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A.D.W. Atkins
Type: culinary
Summary: A British cooking apple, also used for making cider.
Aargauer Herrenapfel
Type: culinary
Summary: Originating in the Swiss Canton of Aargau, this apple dates back to the 1700s.
Other names: Herrenapfel (the Reinette de Champagne is also known by this synonym), SŸssreine ...
Aargauer Jägerapfel
Type: culinary
Summary: Found as a wild seedling in Switzerland prior to 1800.
Other names: Sometimes referred to as the Rheinischen Winterrambur. Also known as Kuttiger Jä ...
Aargauer Jubiläum
Type: culinary
Summary: A Swiss apple from the Canton Aargau, along the German border. Used for cooking and cider.
Other names: Aargauer Jubilaums, Aargauer Jubiläumsapfel, Neuenhoffer, Jubilé d'Argovie, Jubi ...
Aargauer Quittenapfel
Type: culinary
Characteristics: Soft, very acidic.
Aargauer Rosen
Type: culinary
Summary: Possibly a Roman variety with origins in the western Pyrenees.
Other names: Baschi, Baschiapfel, Bornapfel, Weissrosen, San Sebastian, Weissrosen, Weiss-Ros ...
Abbé Soyer
Type: culinary
Origins: Named in honour of the Abbé Soyer (1838-1902) who ultimately became Bishop
Äckerli
Type: dessert
Summary: Originating in Switzerland, this fresh-eating apple is also used for baking and cider.
Other names: Äckerliapfel, Aeckerliapfel
Adam's Apple
Type: culinary
Summary: See White Paradise
Ahern Beauty
Type: culinary
Origins: Grown in northern Ireland since the late 1700.
Other names: Aherne Beauty, Mere de Ménage
Aimée Rabin
Type: culinary
Alant
Type: dessert
Characteristics: The flesh is yellowish, fine grained. Juicy, sweet with aromas of cinnamon and elfdock (alant in German, aunée in French) from which comes the name of the varie ...
Other names: Aunée, Carrée d'Automne, Edler Prinzessin, Franche-Noble, Fransche Kron., Gelber ...
Alastair Cannon-White
Type: culinary
Characteristics: The flesh is cream colour, firm. Rich flavour.
Other names: Alastair Canon, Alastair Cannon, White Lindel
Albury Park Nonsuch
Type: culinary
Summary: A good dual purpose apple, likely grown Holland during the mid-1700s.
Other names: Albury Nonsuch, Dutch Mignon, Dutch Mignonne, Forfar
Aldenham Blenheim
Type: culinary
Summary: A mutation of Blenheim Orange.
Aldenham Purple
Type: culinary
Summary: A redfleshed apple that can be used for both culinary and decorative purposes.
Other names: Aldenham Crabapple, Purple Crab, Rosebloom Crab
Alderman
Type: culinary
Summary: This Scottish cooking apple was developed in 1923 or earlier.
Alderton
Type: culinary
Summary: Judged to be of poor quality and likely no longer grown.
Alexander
Type: culinary
Characteristics: Flesh is white with a faint tinge of yellow. Coarse texture. Juicy and sweet with winey flavours.. Sweet when eaten fresh, otherwise quite sharp.
Other names: Albertin, Alexander the First, Aport, Calville Alexandre, Emperor Alexander, Emp ...
Alfriston
Type: culinary
Summary: No longer widely grown, but lives on as a popular garden variety in Britain. Great for apple jelly.
Other names: Alfreston, Alfristan, Freen Grove, Green Goose, Lord Gwydyr's Pippin, Lord Gwydy ...
Alma Sweet
Type: culinary
Characteristics: Very sweet, dry some years and very juicy other years. Flavours tend to be somewhat bland.
Altgeld's Küchenapfel
Type: culinary
Characteristics: The flesh is white, fine grained. Crunchy. Juicy and sweet with vinous flavours.
Altländer Fettapfel
Type: culinary
Characteristics: The flesh is white, crisp. Intense flavour.
Other names: Altlander Fettapfel
Amassia
Type: culinary
Characteristics: The flesh is white, fine-grained and tender and juicy. Sweet and somewhat tart when first harvest, but becomes more sweet and aromatic without the tartness in s ...
Other names: Amasia, Amassia Muskett, Amasya, Apple of Amasya, Musk Apple, Rose Apple of Asia
American Grindling
Type: culinary
Characteristics: The flesh is tan coloured, coarse-grained, soft. Dry and acidic.
American Wothorpe Prolific
Type: culinary
Summary: Listed in A.F. Barron's 1883 "British Apples" but otherwise unknown. Likely a lost apple. May also be Arnold's Worthorpe Prolific which seems to have disappeare ...
Other names: American Worthorpe Prolific, Worthorpe Prolific, Wothorpe Prolific
Amphlett’s Favourite
Type: culinary
Summary: A cooking apple that originated in Herfordshire during the 1800s. Possibly a lost cultivar.
Angelner Borsdorfer
Type: dual
Characteristics: The flesh is light tan coloured, fine-grained, crunchy. Juicy and sweet with somewhat spicy aroma.
Other names: Angeliter Borsdorfter, Angeler Borsdorfer, Angeliter Borsdorfer