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summary: The first of many apples developed at the Canada Agriculture Research Station in British Columbia, the Spartan remains a favoured multi-purpose varietal, almost ...
summary: This German dessert apple is also favoured for cider. Blooms very late which is a distinct advantage for growing apples at higher elevations.
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characteristics: The flesh is very light yellow, fine textured, firm and crisp, yet melting. Juicy, sprightly and sweet with a honeyed flavour. Easily bruised.
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summary: A late-season apple with a sweet, slightly tart flavour, good for eating out of hand, also for apple sauce.
summary: There is a noticeable scarcity of information in regards the existence of a Spitzenburg or Spitzenberg crabapple. At best, it may have existed prior to the late ...
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summary: A commercially grown dessert apple that originated in New Zealand in the mid-1900s
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summary: This apple can reach weights of up to a kilogram and it tastes great.
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summary: A whole tree mutation of Winter Banana discovered by Chelan Apple Company in the early 1960s in Chelan, Washington (U.S.A.) and introduced in 1972. Produces fruit on ...
characteristics: The flesh is greenish, fine-grained, firm. Very juicy with a sweet-tart, refreshing flavour.
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characteristics: The flesh is cream coloured. Fine-grained and soft. Dry and astringent.
characteristics: The flesh is greenish white and soft. Juicy, sweet and faintly aromatic.
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characteristics: The flesh is yellowish, coarse-grained, firm and crisp. Juicy and mildly sweet-tart.
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characteristics: Flesh is cream coloured, coarse in texture, crisp and firm. Juicy and very sweet with a flavour reminiscent of a very ripe melon.
summary: This is the same apple as Golden Delicious . The name was modified in 1917 after Stark Brothers Nursery acquired all rights to the Mullins' Yellow Seedling .
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characteristics: The flesh is greenish. Very sweet.
characteristics: The flesh is pale cream. Coarse-grained and crisp. Juicy and sweet-sharp.
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summary: A mutation of Stark Delicious which was the original Delicious apple as sold by Stark Brothers Nursery. It later became known as the Red Delicious. Found in 1921 by Lewis ...
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origins: A mutation of Golden Delicious developed by Philip Jenkins in 1959 in Yakima, Washington (U.S.A.) and introduced in 1961 by Stark Brothers Nursery in Louisiana, Missouri ...
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summary: Surprisingly firm, flavourful and sweet-tart for a summer apple. And also cold hardy.
summary: Sharp but lends itself well to cooked and baked dishes.
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characteristics: Yellowish flesh, fine-grained, firm and crisp. Juicy, sprightly with a winy flavour. The skin bruises easily. Browns quickly when exposed to air.
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