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characteristics: The flesh is yellowish, coarse grained. Juicy, sweet. Moderately flavourful.
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summary: This is an ornamental cultivar with rich red fruit only slightly larger than a walnut.
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characteristics: Flesh is cream-coloured, striped, firm and somewhat tart.
summary: Introduced in late 1800, this midseason apple disappeared less than two decades later.
summary: A British cooking apple found growing in the late 1800s in the Bedfordshire area.
summary: An off-shoot of the Bedfordshire Foundling developed by Alfred Etter and renamed Bedfordshire Junior. Please see Alaska by which name it is now known.
characteristics: The flesh is pale cream coloured, coarse textured, and soft, almost woolly. Sweet tart.
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summary: When first harvested, this is at best a cooking apple with a mild flavour, smooth texture and a tendency to hold its shape. After several weeks in storage, it ...
characteristics: Cream coloured flesh. Fine testrued, firm. Somewhat juicy and sweet, very aromatic with intense flavour.
summary: At one time, this Swiss apple was primarily considered a highly-rated cider apple, but now it is also appreciated as a cooking and fresh-eating apple.
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characteristics: The flesh is white, firm crunchy. Juicy, sweet, winey and spiced.
characteristics: The flesh is yellowish. Fine-grained and tender. Sweet-tart and aromatic.
summary: A mutation of Elstar discovered in an apple orchard in Rummen (Belgium). Extensively flushed a deeper red colour. Ripens earlier than the parent variety.
summary: A highly regarded French apple which produces a flavourful, amber cider. Listed as one of the ten best cider apples of its region.
summary: A mutation of Golden Delicious . Little or no russetting around the stem cavity.
summary: Likely no longer in cultivation. Listed by Octave Thomas in the "Guide Pratique de l'Amateur de Fruits" (published 1876) as being a questionable or worthless ...
characteristics: The flesh is white, firm, crisp and juicy.
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characteristics: The flesh is pale yellowish, firm, coarse grained. Juicy, sweet and mildly aromatic.
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