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characteristics: The flesh is cream-coloured. Juicy, sweet-sharp and flavourful
characteristics: The flesh is pale yellowish, firm. Juicy, sweet-tart flavour.
origins: Gold Spur x Jonagrimes , Georges Delbard, Malicorne, France, introduced, 1990s Goldenspur x Jonagrimes,Õ nurseryman G. Delbard, Malicorne, France, introduced, 1990s
summary: One of nine varieties of slender-spindle apples developed by the Delbard Nurseries in France for terrace or small-garden plantings.
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characteristics: The flesh is greenish, very firm and crisp. Juicy, sweet and mild. Keep four months in cold storage.
origins: Czech Republic, 1989, Golden Delicious x Cox's Orange Pippin
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summary: A bud mutation created in 1961 by irradiation of Improved Black Stayman by Haig Dermen at the USDA-ARS Bureau of Plant Industry, Soils, and Agricultural ...
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summary: Developed by Haig Dermen at the USDA-ARS Bureau of Plant Industry in Maryland (U.S.A.) in 1949. Mutation of Kimball McIntosh. See McIntosh.
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summary: An engineered mutation of Paragon. See Paragon.
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summary: A mutation created in 1961 by irradiation of Improved Blaxtayman by Haig Dermen at the USDA-ARS Bureau of Plant Industry, Soils, and Agricultural Engineering in ...
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summary: A forced bud mutation of Improved Blaxtayman 201 developed by H. Dermen in the early 1960s at the USDA-ARS Bureau of Plant Industry, Soils, and Agricultural ...
characteristics: The flesh is yellowish, firm and acidic with a bitter aftertaste.
characteristics: The flesh is white, sometimes stained red just under the skin. Coarse, juicy and aromatic. Sweet-sharp. Thick-skinned.
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characteristics: The flesh is faintly yellow and fine-grained. Very firm when first harvested, but becomes tender in storage. Juicy and lightly spiced, sweet with a light wine ...
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summary: A British heritage apple from the early 1800s. Used for both cooking and fresh eating. Cooks to a sweet, yellow and flavourful sauce. Also being tested for ...
summary: Listed in pomological literature from the 1800s, usually as a second rate apple. It is unlikely that the variety is still grown these days.
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summary: Originally grown in northwestern France, it crossed the channel sometime in the mid 1600s. An early ripening, fresh-eating apple that also makes a wonderfully ...
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