Mennell’s Ambrosia
Amer Doux Vert
Type: cider
Characteristics: The flesh is light tan coloured, fine grained, tender and sweet.
American Golden Russet
Type: dessert
Characteristics: The flesh is yellowish, fine-grained, crunchy. Somewhat juicy, sweet with a hint of tartness and a distinct nutty flavour. Aromatic. Best flavours emerge after ...
Other names: Bullock's Pippin, Golden Russet, Sheep's Nose
Ananas Reinette
Type: dessert
Characteristics: The flesh is yellowish, fine grained, crisp. Sweet-sharp. Its signature pineapple flavour becomes more pronounced in storage. Rich in Vitamin C.
Other names: Ananas, Ananas Renette, Pineapple Reinette, Goldapfel, Kindbetter. Note that the ...
Ananas Rouge
Type: dessert
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 i ...
Other names: Ananas, Red Pineapple, Roter Ananasapfel. Note that the Ananas Reinette and Cloc ...
Angyal Dezso
Type: dessert
Summary: This Hungarian cultivar from the 1900s has a sweet-tart juice and nutty flavour.
Other names: Angyal Dezs
Anis Rosalie
Type: culinary
Summary: Regarded as the queen of all cooking apples in its native Charentes region of France.
Other names: Anis rose, Azeroly anisé, Azeroly, Mazoréli