characteristics: Flesh is white. Soft and sweet. Ivan Michurin described the flavour as "piquant, spicy, winy-sweet, with a pleasant acidity and a strong fragrance."

characteristics: The flesh is white with pink stains next to the skin and often around the core. Firm and somewhat dry. Sweet and aromatic.

characteristics: The flesh is firm, red under the skin and white at the core. Slightly astringent. Browns quickly when exposed to air.

summary: A Mac-style apple but more hardy and disease resistant.

characteristics: The flesh is pale yellowish, fine?grained, soft. Juicy, sweet, lightly tart.

summary: The Ben Davis originated as a chance seedling that was found growing along the roads of the southeastern United States during the late 1700s and the early ...

summary: Please see Black Ben Davis

characteristics: The flesh is white when first picked, becoming yellowish in storage. Fine-grained, firm. Juicy, sweet and aromatic.

summary: A mutation of Yataka which is itself a mutation of the Fuji. Developed by Ryozo Yahagi in Yamagata Prefecture (Japan) during the 1980s in a process that included ...

characteristics: Firm, juicy.

characteristics: The flesh is white, firm. Juicy, sweet?tart.

characteristics: Flesh is yellowish, firm, crisp and fine-grained. Juicy. Sweet and slightly tart with pineapple flavours.

characteristics: The flesh is yellowish, crisp, juicy, brisk and aromatic. It lasts about two months in cold storage.

characteristics: Flesh is light cream with pink tinges. Crisp, firm and coarse-grained. Slightly dry and sweet with a distinct flavour of strawberries and raspberries.

summary: Was believed to have disappeared, but it was relocated and is once again grown.

characteristics: The flesh is greenish with some red stains under the skin, fine grained. Very juicy, very sweet, refreshingly tart with a spicy flavour. Turns brown with ...

summary: Declined in popularity and grown primarily in heritage orchards.

summary: A Russian variety from the early 1900s. listed as a red-fleshed apple, mostly grown in hobby orchards and for farmgate sales.

characteristics: The flesh is yellowish, noticeably firm. Spicedy flavours.

summary: A handsome and flavourful, multi-purpose apple from the late 1700s, similar to the Stone and Blue Pearmain apples. Very hardy.

characteristics: The flesh is green yellow, tender, juicy and sweet sharp. Keeps about three months in cold storage.

characteristics: The flesh is yellowish and tender. Very juicy and flavourful with aromas of sweet wine and lightly spicy. Remarkably similar to the Gravenstein apple.

summary: Discovered as a limb mutation of the Kidd's D-8 near New Salisbury, Indiana (U.S.A.) in early 1990s. The fruit is large, tending to very large. The base colour is ...

characteristics: The flesh is white sometime stained pink under the skin, Hard, crisp

summary: Please see Trail (a.k.a. Bilodeau)

characteristics: The flesh is greenish, very firm, crisp and juicy. Brisk. Lasts four months in cold storage.

summary: A mutation of Starking which is a mutation of Red Delicious .

characteristics: The flesh is white, crisp. Juicy with high sugar content and considerable acidity.

summary: A limb mutation of Banning Gala found by B. Lewis in his orchard at Wenatchee, Washington (U.S.A.). Medium size, round conic, deeply coloured with striping. Ripens ...

summary: Often called Crow's Egg or Southern Crow's Egg, this tall, oddly shaped apple is an excellent fresh-eating variety that has been grown in the southeastern ...