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characteristics: The flesh is yellow, tender, sweet and very juicy and brisk. Keeps well in cold storage fo two moths.
origins: Documented by Evelyn, John Pomona with contribution by Dr Smith as early as 1664 and again by Hogg, R. and Bull, H. The Apple and Pear as Vintage Fruit more ...
characteristics: The flesh is yellowish, firm, crisp and very juicy. Brisk to tart.
summary: A limb mutation of Tenroy Gala discovered in 1985 at Hawkes’ Bay (New Zealand). Bright red over 90 to 100 per cent of the surface and striped darker red, some ...
origins: Heyer 12 x Haralson, Morden Research Station, Agriculture Canada, by Dr. C. R. Ure, for the Prairie Fruit Breeding Cooperative, selected as 17C—23—33 at ...
characteristics: The flesh is yellow, firm, somewhat dry, but sweet and aromatic.
origins: Broom House, south of Raglan, Wales (U.K.) Monmouthshire
characteristics: The flesh is yellowish, tender, sweet and brisk with abundant flavour. Keeps about two months in cold storage.
characteristics: The flesh is cream-coloured. Crisp, crunchy and dry. Sweet-tart with an intense, rich flavour, but it needs to hang on the tree as long as possible.
origins: Known to be growing at Hill Farm at May Hill in Gloucestershire (UK) in 1931but classed as critically rare in 2001. The few trees in existance today have been ...
characteristics: The flesh is yellowish, crisp, tender and brisk with a sweet, nutty flavour. Keeps well for about two months in cold storage and then quickly becomes mealy.
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summary: Found as a chance seedling in Britain, this late flowering cider apple makes a mellow, amber cider with bittersweet flavours.
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summary: A vintage-grade, sharp cider apple that originated in Devon.
origins: Developed by Richard Brown of Stamford, Lincolnshire (U.K.) after the mid-1800s.
summary: Found in Oregon (USA). Ready for harvest early in the fourth period. Shows more stripe on a pale reddish skin.
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characteristics: Flesh is greenish white, tender, and firm. Nutty with fruit-drop flavour and intensely sweet sharp.
characteristics: The flesh is light yellow, fine grained, tender and very juicy. Brisk and sweet.
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summary: Believed to be a sport of Foxwhelp that originated in the orchard of H.P. Bulmer & Co. of Hereford (U.K.) during the 1920s.
summary: Yields heavy crops of sweet, crisp apples in mid-season. Favoured for fresh-eating and in pies.
summary: A limb sport of the Tenroy Royal Gala discovered in 1993 at Pakowhai (New Zealand). Cherry red over the entire surface some striping, ripens 10 days earlier ...
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