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summary: Great for both fresh eating and cooking, this large apple was found growing in New Zealand and is being hailed as a inhibitor for the growth of cancer cells.
identification: Medium to large, round and can be flattened with faint ribbing ending in an irregularly knobbed crown. Green maturing to pale yellow with a brownish orange ...
characteristics: Yellowish white flesh, tender. Brisk, juicy and sweet with a distinct fruity aroma.
origins: Hogg, R. and Bull, H. The Apple and Pear as Vintage Fruits (1886). Gloucestershire
identification: The base colour is a rusty red with green patches. Character of the
characteristics: The flesh is dry and mealy with considerable acidity. Specific gravity 1071.
characteristics: The flesh is yellowish, sometimes with red stains.
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summary: A bitter, sharp cider apple from the Normandy region of France. It is excellent when grown in its proper environment but disappointing when it is not.
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summary: Highly regarded as a vintage, bitter-sweet cider apple, this Normandy varietal is also used in the production of Calvados, which is one of France's flagship ...
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summary: A juicy and sweet eating apple, the Mutsu was developed in Japan during the 1930s.
characteristics: The flesh is yellow, fine-grained and firm. Juicy, sweet and aromatic with a spicy quality.
origins: Specifically bred by Liz Copas and Ray Williams at the Long Ashton Research Station in Somerset (U.K.) to provide England's commercial cider industry with a ...
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summary: Full bittersweet apple that makes a first class cider, sweet with some astringency. Originated in Normandy, France.
characteristics: The flesh is firm and somewhat mealy. Sweet but with some acidity.
origins: It was described in Robert Hogg’s 1884 edition of The Fruit Manual. Possibly a seedling of Bromley.
summary: Either a mutation or seedling of the Foxwhelp . Developed in the 1800s by Yeomans of Cowarne, Herefordshire (U.K.) to improve the original Foxwhelp by a process of ...
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