Apple varieties
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Maclean's Favourite apple
A high quality late-season dessert apple with a rich sweet-sharp flavour. The tree is a heavy cropper but can be disease-prone. -
Macoun apple
Another McIntosh style apple variety from the famous Geneva Research Station, and considered one of the better ones. -
Magnum Bonum apple
Yellow medium size apple with patterns of red. -
Magnum Gala apple
Larger apples than Gala. -
Maiden's Blush apple
Cooking, dessert and cider apple, also dries well. Flat, round pale yellow-skinned fruit with crimson blush. Crisp, tender flesh with sharp acid flavor that mellows with ripening. -
Maigold apple
Crisp, juicy flesh; mildly subacid, sweet flavor. Slightly honeyed, mellowing to a citrus taste in storage. Bruise resistant. Keeps well in storage. -
Mairac® apple
A modern Swiss apple, derived from Gala and Maigold and released in 2002. -
Malinda apple
Yellow apple with slight taste of pears. Not widely grown today, but parent of many University of Minnesota bred apples. -
Malling apple
A synonym for Kent. -
Maltster apple
A 19th century dual-purpose variety, with a very modern red-streaked appearance -
Malus Admiration crab-apple
Also known as Malus Adirondack. A dwarf upright crab-apple with masses of light-pink / white flowers. -
Malus Butterball crab-apple
Butterball is named for its bright yellow fruits, which are also good for crab apple jelly. -
Malus Dolgo crab-apple
Malus Dolgo, also known as Pink Glow, offers early-season white flowers and dark pink fruits. -
Malus Evereste crab-apple
Evereste is a popular crab-apple with masses of white blossom, then red-yellow fruits. -
Malus Golden Gem crab-apple
Golden Gem has bright white blossom followed by yellow crab apples. -
Malus Golden Hornet crab-apple
Malus Golden Hornet has pink / white blossom then small yellow crab apples which hang on late in the year. -
Malus Gorgeous crab-apple
Malus Gorgeous features light pink blossom and is good for crab apple jelly. -
Malus Indian Magic crab-apple
A superb all-round crab apple, bronze leaves, and persistent red fruits. -
Malus Jelly King® crab-apple
A compact crab apple, with unusually large persistent fruits - excellent for crab apple jelly. -
Malus John Downie crab-apple
John Downie is a good crabapple for making crab apple jelly. White blossom and orange-red fruits. -
Malus Laura crab-apple
A dwarf upright crab apple with bronze leaves and crimson blossom. -
Malus Liset crab-apple
Malus Liset is a compact ornamental crab apple, with dusky red flowers and small scarlet fruits. -
Malus Louisa crab-apple
Malus Louisa is a pretty weeping crab apple with light pink blossom. -
Malus Profusion crab-apple
Malus Profusion is a notably compact crab apple variety, with dense clusters of deep pink blossom. -
Malus Red Sentinel crab-apple
Malus Red Sentinel has classic white apple blossom and a profusion of tiny scarlet fruits. -
Malus Rosehip crab-apple
Malus Rosehip is notable for its large rosehip-shaped red fruits. -
Malus Royal Beauty crab-apple
Royal Beauty is a compact weeping crab apple with crimson blossom. -
Malus Royalty crab-apple
Malus Royalty is an ornamental crab apple with green-bronze leaves and dark red blossom. -
Malus Sargentii crab-apple
Malus Sargentii is an early-flowering ornamental crab apple with elegant white blossom. -
Malus Scarlett crab-apple
Malus toringo Scarlett is an ornamental crab apple with purple/green leaves and pink blossom. -
Malus sieversii crab-apple
Malus sieversii is thought to be the ancestor of modern apples. Grafted from specimens obtained from Kazakhstan. -
Malus Sun Rival crab-apple
Malus Sun Rival is a crab apple with white flowers, red fruits, notable for its weeping growth habit. -
Malus Toringo crab-apple
Malus Toringo is an ornamental crab apple, with white flowers and small yellow fruits. -
Malus Wedding Bouquet crab-apple
Malus brevipes Wedding Bouquet features an abundance of ivory-white blossom. -
Mantet apple
An early-season apple variety from Canada. -
Marbles NUVAR crab-apple
Malus Marbles NUVAR -
Marcoun apple
An old Italian apple variety, with a sweet flavour which keeps very well. -
Margil apple
A very old variety, with a good flavour. -
McIntosh apple
A crisp red apple with bright white flesh and refreshing sweet flavor. -
McLean apple
Medium sized attractive pale yellow skinned apple, with a light blush. Flesh is mildly acid, with good quality. -
McLellan apple
Light smooth, straw colored fruit, covered with stripes and marblings of lively red. Good sprightly taste of fruit in November. Crisp, firm flesh. -
Melba apple
Attractive, high quality, yellow washed with crimson fruit. Very white, firm, crisp, sweet flesh. A sweet subacid flavor. -
Melon apple
Fruits very good quality. Medium large, skin yellow, red striped, round, oblate, conical with mild flavor. -
Melrose apple
Official Ohio State apple. Large flattened fruit. Yellowish green skin flushed and streaked dark red with russet spots. Firm, coarse, juicy creamy white flesh. Slightly acid flavor. Very good cooking and dessert qualities. Best after Christmas when it develops it's fruity aroma. -
Melrouge apple
Redder sport of Melrose with more intense flavor. An excellent flavored dessert apple. Size is large and roundish flat. Very good for cooking. Stores well. -
Mendocino Cox apple
Yellow with red stripes. -
Meridian apple
An attractive well-flavoured modern English apple, difficult to detect the Cox parentage though. -
Merton Charm apple
Medium sized flat shaped fruit, rectangular, convex, not ribbed; skin greenish yellow, sometimes with a slight brownish red flush. Flesh tender, crisp, creamy white; flavor sweet subacid. -
Merton Delight apple
Size medium, shape intermediate to flat, skin yellow, striped pinkish red. Flesh tender, crisp, creamy. Flavor sweet to subacid. -
Merton Knave apple
An early-season English dessert apple, raised in the mid twentieth century. -
Merton Prolific apple
An interesting cross between a cooker (Northern Greening) and a dessert apple (Cox's Orange Pippin). -
Merton Russet apple
Small. Golden russet colored. Flesh very crisp, deep yellow, and juicy. Complex sweet/spicy flavor. -
Merton Worcester apple
An interesting early/mid season dessert variety, probably deserves to be better known. -
Miller's Seedling apple
A small early-season English apple, popular in late Victorian times. -
Milo Gibson apple
Red and yellow fruit. A fine tasting apple with unique licorice flavor. -
Milton apple
Medium sized, pale yellow covered fruit with deep cherry red flush. Fine grained white flesh. Juicy with sweet hint of raspberry flavors. -
Milwa apple
A synonym for Junami. -
Minneiska apple
A synonym for SweeTango. -
Minnewashta apple
A synonym for Zestar!. -
MN 1734 apple
Bronze russet fruit. Hard, yellow flesh. Rich flavor. Makes excellent tasting cider. -
Mollie's Delicious apple
A very good to excellent early apple ripening. Fruits are large to very large, conical in shape with a pinkish red color. Has an exceptionally pleasing aftertaste. This quality can be maintained in storage for at least 10 weeks under refrigeration. -
Monarch apple
Cooks to juicy puree, not as sharp as Bramley -
Moore Sweet apple
Fruit medium to large. Uniform in size and shape. Shape roundish. Skin smooth, rather pale in color, being yellow or greenish overspread with a red or pinkish red blush and dulled by greyish scarfskin. Flesh tinged with yellow or green, moderately firm, moderately fine grained, tender, rather dry, sweet, good. -
Morgan Sweet apple
An old cider apple variety, popular in the "west country" of the UK, and sweet enough to eat fresh. -
Morley's Seedling apple
A late-season English cooking apple, from Cambrideshire in eastern England. -
Mother apple
An old Massachusetts apple variety rated for its flavor. -
Mountain Boomer apple
A huge round apple, some specimens being larger than a saucer. It is a pale yellow with an occasional blush where exposed to the sun. Flavor and texture are exceptional, considering the size of the fruit. -
Moyer's Spice apple
A rather large apple of the Yellow Bellflower group: yellow, often blushed with red. Flesh is moderately crisp, coarse, very juicy, mildly subacid, becoming sweet or nearly so. Good to very good in flavor and quality. -
Mr Gladstone apple
A synonym for Gladstone. -
Muscadet de Dieppe apple
Excellent cider apple. Orange-red, smallish fruit. Sweet and aromatic. -
Muscat de Bernay apple
Hard cider apple -
Mutsu apple
A versatile dual-purpose apple, sharp but still pleasant to eat fresh. Also known as Crispin.