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characteristics: The flesh is white, firm. Juicy and sweet with citrus flavours. Bruises easily.
summary: A deeply coloured crabapple favoured for cider, pies and desserts.
characteristics: The flesh is red with berry aromas. Depending on the growing season the fruit be crisp, very sweet and highly acidic with defined red berry aromas. Needs to be ...
summary: California-bred in the mid-1900s by Albert Etter, this tree produces large, golden-yellow fruit which is favoured for fresh eating, cooking and making cider. ...
summary: This is NOT a variety but rather a trademarked name applied to various types of Austrian apples to denote quality. Also see Mozart.
characteristics: The flesh is yellow. Somewhat firm. Moderately juicy. Tends to brown when exposed to air.
characteristics: The flesh is ????????? Sweet. flavourful. Flavour continues to improve through four months of cold storage.
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characteristics: The flesh is yellowish, tender, chewy. Juicy, sweet and somewhat astringent.
summary: A somewhat small spur bearer with aromatic fruit that ripens in mid season, this is a good garden variety.
summary: Dating back to the 1700s, this apple is favoured for making apple pies when picked slightly under-ripe or allowed to ripen fully for its excellent flavours and ...
characteristics: The flesh is white. Sharp. Flavourful. Keeps for three months in cold storage.
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characteristics: The flesh is creamy-yellow, crisp and sweet-tart. Nutty flavour.
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characteristics: The skin is cream-coloured flesh is sweet, crunchy and juicy. Sweet-sharp at harvest, it mellows in storage, becoming less crunchy and sweeter. Fruity flavour ...
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summary: Originally grown from seed by early settlers along the St. Lawrence River in eastern Canada during the early 1700s, this apple is excellent for fresh eating, ...
summary: Developed in Poland in 1944, this apple is juicy, sweet and flavourful. Please also see Fantazja .
characteristics: The flesh is greenish, firm and sweet. Keeps for five months in cold storage.
characteristics: The flesh is white with red veins, soft. Juicy and sweet?sharp. Very mild aromas. Keeps two months in cold storage.
summary: Similar to the Jonathan in many respects and, while it ripens about the same time, it tends to colour up earlier.
characteristics: The flesh is fine?textured, juicy and flavoured.
characteristics: The flesh is white, crisp and firm. Becomes juicy in storage. Hint of citrus aroma.
summary: Medium size, round conic. Lemon yellow base colour over which is a bright red wash and deep red stripes.
summary: Developed in Italy for the supermarket trade, this is a vivid red apple, firm and sweet.
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summary: Fruits have cream-coloured flesh, medium fine-grained. Tends to be somewhat dry with a sweet, subacid, aniseed perfumed flavour. Turns colour slowly when ...
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summary: This flavourful, russet apple with its anise flavour emerged in the 1500s continues to be appreciated to this day as a dessert apple as well as for making ...
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summary: Grown throughout continental Europe during the Middle Ages, this reddish russet apple is said to have medicinal properties. It is most widely used for ...
characteristics: Fine-grained, crisp, juicy with a good sweet-tart balance.
summary: An excellent fresh-eating apple and great for apple juice.
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