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Type: apple
Characteristics: The flesh is ???????????? and sharp.
Synonyms: Dr. Clifford
à Troche
Type: dessert
Summary: A multipurpose apple mostly grown in the gardens of rural France.
Synonyms: a Paquets, Sucrevert, Surre
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
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
Albury Park Nonsuch
Type: culinary
Summary: A good dual purpose apple, likely grown Holland during the mid-1700s.
Synonyms: Albury Nonsuch, Dutch Mignon, Dutch Mignonne, Forfar
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, Emp ...
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 Gwydy ...
Alma Sweet
Type: culinary
Characteristics: Very sweet, dry some years and very juicy other years. Flavours tend to be somewhat bland.
Almata
Type: dual
Summary: This red-fleshed apple makes great apple sauce, crabapple jelly and has also caught the attention of cider makers.
Synonyms: Alma Ata
Altländer Fettapfel
Type: culinary
Characteristics: The flesh is white, crisp. Intense flavour.
Synonyms: Altlander Fettapfel
American Grindling
Type: culinary
Characteristics: The flesh is tan coloured, coarse-grained, soft. Dry and acidic.
Anna
Type: dessert
Characteristics: The flesh is cream white, firm, juicy. The flavour is sweet and sprightly when the fruit is allowed to ripen on the tree. Requires careful monitoring since it g ...
Antonovka
Type: culinary
Characteristics: The flesh is creamy white, coarse-grained and tender. Moderately juicy, slightly brisk and quite aromatic. Allow the fruit to mature to a yellow colour for fres ...
Synonyms: Antenovka, Antoni, Antonovca, Antonovka obiknovennaia, Antonovka obyknovennaya, ...
Arkansas Black
Type: dual
Summary: Originating during the mid-1800s in the American heartland, this seedling of Winesap is an excellent multipurpose apple.
Arthur Turner
Type: apple
Characteristics: The flesh is pale cream in colour and coarse grained. Dry and acidic.
Synonyms: Turner's Prolific
Arthur W. Barnes
Type: apple
Characteristics: The flesh is greenish, fine?grained and crisp. Very juicy and tart.
Synonyms: A.W. Barnes
Ashmead’s Kernel
Type: dual
Characteristics: Mouth puckering when first picked but, once it has aged, the yellowish flesh is crisp and firm, juicy with a good balance between sweetness and acidity. Peardro ...
Synonyms: Ashmead, Aschmead’s Kernel, Aschmead’s Seedling, Ashmead’s Seedling, Doctor Ashm ...
Astrachan Large
Type: apple
Characteristics: sharp
Synonyms: Atrachan Large Fruited
Atlas
Type: apple
Characteristics: The flesh is creamy white with some red staining next to the skin. Coarse textured, crisp, and firm. Moderately juicy, brisk and flavourful. Keeps a month or tw ...
Synonyms: Red Atlas
B raud
Type: apple
Characteristics: The flesh is crunchy. Tart and fruity
Synonyms: Beraud, Reinette BŽraud, Reinette dorŽe
Baron Wood
Type: apple
Characteristics: The flesh is cream coloured. Sharp, but intensely flavoured.
Bassard
Type: apple
Characteristics: The flesh is yellowish, coarse?grained, firm and crisp. Acidic.
Beauty of Kent
Type: apple
Characteristics: Flesh is yellowish, tender, juicy and sweet? sharp. Wonderful aromas which develop after the apple has been in storage for a few weeks.
Synonyms: Countess of Warwick, Gadd's Seedling, Kentish Beauty, Kentish Broading, Kentish ...
Beauty of Moray
Type: apple
Characteristics: The flesh is white, crisp. Acidic.
Beauty of Stoke
Type: apple
Characteristics: The flesh is firm and sweet
Belle Fille Normande
Type: apple
Characteristics: The flesh is white, tender and dense. Juicy, sweet and slightly tart.
Synonyms: Belle fille du pays de Caux, Dameret, de Damoiselle, Belle fille de livre
Belle Flavoise
Type: apple
Characteristics: The flesh is tinged greenish, tender. Juicy, crisp and quite sharp.
Synonyms: Yellow Bellflower, incorrectly.
Belle?Fleur de Saint?Benoit
Type: apple
Characteristics: The flesh is crisp. Juicy and sharp.
Synonyms: Bellefleur de Saint?Ben™it