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Arkansas Black
Type: dual
Summary: Originating during the mid-1800s in the American heartland, this seedling of Winesap is an excellent multipurpose apple.
Synonyms: Arkansas, Blacktwig, Mammoth Black Twig, Paragon
Black Gilliflower
Type: dual
Characteristics: The flesh is pale green white, coarse-grained and firm. Juicy, sweet-sharp and aromatic. Over-ripe apples tend to be dry, but very fragrant and flavourful. Remi ...
Synonyms: Black Annie, Black Spitz, Black Spitzenberg, Crow’s Egg (there is also a ...
Co-op 2
Type: dessert
Summary: One of about 50 apple cultivars developed under the PRI (Purdue University, Rutgers University and the University of Illinois) programme using Malus floribunda ...
Synonyms: Marketed as Prima, also known as Priestly Prima.
Gravenstein
Type: dessert
Characteristics: Flesh is tender, finely textured, yellowish and crisp. Well balanced sweetness and tartness. Savoury and spicy. Brix 11.5, acidity 7.2 g/litre. The fruit is ste ...
Synonyms: Graasten, Grafenapfel, Gravenstein, Gravensteiner, Grafensteiner, Banks Red, ...
Grimes Golden
Type: dessert
Characteristics: Flesh is juicy, crisp and tender with a distinct tart flavour. Tends to be sweet. Look for a spicy character in the flavour with just a hint of coriander, this ...
Synonyms: Bellfower, Golden Pippin, Grimes, Grimes Golden Pippin
Duchess of Oldenburg
Type: dual
Characteristics: Flesh is creamy-yellow, fine-grained, tender and crisp. Juicy. Brisk and refreshing when first picked, maturing in storage, but it tends to go mealy if left to ...
Synonyms: Baroveski, Borovinka, Borovitsky, Borowitsky, Charlamovka, Charlamowiski, ...
Golden Delicious
Type: dessert
Characteristics: Cream coloured flesh, tender and crisp. Fragrant. Sweet, juicy, mild honey taste and floral. Slow to brown when cut open. Brix 13.9
Synonyms: Annit Apple, Arany Delicious, Mullins' Seedling, Mullins' Yellow Seedling, Stark ...
Tolman Sweet
Type: dual
Characteristics: The flesh is white, fine grained, firm and crisp. Moderately juicy, sometimes rather dry, very sweet, tart. Brix 14.6
Synonyms: Brown's Golden Sweet, Tallman Sweeting, Tolman's Sweet, Tolman's Sweeting, ...
Westfield Seek-No-Further
Type: dessert
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 vani ...
Synonyms: Connecticut Seek-No-Farther (this is also a synonym for Yellow Bellflower), ...
White Winter Pearmain
Type: dessert
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
Yellow Bellflower
Type: culinary
Characteristics: The flesh is yellowish, fine-grained and firm. Juicy and aromatic. Sweet-sharp. Acidity is considered sprightly in a ripe apple but distinctly tart if not fully ...
Synonyms: Bell Flower, Belle Flavoise, Bellflower, Bishop's Pippin, Bishop's Pippin of ...
Gloria Mundi
Type: culinary
Characteristics: Flesh is creamy white with tinges of green just under the skin. Coarse-grained, soft and dry. Distinctly tart when eaten fresh but becomes quite sweet with cook ...
Synonyms: American Gloria Mundi, American Mammoth, Baltimore, Baltimore Monstrous Pippin, ...
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Type: apple
Characteristics: The flesh is 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, ...
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 ...
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, ...
Api Étoilé
Type: dessert
Characteristics: The flesh is cream coloured, fine grained, crunchy and sweet-tart. Aromatic.
Synonyms: Star Apple, Sternapfel, Pentagone, Pentagonale, Longue queue. Sometimes also ...
Arends
Type: dual
Characteristics: The flesh is white, medium-grained, crisp and firm. Juicy, sweet-tart, winey and strawberry flavours.
Synonyms: Marketed as Paulared and Paula Red. Often called Early Mac.
Arkansas Black
Type: dual
Summary: Originating during the mid-1800s in the American heartland, this seedling of Winesap is an excellent multipurpose apple.
Synonyms: Arkansas, Blacktwig, Mammoth Black Twig, Paragon
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, ...
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
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.