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characteristics: The flesh is cream coloured. Flavour similar to Cox s Orange Pippin.
origins: Specifically bred by Liz Copas and Ray Williams at the Long Ashton Research Station in Somerset (U.K.) to provide England's commercial cider industry with a ...
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summary: Pink flowering ornamental tree. Heavy blossom clusters, rust colour on new leaves, turning dark green in summer. Turning orange in fall. Flowers are moderately ...
origins: Septer x Cox s Orange Pippin,Õ Center for Plant Breeding & Reproduction Research, Ir. Bert Meulenbroek, breeder, Wageningen, Netherlands — Septer x Cox ...
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characteristics: The flesh is crisp. Juicy, sweet-sharp with a strong cidery flavour.
origins: — Northern Spy x ( WagenerÕ x ÔSpitzen 1876, Chalres Arnold, Paris, Ontario, Canada
characteristics: The flesh is pale cream coloured, fine grained and crisp. Juicy, sweet?sharp but well balanced with a fruit flavour. Keeps for three months in cold storage.
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summary: An early ripening, British mild bittersweet cider apple with soft tannins. Best used for blending.
summary: A seedling of Virginia Crab . Listed in 1763 by Thomas Sorsby's Nursery of Surry County, Virginia (U.S.A.). It has likely disappeared long since.
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characteristics: Flesh is faintly green, fine-grained, tender and melting. Juicy, sweet, rich and fragrant with hints of anise. Will go soft if left to ripen too long.
origins: Northern Spy, cross, Ottawa Experiment Farm, Canada, introduced, 1912
characteristics: The flesh is yellow. Sweet sharp, flavourful. Keeps for three months in cold storage.
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characteristics: Flesh is creamy white, somewhat crisp and very juicy. Sweet with well balanced acidity, though the tartness almost disappears with a couple of weeks of storage. ...
summary: A mutation of Elstar, completely washed red. See Elstar.
characteristics: Flesh is white, very juicy and sharp. Sweet and with a distinct strawberry flavour. If picked before fully ripe, it tends to be somewhat too sharp to be ...
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characteristics: The flesh is cream-coloured. Moderately juicy, sweet and aromatic. Some tendency to brown when exposed to air.
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characteristics: The flesh is pale greenish, firm and crisp. Juicy and sharp
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characteristics: Bright white flesh. Crisp and fragrant with hints of melon, pineapple and sometimes elderflower, sweet with a distinct tang.
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