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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.
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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 ...
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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 ...
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characteristics: Flesh is yellow, firm, very juicy and sweet. Tangy with a intense fruity flavour.
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summary: Originated in Europe during the 1600s and spread by monks on their travels, later by explorers and settlers in the new world. It was likely the pollen parent of ...
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summary: While it is widely used as a fresh-eating apple, it also makes wonderful dried apple rings and a good choice for the flavour component and enhanced fermentation ...
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characteristics: Cream-coloured flesh. Crisp and fine textured. Strong cider flavour. Sharp, juicy and astringent.
characteristics: The flesh is yellow, firm and juice with good aromatics. Very sweet, virtually no acid. Keeps two months in cold storage.
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summary: An excellent heritage baking apple when picked under-ripe but also highly flavourful and sweet when left to fully ripen. This apple is traditionally used for ...
origins: This variety surfaced when it was brought to Powerstock Pressing Day in 2007 by ???? Punnel of Punknowle, Dorset (UK).
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summary: A cooking apple that's great for sharp apple sauces. Also used for making cider.
characteristics: The flesh is white to pale greenish, fine grained, firm. Juicy, refreshing, slightly tart and moderate sweetness. Brix 12.4, acidity 6.0 g/litre.
origins: Vari t de base des cantons de Broons (22) et Caulnes (22)
summary: Listed alongside some of the finest North American cider apples—the Harrison Crab , Campfield and Poveshon —the Graniwinkle is a basic ingredient, paired with the Harrison, ...
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summary: A good, sweet-tart eating apple if fully ripened on the tree. However, it is most commonly used green as a cooking apple for apple pies and sauce, but creates a ...
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characteristics: Flesh is cream in colour and coarse textured to a degree. Crisp, juicy, sweet-tart and honeyed. The apple should be used fairly soon after harvest since it ...
identification: Medium ssize, round conic. Golden yellow, sometimes with a faint orange blush on the sun exposed face. Character of the
summary: An American cider apple from the northeast coast, probably not in circulation any more.
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characteristics: Flesh is juicy, crisp and tender with a distinct tart flavour. Tends to be sweet. Look for a spicy character in the flavour with just a hint of coriander, this ...
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