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Akane appleOne of the best early-season apples, popular in the USA, but would appeal to European tastes too. |
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Ambrosia appleA sweet modern apple variety from western Canada, quite similar to Golden Delicious. Discovered as a chance seedling in an orchard in British Columbia. |
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Apricot appleAn unusual and little-known apple variety noted for its apricot-like flavor. |
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Ard Cairn Russet appleAn old apple variety from Ireland, with a flavor reminiscent of bananas. |
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Aroma appleA modern apple from Sweden, developed during the 1950s. |
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Ashmead's Kernel appleA 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. |
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Baldwin appleA very popular old American apple variety, widely grown for culinary use, and a good keeper. |
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Barnack Beauty appleAn attractive old English cooking apple. |
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Baya Marisa appleA modern red-fleshed apple variety with a good flavour, developed in Germany, and also known as Tickled Pink. |
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Beacon appleBeacon is a bright red early-season apple with a soft flesh, noted for its cold hardiness. |
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Beauty of Hampshire appleAn attractive 19th century dessert apple, possibly related to Blenheim Orange |
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Black Oxford appleRound deep purple fruit with a black bloom. |
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Blenheim Orange appleAn 18th century English dual-purpose apple which remains very popular as a garden variety. |
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Bloody Ploughman appleA blood red apple from Scotland with a mild but sweet flavour. |
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Braddick's Nonpareil appleA little-known but high quality English dessert apple. Braddick's Nonpareil has a strong sharp flavour but with some underlying sweetness too - imagine sour honey (in a nice way) and you have it. |
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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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Candy Crisp appleGlossy yellow, and generally russet free apple with an extremely mild, somewhat pear-like flavor. Large, conical fruits is occasionally blushed with soft pink. |
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Cellini appleAn unusual Victorian variety, primarily a culinary apple but can be eaten fresh. One of the best examples of the aniseed component of apple flavours. |
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Charden appleA modern French apple derived from Golden Delicious but with better disease resistance. |
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Cheerfull Gold appleA modern English apple variety, derived from Cox's Orange Pippin and Golden Delicious. |
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Chenango Strawberry appleMedium to large fruit smooth, yellowish or greenish-white skin striped with crimson. Flesh juicy, mildly subacid, aromatic with a hint of strawberries. Skin smooth and tough. Pick when skin starts to turn milky. |
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Chieftain appleFruits are medium in size, round, and bright red. Flesh firm, juicy, white. Flavor subacid, milder than Jonathan but more sprightly than Delicious. Dual purpose, high quality. Keeps well. |
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Chivers Delight appleDelightful, easy-going apple, sweet, juicy, crunchy - and some aromatic qualities |
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Claygate Pearmain appleA popular Victorian dessert apple, named after the village where it was discovered. |
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Cockett's Red appleA small but pretty red eating apple from Cambridgeshire, with a somewhat sharp flavour which mellows in storage. |
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Cornish Aromatic appleOld-fashioned variety from Cornwall, some pineapple flavours, very enjoyable |
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Cornish Gilliflower appleAn important English apple of the Victorian era, with a good sweet aromatic flavour. |
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Cybele Delrouval appleAn excellent new variety from France - sweet, crisp, juicy - one of the best mid-season varieties. |
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D'Arcy Spice appleAn old apple variety from the county of Essex in south-east England with several unusual characteristics, and notable for its spice-like flavour. |
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Dabinett appleA very high quality English cider variety, provides a bittersweet juice for cider making. |
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Delicious appleOne of the most famous and important American apple varieties. The original Delicious has a flavor that many find superior to the numerous sports such as Red Delicious that have been developed from it. |
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Dumelow's Seedling appleOne of the best cooking apples of the Victoria era. More correctly known as Dumeller's Seedling. |
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Ellison's Orange appleOne of the best offspring of Cox's Orange Pippin, with a distinct aniseed flavor. |
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Empire appleOne of the best McIntosh-style apples, with a good sweet vinous flavor, and easy to grow. |
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Enterprise appleA modern American late-season disease-resistant apple with a sharp flavor and good keeping qualities. |
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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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Evelina appleEvelina is a red-coloured sport of Pinova, a modern disease-resistant apple related to Golden Delicious and Cox's Orange Pippin. |
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Feltham Beauty appleAn early season English apple, ripens in mid-August. The flavour is sweeter than most early varieties. |
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Fiesta appleOne of the best Cox-style apples, and much easier to grow. Often marketed as Red Pippin. |
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Filippa appleConsidered one of the best seedlings of Gravenstein. |
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Florina appleMedium to large. Very attractive purple-red over yellow. Medium firm. Aromatic. Keeps well. |
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Fuji appleDeveloped in Japan, but an all-American cross of Red Delicious and Ralls Janet. A very attractive modern apple, crisp, sweet-flavoured, and keeps well. |
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Gala appleOne of the most widely-grown apple varieties, with a sweet pleasant flavour, and good keeping qualities. |
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Galloway Pippin appleA good quality Scottish cooking apple. |
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Gascoyne's Scarlet appleProduces a pink juice |
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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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Ginger Gold appleAn attractive yellow apple from Virginia |
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Gladstone appleAn old English summer apple, dating back to the 1780s. |
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Golden Delicious appleUndoubtedly one of the most important apple varieties of the 20th century, both as a commercial variety in its own right, and as breeding stock for many other varieties. Very good flavor when home-grown. |
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Golden Reinette appleA very old variety, popular in 18th and 19th centuries, a pleasant mild dry flavour. |
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Green Harvey appleAn old green dual-purpose apple with a sweet-sharp flavour. This is probably not related to Harvey or Golden Harvey varieties. |
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Haralred appleSelection of Red Haralson. Earlier, redder, and sweeter, without the common russeting problem many Haralsons have. Juicy, tart, firm flesh. Good keeper. |
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Harry Masters Jersey appleA traditional English cider apple variety, producing a bittersweet juice. |
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Honeycrisp appleSometimes marketed as Honey Crisp, this is a crisp, and predomoninantly sweet, modern variety from the USA. It was developed by the University of Minnesota specifically for growers in cold climates, and is one of the most cold-hardy of apple varieties. |
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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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Ingrid Marie appleA Cox-style apple from Denmark, quite popular in northern Europe. |
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Jester appleAn attractive unpretentious apple, crisp and refreshing, nice flavour but rather bland. |
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Jupiter appleOne of the best Cox-style varieties, slightly more robust flavour than Cox |
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Karmijn de Sonnaville appleA Cox-style apple from the Netherlands, very attractive autumnal colours, and the potential for very good flavor. |
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Keepsake appleUnattractive, irregularly shaped, 2.25 to 2.75 inch diameter, 90% red fruit. Fine grained, hard, very crisp, juicy light yellow flesh. Strongly aromatic flavor. Very hardy. Mellows with age. Attains peak fresh eating quality in January or February. Keeps in storage through April. |
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Kiku appleA red-sport of Fuji, grown primarily in Italy. |
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King of the Pippins appleA good early/mid-season dual-purpose variety, thought to originate from 18th century France (where it is known as Reine de Reinettes) but widely grown in England since Victorian times. |
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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 Henniker appleA well-regarded large late-season Victorian apple variety, primarily a cooker. |
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Lady Sudeley appleA well-known and attractive English early-season apple from the late Victorian era. |
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Lane's Prince Albert appleA classic Victorian English cooking apple, and remains a popular garden variety. |
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Laxton's Superb appleThe definitive late Victorian dessert apple, firm, Cox-style but sweeter, understated but very "more-ish". |
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Lemon Pippin appleGood for drying. Small, yellow dotted fruit with greenish-white, crisp, acid flesh. |
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Lord Burghley appleA well-regarded Victorian winter dessert apple, and an excellent keeper. |
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Lord Derby appleA popular good-quality English cooking apple of the Victorian era. |
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Merton Knave appleAn early-season English dessert apple, raised in the mid twentieth century. |
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Morley's Seedling appleA late-season English cooking apple, from Cambrideshire in eastern England. |
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Mother appleAn old Massachusetts apple variety rated for its flavor. |
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Norfolk Royal appleA sweet old-fashioned apple, with a delicate melon flavour - very likeable |
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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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Pinova appleAn attractive yellow apple with a pink/orange flush. Crops heavily and stores well. Also known as Pinata. |
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Pitmaston Pine AppleAn old English apple variety with an unusual flavour reminscent of pineapples. |
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Pixie appleA popular garden variety, and a very good Cox substitute, quite sharp flavour |
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Pixie Crunch appleSmall, sweet flavored, crisp and juicy apple. Greenish-yellow base color with 90-100% red-purple overcolor. |
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Rajka appleA modern variety from the Czech Republic, bred specifically for disease resistance. |
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Red Delicious appleOne of the most famous American apple varieties, a sport of Delicious, known for its bright red color. |
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Reinette du Canada appleAn old French russet variety, and remains the definitive French russet variety. Also known as Reinette Blanche du Canada. |
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Reinette Grise du Canada appleA more russeted form of the popular Reinette du Canada. Grown commercially in France and Italy. |
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Roxbury Russet appleProbably the first apple variety originating in North America, as a seedling from a variety brought from Europe by early settlers. |
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Rubinette appleProbably the best-tasting apple in the world. |
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Sansa appleRed, medium large. Sweet with acid. Resembles Gala flavor. |
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Santana appleA modern apple from the Netherlands, with a pleasant vinous flavour and bred specifically for reduced levels of proteins which can cause allergic reactions for some people. |
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Splendour appleA popular commercial apple variety in New Zealand. |
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Starkrimson appleCrisp, dense flesh, very sweet, quite juicy - a Delicious-style apple |
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Stayman appleAn old American dual-purpose apple variety, popular in Virginia. Descended from Winesap, and in most respects an even better apple. |
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Tydeman's Early Worcester appleA sweet early-season English apple, grown commercially on a small scale. Has a good flavour and somewhat under-rated. |
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Tydeman's Late Orange appleA popular Cox-style apple, with a later season and sharper flavour. |
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Weirouge appleA red-fleshed apple variety which has been used as the basis for commercial development of new red-fleshed apples. |
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Winston appleA Cox-style apple, easy to grow. |
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Winter Banana appleNamed for the alleged banana-like flavour. |
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Woolbrook Russet appleA cooking apple, related to Bramley's Seedling. |