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summary: Was believed to have disappeared, but it was relocated and is once again grown.
summary: Declined in popularity and grown primarily in heritage orchards.
summary: A handsome and flavourful, multi-purpose apple from the late 1700s, similar to the Stone and Blue Pearmain apples. Very hardy.
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 ...
summary: Listed by the late Nick Botner who grew as many as 4,000 apple cultivars on his three-hectare property in Yoncalla, Oregon (U.S.A.) and became an essential ...
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summary: A highly-rated cider apple that produces well with fragrant fruit; from the Normandy region of France.
characteristics: The flesh is pale yellow, fine-grained and tender. Juicy, sweet and well flavoured.
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characteristics: The flesh is greenish white, medium-grained, firm. Browns quickly on exposure to air.
origins: Normandie (France)///Comme son nom l’indique,elle serait originaire du Nord de l’Espagne
characteristics: The flesh is white, crisp. Juicy with high sugar content and considerable acidity.
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characteristics: The flesh is creamy-white and fine-grained. Firm. Mildly acidic.
origins: Somerset (UK) may be a chance seedling of Dabinett.
summary: Originated in Herefordshire (U.K.) as a mutation of the Foxwhelp
origins: The variety was sent from Worcestershire (UK) to be presented at the Royal Horticultural Society’s Apple and Pear Conference in 1934. It is likely obsolete.
characteristics: Yellow flesh, juicy. Sweet-sharp, spicy and aromatic.
summary: Originating in the northeastern U.S.A., this dark-skinned heritage apple is still grown and appreciated more than two centuries after it was found.
characteristics: The flesh is yellowish with bright red stains close to the skin. Firm. Sweet-tart
origins: First documented in the early 1900s when it was listed among the entries for the Cider Variety Competition with the Long Ashton Research station of Bristol ...
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