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Adams's Pearmain appleClassic Victorian 'pearmain' shape apple with a nutty sweet flavour. |
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Arkansas Black appleA long-keeping tart apple from Arkansas, USA - which goes almost black in storage. |
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Braeburn appleBraeburn was the first of the new wave of bi-colored supermarket apple varieties, and re-established the importance of flavor in commercial apples. |
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Calville Blanc d'Hiver appleThe perfect choice for tarte aux pommes, its spicy aromatic flavor makes it one of the world's top culinary apples. |
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Claygate Pearmain appleA popular Victorian dessert apple, named after the village where it was discovered. |
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Cornish Gilliflower appleAn important English apple of the Victorian era, with a good sweet aromatic flavour. |
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Cox's Orange Pippin appleThis is the benchmark for flavor in apples - from a good tree in a good year it can achieve exceptional flavor. |
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Delprim appleA good quality early-season variety, developed by the Delbard nursery in France, with an interesting pedigree. Deserves to be more widely grown. |
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Esopus Spitzenburg appleOne of the great American apple varieties, thought to be Thomas Jefferson's favourite. Noted for its spicy flavour, and for its susceptibility to any and every disease afflicting apples. |
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Gavin appleEarly attempt to breed a scab-resistant dessert apple, surprisingly good sweet/sharp flavour - an under-rated apple |
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Hubbardston Nonesuch appleLarge, rugged fruit with red skin, highlight of gold. Flesh hard, crisp yet fine-grained. Sprightly and rich flavor, becoming sweeter when fully ripe. |
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Jupiter appleOne of the best Cox-style varieties, slightly more robust flavour than Cox |
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Kidd's Orange Red appleMarries the complex aromatic qualities of English Cox apples with the scented flavour of American Delicious. A good apple for the gardener as well. |
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King Charles Pearmain appleAn attractive 19th century pearmain-shaped apple with a dull golden yellow skin. The flesh is firm, fairly juicy, and strongly flavoured. |
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King David appleA good quality American apple variety, notable for its resistance to fireblight. |
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King's Acre Pippin appleA good late-season English dessert apple, with a strong flavour. Keeps well. |
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Lady AppleLady, or Api, is an old French apple variety with a good aromatic flavor, and many decorative uses. |
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Lord Burghley appleA well-regarded Victorian winter dessert apple, and an excellent keeper. |
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Lord Hindlip appleA versatile English dessert variety from the late Victorian era, and one of the longest-keeping apples. |
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Lord Lambourne applePopular garden variety, many uses, good balance of sweet and sharp |
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Margil appleA very old variety, with a good flavour. |
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New Rock Pippin appleAn old English late-season dessert apple variety originating from Cambridgeshire. Highly regarded by 19th century writers for its dry firm flesh and rich flavour and hint of anise. |
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Newtown Pippin appleAlso known as Albermarle Pippin. Made famous by none other than Thomas Jefferson, who grew them in his orchard at Monticello. One of the first US apple exports to the UK. |
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Northern Spy appleA widely grown American heirloom apple variety. The fruit is late ripening and stores well. |
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Orleans Reinette appleAn old-fashioned 18th century French apple, with a good reputation for flavour, but usually not a good cropper. |
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Pixie appleA popular garden variety, and a very good Cox substitute, quite sharp flavour |
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Queen Cox appleA popular self-fertile sport of Cox's Orange Pippin, similar excellent flavour but slightly easier to grow. |
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Red Windsor appleA red sport of Alkmene, with the same strong Cox-style flavour, but with a distinctly different appearance. Also known as Sweet Lilibet. |
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Rubinette appleProbably the best-tasting apple in the world. |
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Saint Everard appleOne of the more unusual Cox-derived apples, Saint Everard is the result of Cox pollinated by a well-regarded old English variety, Margil. As might be expected it has a high quality aromatic flavour. However it suffers from the cultural difficulties of Cox's Orange Pippin and did not achieve commercial success. |
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Scrumptious appleA new early-season English dessert apple, with very good flavour. |
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Sunset applePopular garden alternative to Cox, easier to grow, and has a similar flavour albeit lacking some of the depth. |
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William Crump appleAn intensely flavoured English apple, related to Cox and Worcester Pearmain. |
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Winesap appleOften known as Virginia Winesap, a tart small apple, and like many US heirloom varieties, keeps well in store. |
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Winter Gem appleA late-season modern English apple with a good aromatic flavour. |
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Yellow Ingestrie appleAn attractive old yellow apple, with quite a strong apple flavour |