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Sauergrauech
Type: Cider
origins: A chance seedling found growing in the Kanton Bern (Switzerland) around 1830.
Synonyms: Aigre Grauch, Grauech, Pomme Raisin, Surgrauch, Surgraucher, Surgrauech, ...
brix: 11.5
sg: 1.0462
Schmidberger Rote Reinette
Type: Cider, Eating, Juice
characteristics: The flesh is white with a greenish tinge. Firm. Sweet sharp. Aromatic.
Synonyms: Gestreifte WinterparmŠne, Plankenapfel, Schmidtberger Reinette, Schmidbergers ...
Schneiderapfel
Type: Cider, Juice, Pie
characteristics: The flesh is pale yellow. Crisp, somewhat firm. Very juicy, well-balanced, sweet-tart. Aromatic. Bruises easily.
Synonyms: Albisser, Streifacher, Welscher Grünacher
brix: 12.2
sg: 1.0492
Schöner aus Miltenberg
Type: Cider, Eating
characteristics: The flesh is cream coloured, fine grained and firm. Juicy, sweet-tart.
Seek-No-Farther
Type: Cider, Dessert, Eating
characteristics: The flesh is white, fine-grained, crisp. Juicy, sweet and very nutty, vanilla, caramel flavours. Unique.
Synonyms: This name is also used as the synonym for King of the Pippins, Mountain Boomer, ...
September Ruby
Type: Cider, Eating, Juice
characteristics: The flesh is greenish white. Sharp and juicy.
Severn Bank
Type: Cider
origins: NFC Possibly originated in Herefordshire. Received at Brogdale in 1989 from Long Ashton Research Station.
Shafer
Type: Cider, Dessert, Eating, Jelly, Juice
characteristics: The flesh is yellow. Fine-grained, crisp. Juicy, sweet and aromatic. Browns fairly quickly after being exposed to air.
Shamrock
Type: Cider
summary: A cider apple developed by Liz Copas and Ray Williams in the 1980s at Britain's Long Ashton Research Station.
Synonyms: A dessert apple developed in Canada uses the same name; please see Shamrock .
Shepperdine Silt
Type: Cider
origins: According to George Hedges (1912/13?2002) this variety arose as an unlabelled bundle of young fruit trees which was bought from Gloucester Market. They were ...
Synonyms: Black Tanker
Shiawassee Beauty
Type: Cider
summary: This multipurpose, America heritage apple closely resembles the Fameuse in appearance, size, texture and flavours.
Synonyms: Shiawassee, Michigan, Michigan Beauty
Sidney Strake
Type: Cooking, Cider, Jelly, Sauce
summary: A mutation of the Tom Putt, which is a cider apple. Originated in Cornwall (U.K.)
Signe Tillisch
Type: Cider, Dessert, Sauce
summary: A refreshing, sprightly apple for eating out of hand and for cider, also does well cooked for sauce or baked. Cider.
Synonyms: Singe Tillisch, Signe Tillish, Sini Tillis
SJCA38R6A74
Type: Cider, Juice
characteristics: The flesh is white, firm, fine-grained and melting, but crisp. Sweet and slightly tart with noticeable aroma. Resistant to bruising.
Synonyms: Marketed under the trademarked name Eden. There is also a British apple named ...
Skyme's Kernel
Type: Cider
origins: Though its origins are obscure, ???? Hogg maintains in the Herefordshire Pomona(1885) that the variety was grown by the Skyrmes family in the Herefordshire ...
Synonyms: Skyrmes Kernel, Skerm’s Kernel
Slack Ma Girdle
Type: Cider
origins: Devon
Synonyms: Slack My Girl
brix: 12.624161032925
sg: 1.051
tannins: 1.2
Slack?my?Girdle
Type: Cider
characteristics: The flesh is ???????????????????,sweet
Synonyms: Slack My Girdle, Slack?ma?Girdle, Slack?ma?Girl
Small Styre
Type: Cider
origins: Hogg, R. and Bull, H. The Apple and Pear as Vintage Fruits (1886) Believed to be a Gloucestershire variety on account of its name
Smith's Cider
Type: Cider, Eating
summary: A blending cider dating back to the American Revolutions. Especially useful when sweetness is needed in the must. Sometimes eaten fresh.
Synonyms: Choice Kentuck, Cider, Cider Apple, Fowler, Fuller, Jackson Winesap, ...
Smokehouse
Type: Culinary, Cider, Dessert
characteristics: The flesh is yellowish, fine-grained, dense and firm. Very juicy, moderately sweet, spicy aroma. The flesh browns slowly when exposed to air.
Synonyms: English Vandevere, Gibbons, Gibbons Smokehouse, Mill Creek, Millcreek Vandevere, ...
brix: 10.7
sg: 1.0429
Smoky Mountain Limbertwig
Type: Cider, Eating
characteristics: Crisp, juicy flesh, Sweet-tart and intensely aromatic, very flavourful.
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