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Information on over 7,000 apples is available here, all carefully researched and provided in a way that is easy to navigate.
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characteristics: The flesh is pale cream coloured, crisp, fine-grained. Juicy, sweet and slightly honeyed flavours.
characteristics: Very white.Dense, crisp, and juicy. Good sweet-tart balance. Resists browning for 24 hours or more when cut open.
summary: Dating back to the Roman Empire, this unique apple with its five-starred profile was thought to have been lost but rediscovered in 1981 and once again ...
summary: A bud mutation of Wealthy found in 1934 at Cayuga, New York (U.S.A.). Fruit is larger than the Wealthy.
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characteristics: The flesh is cream coloured, tender and soft. Juicy and sweet, intensely aromatic and flavourful.
summary: A limb mutation of Obrogala discovered by Paul Stiekema at Hood River, Oregon (U.S.A.). The fruit is large to very large and washed with a deep red colour over ...
characteristics: The flesh is cream-coloured, coarse-grained, firm and crisp. Juicy.
summary: A regional variety in the northeastern U.S.A. held reign as the most widely-grown apple in the state of New York. It was considered an excellent dessert apple ...
characteristics: The flesh is white, firm , tender and fine? grained. Juicy and sweet.
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characteristics: The flesh is white, crisp and juicy. Very sweet.
summary: A well-flavoured Appalachian early eating apple, but has likely disappeared by the mid-1900s.
characteristics: The flesh is white, stained red close to the skin. Fine?grained, firm, crisp, sweet and juicy. Flavourful. Very low acidity.
characteristics: The flesh is white, sometimes with yellowish stains, fine-grained and tender. Juicy, mildly sweet and lightly tart. Aromatic.
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summary: An outstanding late season dessert and cooking apple and the acidity and aroma make it a good apple for cider. Also wonderful eaten fresh with cheeses.
summary: A tasty and crisp late-summer, Mac-style apple for eating fresh, also tastes great baked or as a sauce.
characteristics: The flesh is white, fine-grained and crisp. Juicy and sweet. When fully ripened, this apple has a distinct flavour of bananas. However, the intensity of flavour ...
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summary: An excellent summer eating apple.
characteristics: The flesh is white, coarse?grained, firm and very juicy. Sweet?tart.
summary: This old variety likely originated as a chance seedling in the eastern United State during the early 1800s and has received mixed reviews. Those who favour it ...
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characteristics: The white flesh is fine-grained, tender, crisp and juicy. Sprightly and very sweet.
summary: Though considered a fine tasting apple, the Summer Spitzenburg tended to drop its fruit prior to harvest and as such was not highly favoured for commercial ...
characteristics: The flesh is white, very fine grained, firm and crisp, melting. Very juicy, sweet, sprightly, with raspberry flavours.
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characteristics: The flesh is cream coloured, fine-grained, firm and crisp. Very juicy, sweet and sprightly with strawberry flavours.
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summary: This is one of several apples developed by F.W. Thorrington of Hornchurch, Essex (U.K.) during the early 1900s.
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