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Index of apples starting with B
Bull’s Golden Reinette
characteristics: The flesh is yellowish, tender and juicy. Sweet and aromatic. It keeps well in cold storage for about two months.
Bulmer’s Norman
2
summary: Mildly sweet and astringent. On its own, it makes a mild bittersweet, British style cider.
Bunch
origins: Exists in the Gloucestershire Apple Collection, Dymock (UK), collected from George Hedges’ farm at Shepperdine in 2003 where it had been growning since the ...
Buncombe
characteristics: Flesh is yellowish, fine-grained, firm and crisp. Juicy and sweet with a touch of tartness. Aromatic.
Bunker Hill
characteristics: The flesh is white, sometimes stained red next to the skin. Tender and juicy with a flavour reminiscent of quince.
Burchardts Renette
characteristics: The flesh is white, tender, crisp, juicy, slightly tart and flavourful when allowed to ripen completely.
Burgess Seedling
1
summary: Considered to be "indistinguishable" from Webb's Kitchen Russet by the National Fruit Collection, Brogdale. Please see Webb's Kitchen Russet .
Burgundy
1
characteristics: The flesh is creamy-white with a good deal of red stain next to the skin. Crisp, firm and fine textured. Juicy and honey-sweet, sprightly with good flavour.
Burning Green
origins: According to apple collector Lee Calhoun, Burning Green is probably the same apple as Burner Green, a variety first mentioned in 1868 by the Illinois ...
Burntisland Spice
characteristics: The flesh is tender, mealy and bland flavour.
Burn’s Seedling
characteristics: The flesh is yellow, juicy and sprightly. Very sweet and aromatic. Keeps well in cold storage for two months.
Burr Knot
summary: This old British culinary apple is one of the few varieties that can be cultivated from cuttings.
Burrow Hill Early
origins: 1980 Burrow Hille Kingsbury Episcopi//may be older variety unknown name
Burrowhill Early
origins: NFC Introduced to Long Ashton Research Station, Bristol in the 1980s by a cider maker from the Martock area in Somerset.
Bush
origins: The variety was was sumbiteed to the Long Ashton Research Station by Daniel J.Phelps of Tibberton (UK) in the early 1900s and was documented in its List of ...
Bushey Grove
1
characteristics: The flesh is white, coarse textured and soft. Very juicy and quite acidic.
Bushy French
origins: Considered critically rare in 1999 with one tree located at Broadway, Minsterworth, Gloucestershire (UK) from which cuttings have been collected for propogation ...
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