Welcome to the world's most extensive apples (pommes) database.
Information on over 7,000 apples is available here, all carefully researched and provided in a way that is easy to navigate.
Welcome to the world's most extensive apples (pommes) database.
Information on over 7,000 apples is available here, all carefully researched and provided in a way that is easy to navigate.
characteristics: The flesh is yellowish, somewhat coarse? grained and tender. Juicy and sweet, slightly tart, fruity and aromatic. Keeps two months in cold storage.
Synonyms: Canterbury, Mabbot’s Pearmain, Mabbut’s Pearmain
characteristics: The flesh is creamy white and mild. Keeps up to two months in cold storage.
characteristics: The flesh is white with a slight green tinge, firm, moderately coarse. Juicy and slightly tart.
characteristics: The flesh is yellowish, crisp and Sweet-sharp and refreshing with a pineapple flavour.
Synonyms: Maclean’s Favorite
summary: Developed in New York State in the 1920s, this progeny of the McIntosh is a refreshing eating apple and makes great apple sauce.
Synonyms: Mekaun
characteristics: The flesh is white with pink stains, coarse grained, tender and crisp. Juicy and weet.
characteristics: The flesh is cream coloured, coarse?grained, soft. very sweet. Keeps three months in cold storage.
characteristics: The flesh is cream coloured, soft. Juicy, sweet, strawberry flavour. Keeps two months in cold storage.
characteristics: The flesh is yellowish, chewy. Sweet, slightly brisk and fruity. Keeps four months in cold storage.
Synonyms: Madou
characteristics: The flesh is white, coarse grained, firm. Juicy, sweet and aromatic. Keeps four months in cold storage.
characteristics: The flesh is cream coloured with green tinges, fine grained, firm. sweet and slightly tart. Keeps three months in cold storage
Synonyms: Magdalen, Magdalene, Saint Magdalene, St. Magelen
summary: A Gloucestershire (U.K.) cider apple, highly regarded in the late 1800s.
Synonyms: There is also a red-fleshed cider apple by the name Maggie released in 2008.
summary: A red-fleshed British cider apple developed in Somerset by Liz Copas and released in 2008.
Synonyms: There is also a heritage Gloucestershire cider apple known as Maggie .
characteristics: The flesh is white, stained pink under the skin. Soft, crisp.Sprightly. Keeps two months in cold storage.
characteristics: The flesh is yellowish white, fine grained, crisp and tender. Sweet, sprightly and flavourful. Keeps three months in cold storage.
characteristics: The flesh is red marbled with white. Fine-grained. Sweet tart flavour.
characteristics: The flesh is white, tender. Juicy, sweet tart and flavourful. Keeps three months in cold storage.
Synonyms: Alfred Hage’s , Marglemer, Marlemer?Stribling
characteristics: The flesh is cream coloured, crisp. Juicy, sweet and slightly tart.