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origins: — McIntosh x Dolgo, W. P. Baird, Northern Great Plains Field Station, Mandan, North Dakota, USA, introduced, 1957
origins: Devon (UK)Broadclyst Devon Original trees discovered in the orchards of Killerton House in the 1950s.
origins: Devon (UK)Original trees only found in the orchards of Killerton House, Devon.
characteristics: crisp. Juicy, sweet sharp with a strawberry flavour. Keeps two months in cold storage.
summary: Refers to a variety of apples including Buckingham , Cabashea , Kentucky Summer King , King , King David , King of Tompkins County , Twenty Ounce Pippin .
characteristics: The flesh is cream coloured, firm. Juicy and sweet.
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characteristics: The flesh is cream-coloured, fine-grained, firm and crisp. Sweet-sharp when first harvested but mellows in storage.
characteristics: The flesh is firm, crisp, juicy and sweet with a wonderful nutty, smokey flavour. Keeps three months in storage.
characteristics: The flesh is greenish white, coarse grained and hard. Sweet. Keeps two months in cold storage.
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characteristics: The flesh is greenish white, firm and fine grained. Keeps three months in cold storage
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characteristics: Flesh is yellowish, firm, crisp and juicy. Tough skin and coarse texture, though it softens in storage. Flavour is slightly sweet, slightly tart, spicy and ...
characteristics: The flesh is cream coloured, fine-grained and firm. Moderately juicy and very tart when first picked but mellowing in storage. becoming sweet with rich ...
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characteristics: The flesh is yellowish, tender, juicy and sweet. Keeps about two months in storage.
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summary: A mutation of Jonagold identified by Johann Nicholai at St. Truiden in Belgium, 1985. Has a rich crimson wash covering 80 to 90% of the surface. Colours develop ...
characteristics: The flesh is yellowish, crisp, fine?grained and juicy. Flavourful. Keeps four months in cold storage.
summary: King of the Pippins Russet is a mutation of King of the Pippins which was discovered at the Rookery Farm in Hampshire, England during the mid-1950s. Also known as King ...
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characteristics: The flesh is yellow, coarse-grained, crisp, sweet and tender. Aromatic. Flavour and sweetness are at their peak when the fruit is allowed to ripen on the tree ...
summary: A mutation of Jonathan found in 1933 near Wenatchee, Washington (U.S.A.). More red colour and less susceptible to mildew.
characteristics: The yellow flesh is coarse, tender and juicy. Good flavour.
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