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summary: This chance seedling was found by Claude Jolicoeur in the late 1990s on a property he had purchased in Quebec (Canada) and has been using it to produce ...
origins: While there is no concrete proof that this apple was already being grown in the Normandy region of France during the 12th Century and may have even been around ...
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summary: A popular Normandy bitter sweet cider apple in use since the Middle Ages. Can be used for a single varietal cider or blended.
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summary: A bitter-sweet vintage cider apple that originated in the Normandy region of France during the mid-1800s and is still highly regarded today for cider making.
characteristics: The flesh is yellowish, coarse grained. Juicy, sweet. Moderately flavourful.
summary: At one time, this Swiss apple was primarily considered a highly-rated cider apple, but now it is also appreciated as a cooking and fresh-eating apple.
summary: A highly regarded French apple which produces a flavourful, amber cider. Listed as one of the ten best cider apples of its region.
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characteristics: The flesh is pale yellowish, firm, coarse grained. Juicy, sweet and mildly aromatic.
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summary: A favoured cooking apple, holding its shape and texture well for pies, crumbles and crisps. In most areas where this variety is grown, it is encountered as a ...
summary: A bittersweet French cider apple, it produces a traditional, richly amber and bitter must. It's one of the earlier varieties for cider making.
summary: A sweet-sharp French cider apple but also used for making a fragrant, lemon yellow sauce and it keeps its shape for making pies and tarts.
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summary: The Ben Davis originated as a chance seedling that was found growing along the roads of the southeastern United States during the late 1700s and the early ...
summary: This long-keeping apple originated in the southern United States in the early 1800s and is still favoured as an excellent, sweet-eating apple.
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