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Index of apples starting with B
Bald Mountain
characteristics: Flesh is greenish yellow, fine?grained and juicy.
Baldenheimer Weissapfel
characteristics: The flesh is ?????????? crunchy. Juicy and refreshing.
Baldwin
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summary: Good cooking apple for pies because it holds its shape well. The tartness also makes it a prized apple for hard cider.
Ball's Bittersweet
origins: Médaille d’Or crossed with Foxwhelp . Developed in Herfordshire in 1927 by Edward Ball who was pomologiest for Bulmer's cidery/nursery in Herefordshire.
Ball's Pippin
characteristics: The flesh is white, crisp and juicy. Sweet sharp and aromatic. Keeps three months in cold storage.
Ballarat Seedling
summary: A highly regarded, large cooking apple developed in southeastern Australia.
Ballard Beauty
summary: A useful long keeping dessert apple from Britain. Cox's Orange Pippin parentage.
Ballyfatten
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characteristics: White flesh tends to be firm, dry and acidic. When first picked, it is tart, but it sweetens up quickly in stor age.
Ballyvaughan Seedling
characteristics: The flesh is crisp and firm. It tends to be sharp with a lingering sweet aftertaste. Some people say it re minds them of brandy.
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