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summary: Best eaten fresh. Considered one of the finest dessert apples.
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characteristics: The flesh is white, soft. Juicy. subacid. Somewhat aromatic and a hint of raspberry flavour. Keeps two months in cold storage.
characteristics: The flesh is greenish, very firm, crisp, juicy and brisk. Well flavoured. Keeps up to four months in cold storage.
characteristics: The flesh is pale yellow. Tender and juicy. Sweet with a roasted flavour.
characteristics: The flesh is greenish white, soft. Juicy, sweet and flavourful.
characteristics: The flesh is greenish, tender and juicy, brisk.
characteristics: The flesh is white. Tender. Moderately juicy and refreshingly sweet-tart.
characteristics: The flesh is yellowish, firm, crisp and sweet. Floral aroma. Keeps up to four months in cold storage.
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characteristics: The flesh is cream-coloured, fine grained and tender. Sweet, flavourful.
characteristics: Flesh is yellow, crisp, juicy and sweet with a honeyed flavour. Keeps three months in cold storage.
characteristics: The flesh is yellow, tender and crisp. Juicy and aromatic. Keeps for about two months in cold storage.
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characteristics: The flesh is white, crisp and firm. Sweet and nutty, fruit-drop flavours.
characteristics: The flehs is white, tender and juicy. Perfumed.
characteristics: The flesh is yellow. Sweet sharp, flavourful. Keeps for three months in cold storage.
summary: A good dual purpose apple, likely grown Holland during the mid-1700s.
characteristics: The flesh is bright white, coarse grained, crisp. Juicy, sweet, slightly tart, fruity and aromatic. Keeps two months in cold storage.
characteristics: The flesh is white, firm, sweet?tart. Keeps up to six months in cold storage.
characteristics: The flesh is cream coloured, melting, Juicy, sweet?sharp and flavourful, aromatic. In cooking it holds its shape. Also makes a refreshing juice.
characteristics: The flesh is yellowish, soft. Somewhat dry and sweet, tangy.,
characteristics: The flesh is yellowish, firm and crisp. Very juicy and slightly brisk.
origins: Listed in Hogg, R. and Bull, H. The Apple and Pear as Vintage Fruits (1886) as a Gloucestershire (UK) variety.
origins: Seeds planted at Crosley School by >??? Latham, headmaster
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characteristics: The flesh is yellowish, coarse-grained, firm, tender and juicy. Brisk and sweet. Fruits have soft, coarse, mealy flesh with a slightly acid flavour.
characteristics: The flesh is firm and juicy. Sweet and brisk. Keeps two months in storage.
characteristics: The flesh is cream coloured. Juicy, sour, astringent
characteristics: The flesh is yellowish, firm, crisp, sweet and juicy. Refreshingly tart.
characteristics: The flesh is yellow, firm and crisp. Sweet, brisk and flavourful. Keeps three months in cold storage.
characteristics: The flesh is yellow, crisp, juicy and brisk. Keeps in cold storage for about two months.
characteristics: The flesh is greenish, soft and juicy.
characteristics: The flesh is white, tender. Juicy, slightly tart and a hint of sweetness. Keeps up to five months in cold storage.
characteristics: The flesh is yellow, tender and crisp. Sweet, brisk and aromatic. Fruity.
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summary: Likely originated and widely grown in France as the Mère de Ménage prior to the 1700s and possibly introduced in Britain in the early 1800s by Stapleton Cotton during or ...
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characteristics: Flesh is off-white, fine-grained. Juicy with a rich, sweet-tart flavour, somewhat reminiscent of pineapple. The flavour tends to be somewhat harsh at harvest ...
characteristics: The flesh is yellow with tinges of green, tender, juicy and sweet. Keeps for five months in cold storage.
characteristics: The flesh is yellowish, firm, sweet and juicy
characteristics: The flesh is greenish, firm and crisp, juicy and very tart. Keeps well in cold storage for up to six months.
characteristics: The flesh is yellowish, crisp and juicy. Somewhat tart. Keeps three months in cold storage.
characteristics: The flesh is distinctly yellow, tender and crisp. Very juicy and sweet. Keeps two months in cold storage.
characteristics: The flesh is yellow and tender. Keeps for four months in cold storage.
summary: A British eating apple from the 1800s, likely no longer grown.
characteristics: The flesh is greenish, very firm, crisp and juicy. Brisk. Lasts four months in cold storage.
characteristics: Sweet?sharp. The flesh is yellowish and brisk.Keeps for two months in cold storage.
characteristics: The flesh is pale yellow, coarse grained, firm, crisp. Juicy and quite acidic.
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characteristics: The flesh is yellowish, firm. Tart.
characteristics: The flesh colour is yellow gold. Tangy sweet
characteristics: The flesh is white, tender, Juicy and sweet with a winey flavour.
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characteristics: The flesh is white, crisp and juicy. Very sweet.
characteristics: The flesh is ?????????????firm, crisp, sweet and well flavoured. Keeps five months in cold storage.
characteristics: The flesh is white, tender and juicy. Keeps about two months.
characteristics: The flesh is creamy white, coarse textured, crisp and juicy. Aromatic with a hint of aniseed and spicy. Keeps three months in cold storage.
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characteristics: The flesh is cream-coloured, firm, crisp and coarse-grained. Juicy, spicy with faint flavour of anise.
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characteristics: The flesh is yellowish, tender. Juicy, sweet and aromatic with a distinct pineapple flavour and a hint of resin.
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