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Ambrosia
Type: dessert
Summary: A sweet, juicy and flavourful eating apple, the Ambrosia stems from a chance seedling found in British Columbia's orchard country.
Synonyms: Mennell’s Ambrosia
Arkansas Black
Type: dual
Summary: Originating during the mid-1800s in the American heartland, this seedling of Winesap is an excellent multipurpose apple.
Synonyms: Arkansas, Blacktwig, Mammoth Black Twig, Paragon
Co-op 2
Type: dessert
Summary: One of about 50 apple cultivars developed under the PRI (Purdue University, Rutgers University and the University of Illinois) programme using Malus floribunda ...
Synonyms: Marketed as Prima, also known as Priestly Prima.
Granny Smith
Type: dual
Characteristics: The flesh is greenish white, firm and coarse-grained. The apple is crisp sweet-sharp and refreshing.
Synonyms: Smith's Seedling, Granny Smith's Seedling
Gravenstein
Type: dessert
Characteristics: Flesh is tender, finely textured, yellowish and crisp. Well balanced sweetness and tartness. Savoury and spicy. Brix 11.5, acidity 7.2 g/litre. The fruit is ste ...
Synonyms: Graasten, Grafenapfel, Gravenstein, Gravensteiner, Grafensteiner, Banks Red, ...
MN 1711
Type: dessert
Characteristics: Cream-coloured flesh. Very crisp and breaking, coarse-grained, juicy with a sweet-tart taste. Sometimes a hint of pear drop, but Honeycrisp apples from the star ...
Synonyms: Honeycrisp. Honey Crisp, Honeycrunch in Europe. Tested as MN 1711.
Duchess of Oldenburg
Type: dual
Characteristics: Flesh is creamy-yellow, fine-grained, tender and crisp. Juicy. Brisk and refreshing when first picked, maturing in storage, but it tends to go mealy if left to ...
Synonyms: Baroveski, Borovinka, Borovitsky, Borowitsky, Charlamovka, Charlamowiski, ...
Fameuse
Type: dessert
Characteristics: The flesh is white, occasionally streaked red under the skin. Soft and fine textured and melting. Juicy, tangy and sweet with a strawberry flavour.
Synonyms: Most commonly known as Snow. Other synonyms include American Nonpareil, Chimney ...
Gala
Type: dessert
Characteristics: Flesh is creamy white, somewhat grainy and firm. A crisp, juicy, sweet and sprightly apple which has considerable flavour typical of Cox's Orange Pippin when tr ...
Synonyms: Originally named Kidd's D-8 and subsequently marketed as Kidd's Gala and Gala ...
Tolman Sweet
Type: dual
Characteristics: The flesh is white, fine grained, firm and crisp. Moderately juicy, sometimes rather dry, very sweet, tart. Brix 14.6
Synonyms: Brown's Golden Sweet, Tallman Sweeting, Tolman's Sweet, Tolman's Sweeting, ...
Westfield Seek-No-Further
Type: dessert
Characteristics: The flesh is yellowish white, fine-grained, crisp and juicy. Somewhat tart, very aromatic and distinctly spicy. Look for honey, pear and citrus notes and a vani ...
Synonyms: Connecticut Seek-No-Farther (this is also a synonym for Yellow Bellflower), ...
Gloria Mundi
Type: culinary
Characteristics: Flesh is creamy white with tinges of green just under the skin. Coarse-grained, soft and dry. Distinctly tart when eaten fresh but becomes quite sweet with cook ...
Synonyms: American Gloria Mundi, American Mammoth, Baltimore, Baltimore Monstrous Pippin, ...
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à Troche
Type: dessert
Summary: A multipurpose apple mostly grown in the gardens of rural France.
Synonyms: a Paquets, Sucrevert, Surre
Aargauer Herrenapfel
Type: culinary
Summary: Originating in the Swiss Canton of Aargau, this apple dates back to the 1700s.
Synonyms: Herrenapfel (the Reinette de Champagne is also known by this synonym), ...
Abraham
Type: dual
Summary: See Danziger Kantapfel
Synonyms: Abraham's Apple, Father Abraham's Apple, Calville de Danzig, Danziger Kantapfel, ...
Abrika
Type: dessert
Summary: Remarkably sweet, late summer apple with red-tinged flesh.
Accordian
Type: dessert
Summary: An early fresh eating apple. Developed in the southeast United States.
Acey Mac
Type: dessert
Summary: Similar to the iconic McIntosh in taste and colour, but larger in size and firmer in texture.
Synonyms: Buhr McIntosh
Achimer Golden Reinette
Type: dessert
Summary: A German heritage cultivar from the 1800s. Excellent eating apple, as well as baking, juice and cider.
Synonyms: Achimer Goldrenette, Celler Dickstiel, Donnerhorst, Krugers Dickstiel, ...
Adanac
Type: dessert
Characteristics: The flesh is slightly greenish, somewhat coarse-grained and juicy.
Synonyms: Originally known as Jack's Number One.
Adersleber Calville
Type: dessert
Summary: Developed in the 1840s, this calville style apple is juicy and sweet with just a touch of refreshing tang.
Synonyms: Adersleber, Adersleber Kalvill, Lichthardsapfel, Calville d Adersleben
Adina
Type: dessert
Summary: With a low chill requirement, this cultivar is suitable to warm climates.
Synonyms: Frankad, Stark Adina, Satark Adina
Admiral
Type: dessert
Characteristics: The flesh is pale greenish, coarse grained, soft. Sweet and aromatic.
Synonyms: Gloria, Togo of Upton
African Red
Type: dessert
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 textu ...
Synonyms: Marketed as African Carmine.
Afrigen 1
Type: dessert
Characteristics: The flesh is creamy white, crisp. Sweet-tart and juicy.
Synonyms: Marketed as Elegant.
Ahra
Type: dessert
Characteristics: The flesh is faintly yellow and crisp. Very juicy. Distinctly aromatic, sweet and spicy.
Aia ilu
Type: dessert
Characteristics: The flesh is yellowish, firm. Juicy and sweet-tart.
Synonyms: Garden Beauty
Airlie Red Flesh
Type: dessert
Summary: A red-fleshed apple found as a chance seedling in Oregon State. See also Mountain Rose .
Synonyms: Aerlie, Airlie, Airlie's Red Flesh, Hidden Rose
Akibae
Type: dessert
Characteristics: The flesh is crisp, juicy. Sweet balanced with a slight tartness.
Synonyms: Akiba
Akiyo
Type: dessert
Characteristics: Slight yellowish tinge. Crisp. Juicy, sweet-tart. Brix 14.0
Alant
Type: dessert
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 varie ...
Synonyms: Aunée, Carrée d'Automne, Edler Prinzessin, Franche-Noble, Fransche Kron., ...
Albion Russet
Type: cider
Characteristics: Lime flavour. Sugar content as high as Brix 21.
Aldenham Purple
Type: culinary
Summary: A redfleshed apple that can be used for both culinary and decorative purposes.
Synonyms: Aldenham Crabapple, Purple Crab, Rosebloom Crab
Alexander
Type: culinary
Characteristics: Flesh is white with a faint tinge of yellow. Coarse texture. Juicy and sweet with winey flavours.. Sweet when eaten fresh, otherwise quite sharp.
Synonyms: Albertin, Alexander the First, Aport, Calville Alexandre, Emperor Alexander, ...
Alfriston
Type: culinary
Summary: No longer widely grown, but lives on as a popular garden variety in Britain. Great for apple jelly.
Synonyms: Alfreston, Alfristan, Freen Grove, Green Goose, Lord Gwydyr's Pippin, Lord ...
Alkmene
Type: dessert
Characteristics: Cream-coloured flesh is fine-grained, crisp, juicy and generally dense. Slightly tart. Look for a honeyed flavour. Very aromatic. Brix 12.9.
Synonyms: Alkemene, Early Windsor
Ambri
Type: dessert
Summary: An indigenous varietal, highly regarded by apple lovers in India but virtually unknown elsewhere.
Synonyms: Amri
Ambrosia
Type: dessert
Summary: A sweet, juicy and flavourful eating apple, the Ambrosia stems from a chance seedling found in British Columbia's orchard country.
Synonyms: Mennell’s Ambrosia
American Beauty
Type: dessert
Characteristics: The flesh is yellowish and dense. Somewhat coarse grained and chewy, sweet and aromatic with a vinous flavour.
Synonyms: Beauty of America, Sterling, Sterling Beauty