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summary: An attractive and fine tasting apple, growing on a dwarfed columnar tree. Ideal for small gardens and even as a potted balcony apple during the growing season.
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characteristics: The fruit flesh is yellow, hard, juicy and astringent.
characteristics: The flesh is creamy white, fine grained, firm. Sweet. aromatic. Keeps two months in cold storage.
summary: A mutation of Smith's Cider . Originated in Makefield Township of Bucks County, Pennsylvania (U.S.A.)—likely toward the end of the 1800s—and the fruit is similar to ...
summary: A tetraploid crab apple developed by the Reverend John L. Fiala. A small, compact, disease-free tree that produces dense growths of white blossoms and and ...
characteristics: The flesh is faintly green, coarse grained, soft. Mild sweet. Keeps two months in cold storage.
characteristics: The flesh is greenish white and melting, moderately juicy
characteristics: The flesh is pale cream coloured, firm and crisp. Juicy, sweet?sharp and flavourful. Keeps three months in cold storage.
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summary: Ripening in mid-summer, this early-season Mac-style dessert apple is surprisingly crisp, crunch and juicy.
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characteristics: The flesh is white, crisp and moderately juicy. Slightly acidic with an aniseed flavour.
origins: Starking DeliciousÕ x ÔJonathan,Õ SRBIJA Institute, Fruit, & Grape Research Centre, Cacak, Yugoslavia, introduced, 1984
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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 ...
origins: — Northern Spy,’ cross, Ottawa Experiment Farm, Canada, introduced, 1915
characteristics: The flesh is greenish, fine grained and crisp. Juicy, sweet?sharp and fruity. Keeps three months in cold storage.
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characteristics: The flesh is white, tender and melting. Juicy, sweet, slightly tart, with aromas of strawberry.
characteristics: The flesh is ???????????????????, Brix 12.1, acidity 5.6 g/litre
identification: Medium size. Round-conic. Base colour is very pale yellow, washed red with striping.
characteristics: The flesh is crisp, juicy. Sweet balanced with a slight tartness.
summary: Dating back to the late 1700s, this north German cultivar has likely disappeared.
summary: A Mac-style apple but more hardy and disease resistant.
summary: A handsome and flavourful, multi-purpose apple from the late 1700s, similar to the Stone and Blue Pearmain apples. Very hardy.
characteristics: The flesh is cream coloured, crisp. Juicy and tart.
origins: Widely grown in Geermany during the early 1800s, but ????? Diel stated in 1823 in his had come from England. His description of it was apparently based on ...
summary: A Gloucestershire (U.K.) cider apple, highly regarded in the late 1800s.
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characteristics: The flesh is creamy white with pale red stains next to the skin. Fine-grained, tender, melting. Juicy, sweet, sprightly, aromatic with a hint of almond.
characteristics: The flesh is tender, sweet and juicy. Keeps two months in storage.
characteristics: The flesh is creamy white, firm. Sweet with a noticable melon flavour. Keeps two months in cold storage.
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characteristics: Yellowish flesh is firm and very sweet, wonderfully aromatic.
origins: — Ingrid Marie x Golden Delicious,’ Obstbaliverslichsanstalt, Jork, Hannover, Germany
characteristics: The flesh is cream coloured, fine grained, firm and crisp. Sweet and somewhat sharp. Keeps two months in cold storage.
characteristics: The flesh is ???????????????????, sweet and flavourful, similar to Golden Delicious.
characteristics: Yellowish white, juicy aromatic. Keeps one month is storage.
characteristics: The flesh is ????????????? and firm. Juicy and sweet?sharp, aromatic. Becomes sweeter when kept two weeks at room temperature.
characteristics: The flesh is yellowish, tender and crisp. Very juicy and sweet, brisk and flavourful. Keeps two months in cold storage.
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origins: Delicious x Sandow. Grown and tested at Smithfield. Released in 1978.
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origins: Specifically bred by Liz Copas and Ray Williams at the Long Ashton Research Station in Somerset (U.K.) to provide England's commercial cider industry with a ...
origins: Specifically bred by Liz Copas and Ray Williams at the Long Ashton Research Station in Somerset (U.K.) to provide England's commercial cider industry with a ...
origins: Chance seedling Amiens,trouvé par J. lebel en 1825 et propag e par les pépinières Leroy d’Angers à partir de 1849
summary: A red-fleshed British cider apple developed in Somerset by Liz Copas and released in 2008.
origins: Tr s r pandu dans les cantons de Dol (35), de Chateauneuf (35) et dans tout le Marais de Dol Semis naturel de Mr Mary Joseph Guillaume Lerasle, né le ...
summary: A mutation of Elstar discovered in an apple orchard in Rummen (Belgium). Extensively flushed a deeper red colour. Ripens earlier than the parent variety.
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