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Shamrock
Type: Cider
summary: A cider apple developed by Liz Copas and Ray Williams in the 1980s at Britain's Long Ashton Research Station.
Synonyms: A dessert apple developed in Canada uses the same name; please see Shamrock .
Sharleston Pippin
Type: Dessert
characteristics: The flesh is soft. Juicy and very sweet. Mild flavour.
Sharon
Type: Dessert
characteristics: The flesh is greenish white, fine grained, tender and crisp. Juicy and sweet.
Shawnee
Type: Dessert
characteristics: The flesh is cream-coloured. Juicy, sweet with fruity flavours.
Shay
Type:
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Shay's Delight
Type: Dessert
characteristics: Yellowish flesh is fine grained, tender and juicy. Very sweet and pleasantly tart with a flavour of rose, pear and slightly nutty. Resists browning for about an ...
Sheep’s Nose (WHAT?IS? J.N. and
Type:
identification: Medium tending to large, Long conic and waisted about two thirds up the side. The skin base colour i yellowish green over which is a red blush and darker ...
Shenandoah
Type: Eating, Pie
characteristics: The flesh is pale cream coloured with some reddish stains next to the skin. Crisp, juicy and sweet. Perfumed and aromatic. Holds its shape well when cooked.
Shenandoah Supreme
Type:
characteristics: The flesh is white, crisp and juicy.
Synonyms: Shenandoah Strawberry
Shepherd's Fame
Type:
characteristics: The flesh is yellowish, tender and transparent. Somewhat dry, sweet and brisk. Keeps up to three months in cold storage.
Shepherd's Newington
Type: Cooking, Sauce
characteristics: The flesh is tender and mild, quickly turning mealy.
Shepherds Perfection
Shepperdine Silt
Type: Cider
origins: According to George Hedges (1912/13?2002) this variety arose as an unlabelled bundle of young fruit trees which was bought from Gloucester Market. They were ...
Synonyms: Black Tanker
Shiawassee Beauty
Type: Cider
summary: This multipurpose, America heritage apple closely resembles the Fameuse in appearance, size, texture and flavours.
Synonyms: Shiawassee, Michigan, Michigan Beauty