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summary: Similar to McIntosh, this hardy apple is both flavourful and juicy, it ripens fairly early and stores well. Good for fresh-eating and makes excellent pies.
characteristics: The flesh is white, soft and often woolly. Bittersweet and fruity. For cider, it is classed as a mild bittersweet.
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characteristics: The flesh is pale yellow, firm and somewhat coarse-grained. Juicy and sweet, sprightly with a mildly astringent flavour.
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characteristics: The flesh is yellowish, firm. Tart.
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characteristics: Flesh is white, often with a reddish stain under the skin. Firm, crisp and juicy and sweet-sharp. Strawberry flavours.
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characteristics: The flesh is pale green, fine-grained and firm. Sweet.
summary: A bitter-sweet apple used in the making of Asturian cider. One of 22 cider varieties recognized under the Denominación de Origen Regulada for the Principality ...
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characteristics: Light cream. Moderately fine-grained. Very juicy, sour and lightly astringent.
characteristics: The flesh is pale greenish, tender, firm and crisp. Juicy brisk and flavourful. Keeps two months in cold storage.
summary: A Herefordshire bittersweet cider apple grown during the late 1800s.
characteristics: The flesh is a faint cream colour. Firm and somewhat dry. Sweet.
characteristics: The flesh is crisp and sweet, aromatic. Somewhat tart when picked under?ripe. Keeps up to two months in storage.
origins: almost lost, cuttings propogated at Congresbury Millennium Orchard
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