summary: Among the first apple varieties grown at the University of Minnesota's Fruit Breeding Farm in the early 1900s.

characteristics: The flesh is greenish white, coarse grained, soft. Moderately sweet, slightly tart and very flavourful.

characteristics: The flesh is pale cream-coloured, fine-grained, soft and tender. Juicy, sweet, slightly tart and aromatic with strawberry flavours.

summary: Good for cooking but perhaps too mild for fresh eating.

summary: Somewhat on the large size and better known as the Redwell, it is a good apple for baking, making sauce and for eating out of hand. Hardy and well suited for ...

summary: Primarily a cooking apple that makes a pleasantly brisk sauce. Similar to Jonathan in appearance and flavours.

characteristics: The flesh is cream coloured, fine-grained and tender. Juicy, sweet and mildly tart. Aromatic. K

summary: Dessert, sometimes baking.

summary: An excellent late season apple, suitable for fresh eating. Also good for making pies, holds shape when baked. Used for making a sprightly apple sauce.

summary: A good early fresh-eating apple. Intended as a supermarket variety.

characteristics: The flesh is white with pink stains, particularly under the skin. Soft, Juicy, sweet with mild strawberry flavour. Thin skinned. Does not keep well.

characteristics: The flesh is white, firm. Dry and moderately sweet aromatic. Keeps three months in cold storage.

characteristics: The flesh is cream coloured, crisp. Dry, sweet and mild. Keeps four months in cold storage.

summary: Developed as a cold-hardy, fresh-eating apple that's sweet, juicy and firm.

summary: Please see Imperial Gala .

summary: A mutation of Gala

summary: An excellent apple for fresh eating, also makes excellent pies and apple sauce. Great flavour for dried apple rings.

summary: Though originally marked to be discarded, the Honeycrisp has become one of the Minnesota Research Center's most successful apple cultivar, representing the ...

characteristics: The flesh is cream-coloured tending to light yellow. Firm and very juicy. Extremely sweet. Aromatic with a cane sugar/molasses and lychee flavours.

summary: Developed by at the University of Minnesota and released in 2016, this commercial apple delivers the tangy taste of Granny Smith and the juicy sweetness of ...

summary: A more intensely coloured mutation of MN 1711 that originated at the University of Minnesota (U.S.A.) in 1999 and propagated in 2001 under the direction of David ...

characteristics: Flesh is creamy white with an occasional tinge of pale green. Tender, slightly coarse-grained, firm and juicy. Sweet-tart.

summary: A mutation of Gravenstein .

characteristics: The flesh is yellowish, fine grained, firm. sweet, slightly tart. Keeps for two months in cold storage.

characteristics: The flesh is cream coloured, soft. Juicy and very sweet, somewhat aromatic.

characteristics: The flesh is yellowish and crips. Juicy, sweet and aromatic. Keeps two months in cold storage.

summary: A Gala-style dessert apple developed in Brazil. Bred for both its flavours and its scab-resistance.

characteristics: The flesh is greenish, firm, fine-grained. Mildly sweet and aromatic.

characteristics: The flesh is yellowish, fine-grained, firm and crisp. Juicy, sweet and lightly tart.

characteristics: The flesh is greenish white, firm and crisp. Sharp when first harvested, but mellows to sweet tart over time.