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Pomiferous
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Reynold's Kernel
Type: Cider
origins: Hogg, R. and Bull, H. The Apple and Pear as Vintage Fruit (1886),
Synonyms: Reynold’s Crab, Raynal’s Crab
Rheinischer Bohnapfel
Type: Cooking, Cider
characteristics: The flesh is pale yellowish, somewaht coarse? grained and firm. Juicy. Tart and sligtly sweet,
Synonyms: Anhalter, Bohn Apfel, Ferro rosso, Gros Bohn, Grosser Bohn Apfel, Grosser ...
Ribston Pippin
Type: Cider, Juice, Pie
summary: A classic dessert apple which fell into relative obscurity with the arrival of the Cox's Orange Pippin.
Synonyms: Beautiful Pippin, Essex Pippin (there is a varietal by that name, please see ...
Roane’s White Crab
Type: Cider
summary: A chance seedling of Virginia Crab found growing in Virginia in the late 1700s. It has likely disappeared in the course of two centuries since then.
Robert de Rennes
Type: Cider
origins: Assez r pandu dans le Nord de l’Ille et Vilaine et l’Est de Dinan
Synonyms: Le Petit Robert
Robin
Type: Canning, Cider, Jelly
characteristics: The flesh is greenish and very firm. Juicy, slightly tart and astringent. Keeps about a month in cold storage.
Rock Kernel
Type: Cider
characteristics: The flesh is yellow, firm. Sweet with anise flavours.
Synonyms: New Rock Pippin, Rock Pippin
Rome Beauty
Type: Cooking, Culinary, Cider, Pie, Sauce
characteristics: Flesh is pale greenish-yellow, firm, sometimes very hard, fine-grained. Somewhat tart.
Synonyms: Faust's Rome Beauty, Foust's Rome Beauty, Gillett's Seedling, Roman, Red Roman, ...
Rote Sternrenette
Type: Cider, Dessert, Juice, Sauce
characteristics: The flesh is pale yellowish, often stained red next to the skin. Fire-grained. Moderately juicy, sweet-tart and mildly flavoured.
Synonyms: Calville Etoilee, Pomme de Coeur, Herzapfel, Rote Herbstrenette, Weihnachtsapfel
Roter Münsterländer Borsdorfer
Type: Cider, Eating, Sauce
characteristics: The flesh is greenish white, coarse-grained, somewhat sweet-tart.
Synonyms: Roter Munsterlander Borsdorfer
Roter Trierer Weinapfel
Type: Cider
origins: The region of Trier in southwestern Germany. First documented in 1872
Synonyms: Trierer Weinapfel, Roter Trier’scher Holzapfel, Roter Holzapfel, Roter ...
Rouge Bruy re
Rouge la For t
Type: Cider
origins: Canton de Merdrignac (22), Mauron (56), de St Méen (35).
Synonyms: La Forêt, Rouget de Forêt
Rouget
Type: Cider
characteristics: The flesh is white, tender and crisp. Slightly sweet?tart and often astringent.