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summary: A tart fresh-eating apple. Also makes a distinctly pink apple sauce and unique pies and tarts.
characteristics: The flesh is red with berry aromas. Depending on the growing season the fruit be crisp, very sweet and highly acidic with defined red berry aromas. Needs to be ...
summary: A deeply coloured crabapple favoured for cider, pies and desserts.
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characteristics: The skin is cream-coloured flesh is sweet, crunchy and juicy. Sweet-sharp at harvest, it mellows in storage, becoming less crunchy and sweeter. Fruity flavour ...
characteristics: The flesh is pale yellow with red stains next to the skin. Tender, fine-grained and juicy
characteristics: The flesh is very pale yellowish. Juicy and sweet with just a hint of tartness. Keeps for four months in cold storage.
characteristics: Flesh is white, firm and juicy. Sweet?sharp. Hints of raspberry when fully ripe. Keeps about three months in cold storage.
characteristics: White flesh, crisp and juicy with a sweet?tart taste. Keeps for three months in cold storage
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characteristics: The flesh is yellowish. Fine-grained, firm. Aromatic bittersweet with a touch of tartness. Flavour improves in storage.
characteristics: The flesh is yellowish. Sweet. Keeps for three months in cold storage.
characteristics: The flesh is yellowish, tender, sweet?tart and spicy. Keeps well in cold storage for five months.
summary: A good dual purpose apple, likely grown Holland during the mid-1700s.
characteristics: Flesh is creamy white, firm, coarse textured, crisp and juicy. Brisk and reminiscent of white wine. Keeps for two months in cold storage.
summary: A highly-coloured mutation of Ben Davis extensively grown in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia (U.S.A.) during the 1880s, though the state of Missouri lays claim ...
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summary: A McIntosh style of apple ready for harvest in early fall.
characteristics: The flesh is yellow, firm, crunchy and juicy. Sweet-sharp flavour.
characteristics: Flesh is pale cream coloured, soft and juicy. Somewhat acidic.
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characteristics: The flesh is white with a light green tinge, somewhat coarse grained. Very juicy and sweet, slighly tart, mildly spicy, aromatic. Tends to have grassy flavours ...
characteristics: When ripe, the flesh is yellowish, coarse-grained and crisp. Rich and tangy. Sweet with complex flavours.
characteristics: Flesh is pale greenish (especially around the core and stalk), fine texture. Sweet with pleasant acid balance. Bland with an aroma and flavour of cabbage.
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characteristics: The flesh is cream-coloured, crisp and firm. Juicy and very sweet, tangy and intensely flavoured with mellon highlights.
characteristics: The flesh is white, tender, juicy and very sweet.
characteristics: The flesh is white to pale greenish, fine grained, firm. Juicy, refreshing, slightly tart and moderate sweetness. Brix 12.4, acidity 6.0 g/litre.
characteristics: Flesh is yellowish white, crisp, tender, juicy and sweet. Sprightly with a distinct pinapple flavour. Keeps for two months in cold storage.
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characteristics: The flesh is greenish white, firm and coarse-grained. The apple is crisp sweet-sharp and refreshing.
summary: Many a green apple is dubbed Green Pippin, but there's only one that holds the rights to that name. Though it looks like the iconic mouth puckering green apple ...
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