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characteristics: Flesh is white with yellow close to the skin. Coarse?grained, juicy and very acidic.
summary: Cooking apple that keeps its shape for pies and tarts. Can also be eaten fresh. Makes a refreshing, sweet juice. Full sharp cider apple.
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summary: Intended as a fresh-eating supermarket apple developed in China. Also good for making pies.
characteristics: The flesh is cream-coloured. Very juicy and sweet.
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characteristics: The flesh is yellowish, hard, crisp and fine-grained. Juicy, sprightly and sweet, nutty, becoming more flavourful in storage.
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 ...
summary: A chance seedling tree found in Idaho in 1960. Similar to Golden Delicious, but different parentage.
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characteristics: Flesh is pale yellowish—sometimes with a rosy tint— and firm, fine-grained. Sweet-tart and juicy. Tends to be somewhat bland when picked early for ...
characteristics: The flesh is cream coloured, tender, sweet.
characteristics: The flesh is pale greenish, soft. Juicy, sweet and sprightly. Browns quickly when exposed to air.
summary: A cold-hardy, early-ripening and flavourful dessert apple developed specifically for prairie conditions in Canada.
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characteristics: A McIntosh style apple. Greenish white flesh, soft, fine grained and juicy. Well balanced sweet and tart, fragrant. Flavour is at its peak for about a week ...
characteristics: Very juicy somewhat tart
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characteristics: The flesh is creamy yellow, medium-grained, crisp and crunchy. Juicy with a tart-sweet, honeyed taste. The flesh turns brown as it oxidizes, albeit slowly.
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summary: Sweet and slightly tart with considerable flavour when eaten fresh but also popular for pies and sauce. It retains its shape when cooked.
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characteristics: The flesh is white, fine-grained, tender and melting. Juicy and sweet-tart. Mild flavours, sometimes slightly spicy.
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characteristics: The flesh is cream-coloured, coarse-grained, dense and crunchy. Juicy and sweet, slightly tart and highly aromatic.
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characteristics: The flesh is yellowish, coarse-grained, firm and juicy. Rich and aromatic with intense nutty and honeyed flavours. High in sugar and acidity. Sometimes on the ...
characteristics: The flesh is white, fine-grained, crisp. Juicy, sweet, faintly tart and nutty.
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characteristics: The flesh is yellowish, fine grained, very crisp and somewhat hard. Juicy, very sweet, slightly acidic with rose petal and pineapple aromas which become ...
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characteristics: The flesh is creamy, fine-grained and tender. Very juicy and sharp tending to sour unless fully ripe. It becomes meal after a month in storage.
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characteristics: The flesh is cream-coloured, fine-grained, firm and crisp. Sweet-sharp when first harvested but mellows in storage.
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characteristics: Flesh is yellowish, firm, crisp and juicy. Tough skin and coarse texture, though it softens in storage. Flavour is slightly sweet, slightly tart, spicy and ...
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characteristics: The flesh is yellow, coarse-grained, crisp, sweet and tender. Aromatic. Flavour and sweetness are at their peak when the fruit is allowed to ripen on the tree ...
characteristics: Flesh is white, crunchy and juicy with a starchy sweet?tart flavour.
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summary: A heritage British cooking apple, frequently used for making juice. Also makes wonderful apple pies. Too tart for eating out of hand unless held in storage for ...
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characteristics: The flesh is cream-coloured, soft, juicy and sweet-sharp.
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