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summary: A British eating apple from the 1800s, likely no longer grown.
summary: Judged to be of poor quality and likely no longer grown.
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summary: This apple can grow huge and it can be grown from seed with reasonable chance that it will produce a similar tree.
summary: Harold Taylor appraised it as "A tall, round, regular apple, pale yellowish-green in colour, with russet markings on the base. Some short in russeted cavity. ...
summary: Highly regarded as a dessert apple in Victorian England.
summary: A highly coloured mutation of McIntosh from Yugoslavia.
summary: No longer widely grown, but lives on as a popular garden variety in Britain. Great for apple jelly.
characteristics: Flesh is creamy yellowish, tender and sweet. Juicy and pleasantly aromatic.
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summary: Developed in Sweden during the mid-1900s as part of a programme to find winter hardy cultivars with long shelf life.
origins: Seedling of Hercogiene Elza at the Lithuanian Institute of Horticulture
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summary: Resembles Cox's Orange Pippin in shape, colour and flavour. Excellent when eaten out of hand, but also a remarkable apple for pies and turn-overs.
summary: Ideal for making blended cider, the British apple also makes a sauce with a sweet honey-flavoured finish.
summary: A highly coloured mutation of Jonathan found near Allentown Pennsylvania (U.S.A.) in 1937. Crisp, coarse-grained and juicy.
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characteristics: The flesh is creamy yellow, fine-grained, tender and crisp. It tends to be a bit on the dry side, but with good, sweet-sharp flavour. Let it hang as long as ...
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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 ...
summary: This is a mutation of Allington Pippin . Red wash with darker stripes.
summary: A mutation of Jonathan found in 1937 in Allentown, Pennsylvania (U.S.A.)
characteristics: The flesh is white, crisp. Juicy and tender with a tart finish.
summary: Described by Archibald Farquharson Barron in the 1888 issue of "British Apples Illustrated" as "large, conical, even, green-flushed and covered with large ...
summary: The Alma Sweet is excellent for use in apple sauce, either on its own or blended with more flavourful apples.
summary: An early-ripening mutation of Rhode Island Greening, Found in 1927 and introduced commercially in 1939 by J. W. Savely in Sumner County, Tennessee (U.S.A.). ...
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summary: An ornamental crabapple loaded with stunning pink flowers.
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characteristics: The flesh is soft and juicy. Sweet-tart. Flavour profile is similar to McIntosh.
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characteristics: The flesh is cream coloured, firm and tender. Juicy, sharp, with a good flavour.
summary: A whole tree mutation of Kidd's D-8 , colours early, dark red overcolour with prominent dark striping. Identified in 2010 by T. Clos at International Fruit Obtention, ...
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