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characteristics: The flesh is fine-grained, tender and crisp. When fully matured, it is sweet and flavourful, with only a hint of tartness.
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characteristics: Flesh is yellowish. Fine-grained and firm. Tangy and tart with a crisp bite. Aromatic with hints of tangerine and pineapple.
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summary: An American dessert apple, possibly of Scandinavian origin considered by some to be more flavourful than the better known Esopus Spitzenburg when grown in ...
characteristics: The flesh is cream-coloured, stained greenish next to the skin. Coarse-grained, firm and juicy. Somewhat sweet-tart. Aromatic.
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 ...
identification: Round to conic and faintly crowned. The skin base colour is greenish yellow, washed deep red with stripes over virtually all of the surface. The lenticels are ...
summary: Bright red on the outside and often blotchy red on the inside, this small apple is berry-flavoured, sweet and slightly tart. It does best in milder climates and ...
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origins: Arose as a cider apple in the area of Vimoutiers, Normandy (France) during the 1800s.
characteristics: Flesh is white, juicy and crunchy.
summary: A good choice for a Gala-style dessert apple that will tolerate temperatures down into the minus 50 degrees Centigrade range during dormancy.
characteristics: The flesh is lightly greenish, somewhat coarse in texture, firm and crisp. Juicy, sweet and slightly tart and aromatic.
origins: Long Ashton Research Station, List of Entrants, Cider Variety Competition 1903?1929 by E. T. Lewis of Hill Farm Sent in after 1920, Dymock.
characteristics: The flesh is white. Crisp. Tart with McIntosh flavours. Mildly sweet.
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summary: A large, Mac-flavoured apple with a wide range of uses, and definitely cold hardy. Developed in the United States. Well suited to u-pick operations and ...
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characteristics: The flesh is white, fine-grained, firm and crisp. Juicy and moderately sweet. Flavour is quite sweet-tart. Browns slowly when the flesh is exposed to air.
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characteristics: The flesh is yellowish, coarse-grained, somewhat firm, dense and crisp. Juicy, slightly sweet-tart, faint pear-drop flavour. Brix 11.7
characteristics: The flesh is white and crisp. Juicy and sweet with a slight astringency. For cider, full sweet, makes a sweet, soft and fruity cider.
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characteristics: The flesh is white, fine-grained and crisp. Juicy and sweet-tart. Aromatic.
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characteristics: Flesh is creamy yellow, fine-grained, firm and juicy. Mildly tart.
summary: Intended as a market apple to be grown in large orchard operations. Great for fresh eating. Works well in retail sales as well as u-picks.
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