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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.
summary: Originating in the Swiss Canton of Aargau, this apple dates back to the 1700s. Mostly used for cooking, but can be eaten fresh as well or can be used to make ...
summary: Remarkably sweet, late summer apple with red-tinged flesh.
summary: An early fresh eating apple. Developed in the southeast United States.
summary: Similar to the iconic McIntosh in taste and colour, but larger in size and firmer in texture.
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summary: A German heritage cultivar from the 1800s. Excellent eating apple, as well as baking, juice and cider.
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summary: This is an excellent heritage eating apple and is also used for cider.
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summary: Intended as a fresh-eating apple, but also good for cooking, especially for making apple pies.
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summary: Developed in the 1840s, this calville style apple is juicy and sweet with just a touch of refreshing tang.
summary: With a low chill requirement, this cultivar is suitable to warm climates.
summary: Listed as a Welsh Heritage Apple, this variety makes great apple rings but traditionally used to make cider.
characteristics: The flesh is light cream colour, fine grained and firm.. Juicy, sweet with very low acidity. up to six months in cold storage with no appreciable loss of ...
characteristics: The flesh is creamy white, crisp. Sweet-tart and juicy.
characteristics: The flesh is faintly yellow and crisp. Very juicy. Distinctly aromatic, sweet and spicy.
characteristics: The flesh is crisp, juicy. Sweet balanced with a slight tartness.
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characteristics: Slight yellowish tinge. Crisp. Juicy, sweet-tart. Brix 14.0
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characteristics: The flesh is yellowish, fine grained. Juicy, sweet with aromas of cinnamon and elfdock (alant in German, aunée in French) from which comes the name of the ...
characteristics: Lime flavour. Sugar content as high as Brix 21.
summary: No longer widely grown, but lives on as a popular garden variety in Britain. Great for apple jelly.
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characteristics: The flesh is creamy yellow, fine-grained, tender and crisp. It tends to be a bit on the dry side, but with good, sweet-sharp flavour. Let it hang as long as ...
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characteristics: The flesh is soft and juicy. Sweet-tart. Flavour profile is similar to McIntosh.
summary: An indigenous varietal, highly regarded by apple lovers in India but virtually unknown elsewhere.
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summary: A sweet, juicy and flavourful eating apple, the Ambrosia stems from a chance seedling found in British Columbia's orchard country.
characteristics: The flesh is pale yellow. Tender and juicy. Sweet with a roasted flavour.
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summary: This is among the better summer fresh-eating apples.
summary: Dating back to the late 1700s, this north German cultivar has likely disappeared.
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characteristics: Flesh is yellowish white, stained pink under the skin. Fine grained, firm. Sweet, lightly tart with a pronounced pineapple flavour which matures to strawberry ...
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characteristics: The flesh is cream white, firm, juicy. The flavour is sweet and sprightly when the fruit is allowed to ripen on the tree. Requires careful monitoring since it ...
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characteristics: The flesh is white, crisp and moderately juicy. Slightly acidic with an aniseed flavour.
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