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origins: Still found in many older orchards around Dorset.
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summary: This is possibly the best-known apple today for making a single-varietal, British-style cider.
characteristics: The flesh is greenish white and firm.
characteristics: Firm and coarse textured. Juicy and richly aromatic. Keeps two months in cold storage.
characteristics: Flesh is yellowish, crisp, tender and juicy. Fine-grained. Fragrant and somewhat tart. Fruit is at its best if left a couple of weeks in storage after harvest.
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characteristics: The flesh is yellowish, crisp. Juicy and very sweet with a honeyed flavour.
origins: — Orin x Hatsuaki, Iwate Agriculture Research Center, Narita, Kitakami, Iwate, patent holder, Iwate Prefecture, Japan, introduced, 1992
summary: This fresh-eating apple from northeastern Japan is refreshingly tangy, sweet and flavourful.
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origins: Central Asia. In particular, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan
characteristics: The flesh is greenish yellow, crisp and firm. Very juicy, very sweet and very flavourful.,
characteristics: firm, very sweet keeps three months in cold storage.
characteristics: The flesh is firm, crisp, juicy and brisk. Keeps two months in storage.
characteristics: The flesh is white. Juicy and sweet. Keeps three months in cold storage.
summary: Reputed to have been grown by the Cherokee tribes in forested foothills of the southeastern United States, this lost and rediscovered heritage apple is praised ...
characteristics: The flesh is white. Juicy , acid. Does not keep well.
summary: A red club apple developed In Belgium for the supermarket trade. Large, very juicy and very sweet.
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