origins: Thomas Andrew Knight states that "The Garter Apple has been much cultivated during the decay of older and more valuable varieties: and in the mixture with ...

origins: A chance seedling found in 1885 in Kreis Göppingen, W rttemberg (Germany). Thought to come from a Roter Trierer Weinapfel.

characteristics: The flesh is ??????????????? dense. Very juicy, sweet and aromatic.

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summary: An ancient and wonderfully useful, fragrant apple for pies, sauces, baked goods as well as cider. Tasty apple rings.

summary: This multipurpose, red-fleshed apple adds sharpness to cider, produces excellent apple jelly and its large, pink blossoms are spectacular.

origins: UKIt was known to be widely grown by the 17th Century

summary: An early-season apple best eaten fresh, also used for juicing and cider.

identification: Medium conic. Yellow washed red and marked with deeper red stripes. Character of the

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characteristics: The flesh is white with a light green tinge, somewhat coarse grained. Very juicy and sweet, slighly tart, mildly spicy, aromatic. Tends to have grassy flavours ...

summary: This all-purpose Irish heritage apple is highly regarded for fresh-eating and for making baked goods and is also well favoured as a cider apple.

summary: A mutation of Golden Delicious . Same apple as Smoothee Golden Delicious . Less prone to russetting. Ripens about 10 days earlier than the Golden Delicious.

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characteristics: Sweet-tart

characteristics: When ripe, the flesh is yellowish, coarse-grained and crisp. Rich and tangy. Sweet with complex flavours.

origins: Likely originated in the Glastonbury region of Somerset (U.K.) and promoted by the National Fruit and Cider Institute in the early 1900s for greater ...

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characteristics: The flesh is white, fine-grained. tender and crisp. Juicy to very juicy and sprightly in flavour. Tends to brown slightly when exposed to air.

summary: A cider apple that has likely disappeared.

characteristics: The flesh is cream coloured, tart. Does not keep well.

origins: Glyndwr s Way in Powys

origins: Grown in the area of Stoke Abbott in West Dorset (England). Described in 1928 as; "A very useful cider, clean, brisk with a pleasant flavour." Not as common as ...

characteristics: The flesh is cream-coloured, soft and chewy. Dry, moderately sweet, very sharp and only slightly bitter.

summary: A very sweet and somewhat spicy apple found growing wild in the northern panhandle of West Virginia, U.S.A., in the early 1900s. Now one of the best known and ...

summary: Dessert apple, also used for making juice, but it shines as a cider apple providing an intense sweet-sharp flavour and high specific gravity in the juice.

summary: Grown primarily for ornamental purposes. The golden-yellow fruit is small — about the size of a table tennis ball — but they can be used to make a ...

characteristics: Flesh is white with tinges of green. Fine-grained, crisp, firm and juicy. Sweet-sharp. Intense fruity and nutty flavours.

summary: This American heritage apple is rated as being excellent for eating out of hand and also used for cider. Nevertheless it almost disappeared in the early 1900s ...