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characteristics: Flesh is pale yellow, tender, soft, juicy and sharp. Keeps for about two months in cold storage.
characteristics: The flesh is yellowish, firm, tender, sweet, very juicy and aromatic. Keeps in cold storage for two months.
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characteristics: The flesh is white, moderately fine-grained, crunchy and juicy. Sweet-tart.
characteristics: The flesh is yellowish, moderately fine grained and tender. Very juicy and sweet with only mild flavours. Ke three months in cold storage.
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characteristics: The flesh is white. Coarse-grained, firm and melting. Juicy and sweet sharp. Aromatic.
characteristics: White, fragrant, juicy and firm flesh. Often stained red under the skin.
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characteristics: The flesh is white, coarse-grained and soft. Very juicy and sweet and somewhat tart to very tart.
characteristics: The flesh is creamy white, fine grained, firm, crisp and juicy. Sweet, spritely and becomes quite aromatic when allowed to ripen fully on the tree. Keeps three ...
characteristics: The flesh is yellowish, fine-grained. Juicy and sweet-tart, but the fruit needs to be matured for up to two months in storage to achieve its full, rich ...
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characteristics: The flesh is yellowish, fine-grained and crisp. Sweet-tart and somewhat spicy. Mild flavour.
characteristics: Coarse-grained. Crisp and juicy. Moderately sweet.
summary: Touted as one of the finest cider apples that ever emerged in North America, the Harrison was almost lost, but is once again being cultivated by cider makers.
summary: A limb mutation of Kidd’s Gala found at Turmont, Maryland (U.S.A.) in 1993. Ready for harvest five weeks later than the parent tree. Solid rich red wash over ...
characteristics: The flesh is firm, crisp, juicy and well flavoured. Stores about two months.
characteristics: The flesh is greenish white, firm, crisp, juicy, sweet and brisk.
characteristics: The flesh is white, tender, juicy, sweet and brisk. Aromatic. Keeps well for four months in cold storage.
characteristics: The flesh is yellowish, dry and sweet with pronounced briskness. Keeps two months in cold storage.
characteristics: The flesh is yellowish, somewhat coarse, crisp, juicy and tart. The flesh brown quickly once exposed to air. Keeps two to three weeks in cold storage.
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characteristics: Flesh is creamy white, stained red next to the skin. Coarse?grained and firm. Brisk and somewhat sweet with mild flavour. Keeps about two months in storage.
summary: It may have been the name that curtailed this apple's rise to fame, but it is a fine tasting, very sweet baking and fresh-eating cultivar.
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characteristics: Distinctly cream-coloured flesh, coarse-grained, juicy and noticeably aromatic, typically with pineapple flavours. Excellent sugar/acid balance. Produces ...
characteristics: The flesh is yellowish, coarse-grained, firm and juicy. It tends to be distinctly tart until ripe or even after storage.
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characteristics: The flesh is yellow coarse?grained, soft, somewhat dry. Very sweet with a nutty flavour. Keeps in storage for about five months.
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characteristics: The flesh is yellow, crisp, coarse-grained and breaking. Juicy and very sweet with a nutty, Bosc-pear flavour and, when fully ripe, it becomes soft and grainy ...
characteristics: The flesh is yellowish, firm, juicy and brisk. Sweet and aromatic. Keep for two months in storage.
characteristics: The flesh is white with some light staining next to the skin. crisp, fine?textured and tender. Juicy, sweet and very fragrant.
summary: This old heritage apple dates back to colonial America. Like most russets, it has a sweet, nutty, pear flavour that continues to develop as it matures in ...
characteristics: The flesh is greenish, coarse grained and soft. Sweet tart and somewhat too brisk for eating out of hand, but becoming sweeter after harvest.
characteristics: The flesh is yellowish, somewhat leathery, juicy and sweet, very nutty flavour. Keeps five months in cold storage.
characteristics: The flesh is white, crisp, juicy and very nutty. Sweet sharp. Keeps about three months in cold storage.
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