Welcome to the world's most extensive apples (pommes) database.
Information on over 7,000 apples is available here, all carefully researched and provided in a way that is easy to navigate.
Welcome to the world's most extensive apples (pommes) database.
Information on over 7,000 apples is available here, all carefully researched and provided in a way that is easy to navigate.
characteristics: The flesh is white, crisp and fine-grained. Very juicy, very sweet, slightly tart and highly aromatic.
Synonyms: Almindelig, American Lady, Apia, Appia, Cardinal, Christmas Apple, Lady, Lady ...
characteristics: The flesh is creamy white, fine-grained, juicy, sweet and aromatic. Flavour is distinctively reminiscent of bananas.
Synonyms: Blanche de Zurich, Blandureau d'Auvergne, Bonnet Carrée (there is also a ...
characteristics: Flesh is tender, finely textured, yellowish and crisp. Well balanced sweetness and tartness. Savoury and spicy. The fruit is stellar when allowed to ripen fully ...
Synonyms: Graasten, Grafenapfel, Gravenstein, Gravensteiner, Grafensteiner, Banks Red, ...
brix: 11.5
sg: 1.0462
characteristics: Crisp and crunchy. Spicy and slightly tangy.
Synonyms: Originally called Little Rosybloom by breeder Albert Etter.
summary: This American apple originated in the late 1700s along the Eastern seaboard of the United States. It's best used for pies and sauces when picked slightly ...
Synonyms: Lady Blush, Maiden’s Blush (this is actually the cultivar name for Maiden’s Blush ), Red ...
characteristics: Flesh is bright white stained red next to the skin, crisp, mildly tart, quite sweet and tasting somewhat of elderberry and spice. Tends to lose its tartness in ...
Synonyms: Gem, MacIntosh, McIntosh Red, Mac, Mack
brix: 11.4
sg: 1.0458
summary: A juicy and sweet eating apple, the Mutsu was developed in Japan during the 1930s.
Synonyms: Crispin, Matzu.
brix: 13.3
sg: 1.0538
summary: A classic dessert apple which fell into relative obscurity with the arrival of the Cox's Orange Pippin.
Synonyms: Beautiful Pippin, Essex Pippin (there is a varietal by that name, please see ...
summary: The first of many apples developed at the Canada Agriculture Research Station in Summerland, British Columbia, the Spartan remains a favoured multi-purpose ...
brix: 11.7
sg: 1.0471
summary: The cooking apple from Britain is another in a class of oversize varieties grown for market and farm gate sales.
Synonyms: Barker’s Seedling, D. T. Fisch, D. T. Fish, David T. Fish, Drumlanrig Castle, ...
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 ...
Synonyms: Connecticut Seek-No-Farther (this is also a synonym for Yellow Bellflower), ...
characteristics: The flesh is white, sometimes yellow. Tender, fine-grained and crisp. Juicy, sweet, sprightly with a honeyed flavour.
Synonyms: White Pearmain, Cambellite, Campbellite, Griffin's Pearmain
summary: A multipurpose apple mostly grown in the gardens of rural France.
Synonyms: a Paquets, Sucrevert, Surre
summary: A Swiss apple from the Canton Aargau, along the German border. Used for cooking and cider.
Synonyms: Aargauer Jubilaums, Aargauer Jubiläumsapfel, Neuenhoffer, Jubilé d'Argovie, ...
summary: Originating in Italy, this large, fresh-eating apple offers a refreshing sweet-tart flavour.
Synonyms: Belfort
brix: 11.9
sg: 1.0479
characteristics: The flesh is slightly yellowish. Juicy, sweet-tart, with distinct aroma of roses.
characteristics: The flesh is pale yellowish, firm. Juicy with a good, sweet-tart balance with a wine flavour.
Synonyms: Berzininky ananasas, Berzininky Pineapple, Hrebnicki’s Rennet Apple, Reneta ...
characteristics: The flesh is yellowish, fine grained, crisp. Sweet-sharp. Its signature pineapple flavour becomes more pronounced in storage. Rich in Vitamin C.
Synonyms: Ananas, Ananas Renette, Pineapple Reinette, Goldapfel, Kindbetter. Note that the ...
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 ...
Synonyms: Ananas, Red Pineapple, Roter Ananasapfel. Note that the Ananas Reinette and ...
characteristics: The flesh is white and tender. Fine-grained. Very juicy, sweet, somewhat acidic and with a distinct aniseed flavour.
Synonyms: Anisa Sagarra, Anisha, Apez Sagarra, Udarre Zagarra, Uggaria Zagarra
characteristics: The flesh is creamy white, coarse-grained and dense. Somewhat dry and quite sharp. When cut open, there is a strong, sweet aroma.
Synonyms: Carter’s Seedling, Sloto, Sussex Pippin, The George
characteristics: The flesh is white, crisp and fine-grained. Very juicy, very sweet, slightly tart and highly aromatic.
Synonyms: Almindelig, American Lady, Apia, Appia, Cardinal, Christmas Apple, Lady, Lady ...
characteristics: The flesh is white and crunchy, Sweet and tart
Synonyms: Api Double Rose, Api, Api rose, Petit api, api fin, de long bois, lady apple, ...
characteristics: The flesh is Sweet?tart, aromatic.
Synonyms: Arboise
characteristics: Medium tending to large. Oblong with pronounced ribbing. The base colour is green with a reddish blush on the sun exposed face.
characteristics: The flesh is white, fine grained and crisp. Very juicy and sweet. Intense, rich flavours. Btuises easily.
Synonyms: Tumanga
characteristics: The flesh is yellowish, often stained red next to the skin. Moderately tender. Juicy, sweet and very tart.
Synonyms: Avrolle, Pomme Rouge, Pomme Aigre
brix: 13.5
sg: 1.0547
characteristics: The flesh is white and very sharp, fruity. Medium sharp, vintage.
characteristics: The flesh is crisp and firm. It tends to be sharp with a lingering sweet aftertaste. Some people say it re minds them of brandy.
Synonyms: White Moss
characteristics: The flesh is slightly yellowish, firm, crispand fine grained. Juicy, sweet and aromatic. Keeps up to six months in cold storage.
Synonyms: Pierre
characteristics: The flesh is tinged greenish, tender. Juicy, crisp and quite sharp.
Synonyms: Yellow Bellflower, incorrectly.
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 ...
Synonyms: Berne Rose, Berner Rose, Bernese Rose
summary: Primarily a cider apple, but also makes excellent jelly. Great snacking apple too, though somewhat small as a fresh-eating apple.
brix: 12.4
sg: 1.05
characteristics: The flesh is white, crisp. Juicy with high sugar content and considerable acidity.
Synonyms: Bittenfelder Seedling
brix: 13.8
sg: 1.0559
summary: This cider apple was found growing in the late 1960s in the Kanton Thurgau of northeastern Switzerland.
Synonyms: EFA-Blauacher, Blauacher Sämling. Note that while this may well have stemmed ...
brix: 12
characteristics: Flesh is creamy yellow, somewhat coarse in texture, but firm. Juicy with a good sweet?tart balance. Hints of pear and banana and, to some people a fermented ...
Synonyms: Griffith, Griffith Gold, Stark's Blushing Gold, Stark's Blushing Golden
characteristics: The flesh is white, crisp, firm and fine-grained. Somewhat dry, sweet-tart with good aroma.
Synonyms: Boikenapfel
brix: 12.1
sg: 1.0487
characteristics: The flesh is white, tender, melting and very juicy. Sweet-sharp and aromatic.
characteristics: The flesh is yellowish, fine grained and soft. Juicy, sweet, slightly tart, fruity and aromatic. The flavour develops after a month in storage and it keeps up ...
Synonyms: Boucasse de Bres, La Marie de Bres, Marie de Br s, Jeannette des CŽvennes, ...
characteristics: Crisp and juicy with pale cream flesh. The flavour is sharp and refreshing with a background sweetness. Look for pear-drop flavours. Brix 12.4
Synonyms: Braeburne
brix: 12.4
sg: 1.05