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identification: Round and conic, often lopsided, sometimes lightly waisted. The skin colour is green maturing to yellow and faintly blushed. Russeted at the stem cavity. The ...
origins: Commune de Plou r (22), très cultivé dans le sud de la commune
origins: Listed by Henri Blin in his "La Pommée normande" (published in 1918)
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origins: Raised in the early 1600s by Lord Scadamore at Holme Lacy. It was thought to have gone extinct and that existing Hereford Redstreaks are actually mislabelled ...
summary: This highly rated cider and dessert apple originated in north eastern Switzerland during in the early 1800s/
origins: Chance seedling found growing at the Cordes Nursery Wedel/Holstein (Germany).
characteristics: The flesh is ?????. Sprightly and spicy.
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characteristics: Flesh is creamy white, stained red next to the skin. Coarse?grained and firm. Brisk and somewhat sweet with mild flavour. Keeps about two months in storage.
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characteristics: The flesh is greenish-white, tender and juicy. Brisk.
characteristics: The flesh is white, tender and brisk.
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characteristics: Distinctly cream-coloured flesh, coarse-grained, juicy and noticeably aromatic, typically with pineapple flavours. Excellent sugar/acid balance. Produces ...
characteristics: The flesh is pale yellow. Firm, very juicy and very sweet.
characteristics: The flesh is yellowish, coarse-grained, firm and juicy. It tends to be distinctly tart until ripe or even after storage.
summary: Cooking apple that keeps its shape for pies and tarts. Can also be eaten fresh. Makes a refreshing, sweet juice. Full sharp cider apple.
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characteristics: The flesh is yellowish, hard, crisp and fine-grained. Juicy, sprightly and sweet, nutty, becoming more flavourful in storage.
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characteristics: The flesh is yellow, crisp, coarse-grained and breaking. Juicy and very sweet with a nutty, Bosc-pear flavour and, when fully ripe, it becomes soft and grainy ...
summary: This old heritage apple dates back to colonial America. Like most russets, it has a sweet, nutty, pear flavour that continues to develop as it matures in ...
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summary: This is the best known and widest distributed of North American crab apples and is used for everything from jellies to ciders, but it will permanently pucker ...
summary: A chance seedling tree found in Idaho in 1960. Similar to Golden Delicious, but different parentage.
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characteristics: Flesh is pale yellowish—sometimes with a rosy tint— and firm, fine-grained. Sweet-tart and juicy. Tends to be somewhat bland when picked early for ...
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characteristics: The flesh colour is white. Juicy and distinctly tannic with a mildly sweet aftertaste.
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summary: A mutation of Foxwhelp identified during the 1920s in the orchards of H.P. Bulmer & Co. of Hereford (U.K.). Resembles the parent, but tends to be more intensely ...
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characteristics: The flesh is cream-coloured. Sharp.
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