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characteristics: The flesh is cream-colured, often stained red under the skin. Juicy and acidic.
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summary: This heritage dual purpose apple originated in Britain but became popular in continental Europe through the 1800s.
characteristics: The flesh is white, somewhat firm, crisp. Sweet and juicy. Some astringency. Flavourful.
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characteristics: The flesh is yellowish stained red under the skin. Soft and tender, melting. Juicy, sweet, very mild acidity, with strawberry and melon flavours.
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summary: This unusual apple stems from Medieval France and lends itself to a surprising variety of culinary applications.
summary: A Oldenburg seedling very similar to its parent, good for pies and sauces, passable as a fresh-eating apple. Hardy.
origins: Malinda x Duchess, W. P. Baird, Northern Great Plains Field Station, in Mandan, North Dakota (USA). Introduced, 1957
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characteristics: The flesh is creamy white, soft and fine-grained. Juicy and sweet.
characteristics: The flesh is yellowish, coarse-grained, firm. Juicy, sweet and slightly tart. Aromatic.
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characteristics: The flesh is cream coloured, coarse-grained, tender. Juicy, sweet and slightly tart.
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characteristics: The flesh is yellowish, crisp, firm and tender. Juicy with rich flavour, but must be left to mature in storage.
summary: A mutation of Golden Delicious . Brownish orange wash. Very long stem. Originated in Belgium and introduced by Nicolai.
summary: Prized as a fresh eating and baking apple in the Loire region of France.
summary: A firm sweet-tart fresh eating and cooking apple from the gardens of Versailles.
summary: This Belgian dessert apple was developed early in the 1900s. It develops flavour and sweetness in storage.
summary: Sweet and juicy, somewhat firm. Popular local dessert apple from France.
origins: Renet Orleanskii x (Pepin Lytovskyi x Kitaika). Developed by Ivan Michurin at Michurinsk, Russia, as part of his breeding programme to raise hardy varieties ...
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summary: Developed in Russia in the early 1900s, this is an excellent early dessert apple.
characteristics: The flesh is ??????????????????? crisp, Swet?sharp and aromatic
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summary: A bud mutation of York found in 1954 by D.B. Perrine at Centralia, Illinois (U.S.A.). Similar to York but somewhat larger.
summary: An excellent russet-type apple for pies, dried apple rings and jelly. Also favoured among American cider makers.
origins: Bred for genetic resistance to scab at the All-Russian Research Institute of Fruit Crop Breeding in Oryol, Russia, by crossing Antonovka Krasnobochka with ...
characteristics: The flesh is cream coloured, coarse?grained, soft. Sweet and aromatic.
origins: A seedling of an open pollinated Granny Smith raised by Deacon s Nursery in Godshill, Isle of Wight (UK)
characteristics: The flesh is white, crispTends to be very tart.Unless grown in the right conditions, it does not sweeten on the tree, Keeping it in storage for a week or two ...
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