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summary: Similar to the Jonathan in many respects and, while it ripens about the same time, it tends to colour up earlier.
characteristics: The flesh is yellowish, coarse?grained. Dry and acidic.
origins: It is though to have been raisied from seed by a farmer by the name of Fawke near Little Netherton, Dymock, Gloucestershire (U.K.) in the mid 1800s.
characteristics: Flesh is white, firm and juicy. Sweet?sharp. Hints of raspberry when fully ripe. Keeps about three months in cold storage.
characteristics: The flesh is fine?textured, juicy and flavoured.
characteristics: The flesh is ??????????? Sweet and nutty flavour. Keeps two months in cold storage.
origins: n open pollinated seed of Jonathan, bred at the Fruit Research Station in Cluj (Romania). Released in 1980.
characteristics: The flesh is pale green, soft. Very sweet with hints of aniseed.
characteristics: The flesh is white, crisp and firm. Becomes juicy in storage. Hint of citrus aroma.
summary: Medium size, round conic. Lemon yellow base colour over which is a bright red wash and deep red stripes.
summary: Developed in Italy for the supermarket trade, this is a vivid red apple, firm and sweet.
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summary: Fruits have cream-coloured flesh, medium fine-grained. Tends to be somewhat dry with a sweet, subacid, aniseed perfumed flavour. Turns colour slowly when ...
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summary: This flavourful, russet apple with its anise flavour emerged in the 1500s continues to be appreciated to this day as a dessert apple as well as for making ...
identification: Small, round and flattened at the base. The skin is bright yellow with patches of pale russet. The stalk is short and stout, set in deep, funnel shaped cavity. ...
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summary: Grown throughout continental Europe during the Middle Ages, this reddish russet apple is said to have medicinal properties. It is most widely used for ...
characteristics: Fine-grained, crisp, juicy with a good sweet-tart balance.
characteristics: Flesh is crisp. Juicy, brisk. Hint of raspberry when fully ripe. Keeps for four months in cold storage
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