summary: Extremely hardy, this tree can tolerate Zone 1 and produces multi-purpose fruit that can be eaten fresh, but shines for making apple sauce and pies and tarts.

summary: A eating apple from the gardens of rural France.

summary: A tart British cooking apple, also used for making cider.

summary: Originating in the Swiss Canton of Aargau, this apple dates back to the 1700s. Mostly used for cooking, but can be eaten fresh as well or can be used to make ...

summary: Originating in Italy, this large, fresh-eating apple offers a refreshing sweet-tart flavour.

summary: Similar to the iconic McIntosh in taste and colour, but larger in size and firmer in texture.

summary: Listed as a Welsh Heritage Apple, this variety makes great apple rings but traditionally used to make cider.

characteristics: The flesh is greenish. Sweet, sharp, with a moderate level of tannins.

characteristics: The flesh is yellowish, firm. Juicy and sweet-tart.

summary: Please see Forfar Pippin .

summary: This apple can grow huge and it can be grown from seed with reasonable chance that it will produce a similar tree.

summary: No longer widely grown, but lives on as a popular garden variety in Britain. Great for apple jelly.

summary: The Alma Sweet is excellent for use in apple sauce, either on its own or blended with more flavourful apples.

characteristics: The flesh is white, crisp. Intense flavour.

characteristics: The flesh is cream coloured and crisp. Sharp and fruity.

characteristics: The flesh is tan coloured, coarse-grained, soft. Dry and acidic.

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 ...

characteristics: The flesh is cream coloured, fine grained, crunchy and sweet-tart. Aromatic.

summary: An early-ripening, multipurpose apple for cooking and fresh eating, wonderful apple sauce, flavourful pies. Not viable for commercial production because of a ...

summary: Originating during the mid-1800s in the American heartland, this seedling of Winesap is an excellent multipurpose apple.

characteristics: The flesh is pale cream in colour and coarse-grained. Dry and sharp.

characteristics: The flesh is greenish, fine?grained and crisp. Very juicy and tart.

summary: A sweet-tart, refreshing apple that also makes excellent apple sauce and provides tartness and sugars for cider blends.

characteristics: sharp

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 ...

characteristics: The flesh is creamy white, often with reddish stains under the skin. Firm, very crisp, juicy and sweet. Resistant to browning when cut open.

summary: Good cooking apple for pies because it holds its shape well. The tartness also makes it a prized apple for hard cider.

summary: Please see Hercules

characteristics: The flesh is white, fine-grained, firm and crisp. Sweet and pleasantly tart.

characteristics: The flesh is cream coloured. Sharp, but intensely flavoured.