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Information on over 7,000 apples is available here, all carefully researched and provided in a way that is easy to navigate.

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Apples with the use of cider

Kill Boys

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Type: Cider

summary: Now listed in critical condition, this Gloucestershire cider apple, this late-ripening apple is best used for blending.

Killerton Sharp

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Type: Cider

origins: Devon (UK)Broadclyst Devon Original trees discovered in the orchards of Killerton House in the 1950s.

Killerton Sweet

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Type: Cider

origins: Devon (UK)Original trees only found in the orchards of Killerton House, Devon.

King

King

1

Type: Cider

origins: Gloucestershire

King Byerd

King Byerd

1

Type: Culinary, Cider, Eating, Pie

characteristics: The flesh is cream-coloured, fine-grained, firm and crisp. Sweet-sharp when first harvested but mellows in storage.

King David

King David

1

Type: Cider, Eating, Pie, Sauce

characteristics: Flesh is yellowish, firm, crisp and juicy. Tough skin and coarse texture, though it softens in storage. Flavour is slightly sweet, slightly tart, spicy and ...

King of Tompkins County

King of Tompkins County

1

Type: Cider, Eating, Pie

characteristics: The flesh is yellow, coarse-grained, crisp, sweet and tender. Aromatic. Flavour and sweetness are at their peak when the fruit is allowed to ripen on the tree ...

King's Favourite

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Type: Cider

origins: Still found in many older orchards around Dorset.

Kingston Bitter

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Type: Cider

summary: not available

Kingston Black

Kingston Black

2

Type: Cider

summary: This is possibly the best-known apple today for making a single-varietal, British-style cider.

Kinnaird’s Choice

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Type: Cider, Eating

characteristics: Flesh is yellowish, crisp, tender and juicy. Fine-grained. Fragrant and somewhat tart. Fruit is at its best if left a couple of weeks in storage after harvest.

Knotted Kernel

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Type: Cider

characteristics: The flesh is cream coloured, dyed red next to the skin. Soft, sweet with moderate bitterness. Crops poorly for the first 10 to 12 years.

Königin Sophienapfel

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Type: Cooking, Cider, Eating, Juice

characteristics: The flesh is yellowish, somewhat fine?grained, firm and c oderately juicy and sweet?tart. Tends to brown very slowly when expose Keeps for four months in ...

Kroc’hen Ki

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Type: Cider

characteristics: The flesh is bitter but with a high sugar content and pronounced aromas. The juice is deep amber with a specific gravity of 1.065, acidity of 32.25 (milli ...

Kugelapfel

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Type: Cooking, Cider

characteristics: The flesh is white to very pale green and firm. Very juicy and sweet?tart with white wine flavours.

Lady’s Finger of Hereford

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Type: Cider

identification: Small, conic and usually higher on one side than the other. Usually angular and sometimes five?sided. The skin base colour is yellow over which is a blush of ...

Lambrook Pippin

Lambrook Pippin

1

Type: Cider

summary: not available

Langworthy

Langworthy

1

Type: Cider

origins: Devon (UK)

Large Jersey

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Type: Cider

origins: Somersetshire

Late Harrison

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Type: Cider

summary: Please see Harrison Crab

Lavignee

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Type: Cider

summary: not available

Layne's Colonel

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Type: Cider

origins: Included in Long Ashton Research Station, List of Entrants, Cider Variety Competition 1903?1929, having been submitted by by F.E.Fowler of Hartpury

LeBret

LeBret

1

Type: Culinary, Cider, Dessert

summary: This apple from the Normandy region of France is more often used for making cider than intended since a labelling mix-up during the 1900s resulted in it ...

Leuenapfel

Leuenapfel

1

Type: Cider, Dessert, Eating, Juice

characteristics: The flesh is greenish white, coarse-grained, firm, crisp. Juicy, sweet, spicy, tart. Brix 12.4

Lightfoot's Crab

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Type: Cider

summary: A seedling of Virginia Crab . Listed in 1763 by Thomas Sorsby's Nursery of Surry County, Virginia (U.S.A.). It has likely disappeared long since.

Limbertwig

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Type: Cider, Dessert, Jelly, Pie

characteristics: The flesh is yellowish, crisp and chewy. Keeps three months in cold storage.

Limón Montés

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Type: Cider

summary: A sharp apple used in the making of Asturian cider. One of 22 cider varieties recognized under the Denominación de Origen Regulada for the Principality of ...

Limoncella

Limoncella

1

Type: Culinary, Cider, Dessert, Juice, Pie, Sauce

summary: Native to southern Italy, this heritage apple has been harvested since Roman times. It makes a unique variety for the patio or balcony.

Linsenhofer

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Type: Cider, Eating

characteristics: The flesh is cream-coloured and firm. Juicy and somewhat tart.

Listener

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Type: Cider, Dessert

origins: North Devon (UK) Landkey & East Buckland

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