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origins: Ben Davis x McIntosh, New York State Agriculture Experiment Station, Geneva, New York, USA, introduced, 1915
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characteristics: The flesh is greenish white, fine-grained, tender and crisp. Juicy, sprightly and aromatic. Needs to be in storage for a few weeks before the flavours and ...
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characteristics: The flesh is pale cream in colour. Very dense and crunchy. Mildly tart yet sweet. Look for hints of strawberry, pineapple, honey and floral notes.
characteristics: The flesh is creamy white, coarse grained, soft.Juicy and sweet. The fruit tends to hold its shape when used for pies and tarts and makes a sweet sauce.
origins: According to Joyce Neighbors of Gadsden, Alabama, this old apple originated as a seedling in North Carolina more than 80 years ago and is described a fine fresh ...
summary: There are a number of varieties known by this name, including fresh-eating, cider-making and ornamental varieties. Among them are Fall Orange , Newell's Winter , Munson's Sweet , Summer Queen , ...
summary: This flowering crabapple, bears annual heavy crops of bright pink, sometimes bright red, flowers. It originated in the early 1980s in the central United States ...
characteristics: The flesh is yellowish, crisp and firm, brisk.
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summary: With a flavour and textures similar to its Cox parent, this German-bred apple ripens two to three weeks earlier. Needs shelter from the wind and fertile ...
summary: A very large, brisk apple developed in eastern Canada.
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characteristics: The flesh is cream-coloured and coarse-grained. Sweet and aromatic.
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summary: A bud mutation of the Albany Beauty which in itself is a bud mutation of Gravenstein .
characteristics: The flesh is cream coloured, melting, Juicy, sweet?sharp and flavourful, aromatic. In cooking it holds its shape. Also makes a refreshing juice.
characteristics: The flesh is pale cream coloured, coarse grained and soft. Juicy and very tart.
summary: A refreshing eating apple highly regarded in Victorian England.
summary: A mutation of Oregon Spur Red Delicious . Found by Robert Bagwill growing in the Twin W Orchard near Orondo, Douglas County, Washington State (U.S.A.) in 1978. It colours about 10 ...
summary: Found growing as a limb mutation of Red King Delicious by Wayne Turnbull in his orchard in Milton-Freewater, Oregon (U.S.A.) in the mid-1960s. It bears fruit on spurs and ...
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