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origins: The earliest record is John Evelyn’s Pomona in 1670 and well known through the 1700s, but the Gloucester cider apple was all but obsolete by the late 1800s.
identification: Round and conic, often lopsided, sometimes lightly waisted. The skin colour is green maturing to yellow and faintly blushed. Russeted at the stem cavity. The ...
origins: Commune de Plou r (22), très cultivé dans le sud de la commune
characteristics: Greenish white flesh, soft. Juicy, sweet tart and flavourful.
summary: An ornamental, weeping crab apple tree which produces pink buds that open to single, white flowers. The fruit is very small and not considered to be suitable ...
origins: Listed by Henri Blin in his "La Pommée normande" (published in 1918)
characteristics: The flesh is ????????. Fruity and flavourful. Keeps four months in cold storage.
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summary: One of several columnar apples developed by the East Malling Institute of Horticultural Research, the Hercules apple forms a compact stem along which the fruit ...
characteristics: Flesh colour is cream. Crisp and sharp. Rich flavours.
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origins: Raised in the early 1600s by Lord Scadamore at Holme Lacy. It was thought to have gone extinct and that existing Hereford Redstreaks are actually mislabelled ...
characteristics: Flesh is white with green tinges. Fine grained, firm and crisp, brisk.
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characteristics: The flesh is white, tender and slightly brisk. Keeps for about two months in storage.
characteristics: The flesh is yellowish, tender, crisp and juicy. Sweet with a good balance of briskness. Keeps for two months in cold storage.
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characteristics: The flesh is cream-coloured, crisp and crunchy. Juicy, sweet and nutty.
characteristics: The flesh is tender, crisp, fine grained. Sweet and brisk. Keeps about two months.
origins: Herkimer is a cross of Ben Davis with pollen from Green Newton, New York State Agriculture Experiment Station, Geneva, New York, USA, introduced, 1914
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