Directory of apple varieties starting with A

Aceymac apple

Resembles McIntosh in taste, appearance, shape, and flesh. Slightly firmer than McIntosh. Aceymac may be Spartan with new name.

Adam's Pearmain apple

Classic Victorian 'pearmain' shape apple with a nutty sweet flavour.

Adanac apple

Medium-sized, yellow-green underecolor with striped red wash. Good dessert quality. The apple name, Adanac, is Canada spelled backwards.

Aerlies Red Flesh apple

A red-fleshed apple variety from the USA, sometimes known as Hidden Rose or Airlie Red Flesh.

Akane apple

One of the best early-season apples, popular in the USA, but would appeal to European tastes too.

Akero apple

An heirloom apple variety from Sweden, quite widely grown in Scandanavia, very handsome fruit.

Alderman apple

An English (possibly Scottish) culinary apple, thought to have originated in the 1920s.

Alexander apple

An old and attractive culinary apple, cooks to a puree.

Alfriston apple

Large, first class cooking green colored apple.

Alkmene apple

A very attractive early Cox-style apple, slightly sharper than Cox, sometimes known as Early Windsor.

Allens Everlasting apple

An old russeted variety from Ireland, and as the name suggests, a good keeper - Hogg reckons it keeps until May.

Allington Pippin apple

A versatile English apple, with a strong pineapple-like flavour, useful for both cooking and eating.

Ambrosia apple

A sweet modern apple variety from western Canada, quite similar to Golden Delicious. Discovered as a chance seedling in an orchard in British Columbia.

American Summer Pearmain apple

Excellent early eating apple, also good for cooking. Medium size, yellow-green fruit is flushed and streaked red to purple red. Sweet, very juicy flesh.

Ananas Reinette apple

An attractive small yellow apple, with a pineapple-like flavour. Popular in northern Europe.

Anna apple

A very early season Golden Delicious style apple variety from Israel, noted for its very low chill requirement of less than 300 hours.

Annie Elizabeth apple

A popular English culinary apple, which keeps its shape when cooked.

Antonovka apple

A popular small green culinary apple variety from Russia. Also of importance as a rootstock because of its ability to tolerate extreme cold.

Api Etoile apple

Very unusual oblate (flattened) shape looking like a rounded star from the end. A little larger than the Lady apple. Excellent flavor - aromatic with sufficient acid and a sweet fruity taste.

Apricot apple

An unusual and little-known apple variety noted for its apricot-like flavor.

Ard Cairn Russet apple

An old apple variety from Ireland, with a flavor reminiscent of bananas.

Ariane apple

A modern French dessert apple variety, with built-in resistance to scab. Ariane is an attractive red/yellow colour and has a pleasant mild apple flavour.

Arkansas Black apple

A long-keeping tart apple from Arkansas, USA - which goes almost black in storage.

Arlet apple

A sweet mid-season dessert apple, developed in Switzerland and related to Golden Delicious.

Arlington Pippin apple

An attractive yellow/green apple with some red/orange flush. Shares its name with an old Gloucestershire (UK) pear variety.

Aroma apple

A modern apple from Sweden, developed during the 1950s.

Aromatic Russet apple

A high quality russet-style variety, sharper than Egremont Russet, with a rich flavour and occasionally a hint of lemon.

Arthur Turner apple

A well-known early season culinary apple. Cooks to a sweet puree. Grows easily in most situations.

Arthur W Barnes apple

An attractive and popular mid-season culinary apple, very versatile in the kitchen, cooks to a puree.

A very old apple variety, with a drab appearance which belies a unique peardrop flavour. Ashmead's Kernel is also one of very small number of English apple varieties that also thrives in North America.

Autumn Gold apple

Bright red blush over yellow-green. Keeps better than Golden Delicious.

Apple varieties