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summary: This American heritage apple is rated as being excellent for eating out of hand and also used for cider. Nevertheless it almost disappeared in the early 1900s ...
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characteristics: Flesh is yellow, firm, very juicy and sweet. Tangy with a intense fruity flavour.
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identification: Medium size, round conic. Base colour is green maturing to golden yellow over which is a brownish red blush on the sun-exposed face. The stem is long and ...
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summary: Originated in Europe during the 1600s and spread by monks on their travels, later by explorers and settlers in the new world. It was likely the pollen parent of ...
characteristics: The flesh is yellowish, firm, medium fine-grained. Sweet with balanced tartness and good aroma. Brix 12.8
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summary: While it is widely used as a fresh-eating apple, it also makes wonderful dried apple rings and a good choice for the flavour component and enhanced fermentation ...
summary: A Golden-style, fresh-eating apple with columnar growth habit, bred at Canada's Summerland Research Station in the late 1900s.
summary: A mutation of Golden Delicious . Found at Sundale Orchards outside Roosevelt, Washington (U.S.A.). Bears fruit on spurs.
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summary: An excellent heritage baking apple when picked under-ripe but also highly flavourful and sweet when left to fully ripen. This apple is traditionally used for ...
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characteristics: The flesh is white with green tinges. Firm and crisp. Sweet and tangy with light citrus aroma.
summary: A columnar-growth eating apple developed in the Czech Republic.
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characteristics: The flesh is white, crisp, juicy and tender. Sweet sharp.
summary: A relatively new fresh-eating, market apple developed in France at the turn of the millennium.
summary: A mutation of Gala. Substantially larger than parent.
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characteristics: The flesh is yellowish, fine-grained and crisp, becoming tender in storage. Juicy with a good sweet-tart balance and flavours of coriander. Aromas and flavours ...
summary: Listed alongside some of the finest North American cider apples—the Harrison Crab , Campfield and Poveshon —the Graniwinkle is a basic ingredient, paired with the Harrison, ...
summary: An excellent apple eaten out of hand, it is also used to make pies and sauce and makes a flavourful apple juice.
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summary: A good, sweet-tart eating apple if fully ripened on the tree. However, it is most commonly used green as a cooking apple for apple pies and sauce, but creates a ...
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