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identification: Medium size, round flattened. The base colour is straw yellow over which is a pattern of dark red stripes on the sun exposed face. Smooth and waxy. Character of ...
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summary: Once ranked as one of the four best American cider apples, this variety was thought lost until 2015.
origins:
First mentioned William Kendrick in the 1842 issue of the "New American Orchardist" as being "so named from its native place, Pownal, in Vermont
summary: A semi-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 ...
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 ...
characteristics: The flesh is white, soft and tender. Very sweet, cloying.
summary: This American heritage apple was at one time considered the essential baking apple, partly because of its willingness to grow and produce abundant crops in a ...
characteristics: The flesh is red, almost purple. Juicy and sharp,
summary: A local apple grown in southern Germany. Mostly used for cider, but also a good eating apple after a month in storage.
characteristics: The flesh is yellowish, stained reddish close to the skin, tender and juicy with a tinge of acidity and well flavoured.
identification: Large, round conic. Green flushed orange red. Character of the
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summary: Known as Kokko in Japan, the Ralls' Genet, an excellent eating and culinary apple in its own right, was used as the nucleus for the Orient's apple breeding ...
characteristics: The flesh is greenish, tender, brisk. Tender, very mild acidity. Keeps for two months in cold storage.
summary: A yellowish eating apple, marked with a heavy pattern of dense, crimson striping. When the apples are ripe, the pips can be rattled in the core, hence the ...
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