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.
Origins: Thought to be a seedling of Amur, released by Harold Orchard, Miami, Manitoba (Canada) in 1940
Characteristics: The flesh is yellowish, tender, fine grained and juicy. Sweet and nutty when fully ripened. Fruit is slow to turn brown once cut open.
Other names: Claiborne, Benum, Brown, Yearry, Nat Ewing
Characteristics: Tender, fine grained and juicy.
Summary: An excellent American cooking apple discovered as a chance seedling in the early 1800s.
Other names: Jennings, Porter’s, Yellow Summer Pearmain
Characteristics: The flesh is cream-coloured, firm, crisp. Juicy and very sweet with very little acidity and mild flavour.
Other names: Pound Sweeting, Pumpkin Sweet, Pumpkin Sweeting, Rhode Island Sweet, Round Sweet ...
Characteristics: The flesh is cream colour, medium textured, firm and tender. Moderately juicy, very sweet and slightly t
Other names: Lyman's, Lyman’s Large Yellow, Lyman’s Pumpkin Sweet, Pound Sweet, Pumpkin Sweet ...
Characteristics: The flesh is greenish and very firm. Juicy, slightly tart and astringent. Keeps about a month in cold storage.