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Apples
Crab-apples
Apricots
Cherries
Flowering cherries
Peaches
Plums
Pears
Using
Picking season
Very early
16
Early
51
Mid
65
Late
213
Very late
45
Keeping / storage
Does not keep
3
1-3 days
13
1 week
44
2-3 weeks
68
1-2 months
114
3 months or more
118
Flavor quality
Exceptional
10
Very good
168
Good
170
Average
37
Flavor style
Sweet/Sharp
113
Sharper
92
Sweeter
87
Aromatic
72
Vinous
8
Aniseed
Dry / nutty
2
Honeyed
14
Pear drop
3
Pineapple
2
Strawberry
3
Food uses
Eating fresh
308
Culinary
176
Traditional cooker
41
Dual purpose
24
Juice
135
Hard cider
62
Drying
25
Cooking result
Puree
33
Textured puree
14
Keeps shape
37
Discoloration of fruit
No discoloration (Good for drying)
35
Slightly oxidising (browns slowly)
23
Oxidising
53
Very oxidising (browns quickly)
16
Juice style
Sweeter
23
Sharper
24
Sweet (cider)
4
Sharp (cider)
2
Bittersweet (cider)
21
Bittersharp (cider)
4
Growing
Gardening skill
Beginner
114
Average
172
Experienced
22
Self-fertility
Self-fertile
23
Partially self-fertile
45
Not self-fertile
352
Flowering group
1
13
2
62
3
189
4
113
5
26
6
12
Pollinating others
Good
24
Average
204
Poor
77
Ploidy
Diploid
332
Triploid
64
Tetraploid
1
Other
1
Tree vigor
Natural dwarf
Weak growing
26
Slightly small
32
Average vigour
187
Slightly large
48
Vigorous
63
Very vigorous
3
Precocity
Precocious
90
Slow to start bearing
21
Bearing regularity
Regular
213
Biennial tendency
66
Fruit bearing
Spur-bearer
268
Free-spurring
3
Partial tip-bearer
44
Tip-bearer
16
Climate
Cold hardiness (USDA)
Zone 3 (-40C)
10
Zone 4 (-34C)
51
Zone 5 (-29C)
67
Zone 6 (-23C)
23
Zone 7 (-18C)
23
Zone 8 (-12C)
23
Zone 9 (-7C)
13
Zone 10 (-1C)
10
Summer average maximum temperatures
Cold (< 20C / 67F)
86
Cool ( 20-24C / 68-75F)
264
Warm (25-30C / 76-85F)
155
Hot (>30C / 86F)
29
Frost resistance of blossom
Good resistance
31
Some resistance
10
Susceptible
13
Chill requirement
Low-chill
21
High-chill
5
Identification
Country of origin
Australia
9
Austria
1
Bahamas
1
Belgium
15
Canada
40
Czech Republic
5
Denmark
5
France
53
Germany
19
Ireland
6
Israel
2
Italy
5
Japan
14
Netherlands
13
New Zealand
16
Russia
8
Sweden
3
Switzerland
10
Turkey
1
Ukraine
2
United Kingdom
197
United States
217
Period of origin
1550 - 1599
1
1600 - 1649
8
1650 - 1699
5
1700 - 1749
5
1750 - 1799
19
1800 - 1849
57
1850 - 1899
46
1900 - 1949
74
1950 - 1999
89
2000
21
Flesh color
White
45
Cream
25
Golden / Yellow
3
Orange
1
Pink / Red
10
Dark red
1
Light green / Yellow
1
Fruit color
Brown
2
Crimson
17
Gold
1
Green
21
Green - light
11
Green / Red
21
Green / Yellow
20
Orange
2
Orange / Red
39
Orange flush
51
Pink
5
Red
62
Red - dark
12
Red / Green
24
Red striped
3
Russet
21
Yellow
5
Yellow / Orange
16
Yellow / Red
1
Fruit size
Very small
1
Small
25
Average
78
Large
60
Very large
12
Variable
13
Awards
RHS AGM (current)
44
RHS AGM (former)
9
RHS AM
5
RHS 1st class
2
RHS Plant of the Year
Slow Food - Ark of Taste
3
Other qualities
Disease resistance
Good
129
Average
120
Poor
25
Bitter pit
Very resistant
5
Some resistance
2
Some susceptibility
14
Very susceptible
Canker
Very resistant
7
Some resistance
26
Some susceptibility
33
Very susceptible
3
Cedar apple rust
Very resistant
15
Some resistance
27
Some susceptibility
24
Very susceptible
9
Fire blight
Very resistant
7
Some resistance
35
Some susceptibility
47
Very susceptible
15
Powdery mildew
Very resistant
10
Some resistance
57
Some susceptibility
45
Very susceptible
2
Scab
Very resistant
61
Some resistance
60
Some susceptibility
60
Very susceptible
11
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Varieties list
Walter Pease
A pleasant flavored apple of good size, attractive appearance and excellent dessert quality, too mild for culinary purposes. Fruits striped red, crisp.
Waltz
Dark red with green. Tastes like Red Delicious.
Wantage
4 or 5 separate distinct flavors and aromas. It is a fall apple and should be picked with McIntosh. Yellow, conical, medium sized apple.
Washed Russet
A very large russet apple. Markings and shadings of yellow and bronze russet with patches of clear shiny skin gave it the appearance of having been washed. Crisp, juicy flavorful flesh useful for eating or culinary purposes. Sometimes develops a pronounced reddish brown cheek when exposed to the sun.
Wayne
Dessert, canning, freezing and sauce apple. Large fruit.
Wayside
Wayside is a mid-season dessert apple, probably a seedling of Charles Ross, which it resembles in appearance and flavour.
Wealthy
Excellent dessert and multi-use apple, picked a few weeks early for cooking. Beautiful fruit ripens to bright red across the surface. Crisp, juicy flesh. Refreshing, sprightly, vinous flavor.
Weirouge
A red-fleshed apple variety which has been used as the basis for commercial development of new red-fleshed apples.
Wellington
A medium-sized late-season cooking apple from Nottinghamshire.
Westfield Seek-no-Further
Creamy yellow fruit streaked red with some russeting. Crisp, tender, juicy and aromatic flesh with distinctive flavor. Not recommended for cooking.
Westland
Large cooking apple. Lightly colored red over pale undercolor.
White Astrachan
Medium fruit size, skin whitish-green. Fine, tender, very white flesh that is sweet, subacid, perfumed. Good crisp very early apple.
William Crump
An intensely flavoured English apple, related to Cox and Worcester Pearmain.
William's Pride
Fruit is medium in size and slightly conic in shape with a rich aromatic flavor. Apples are 70-80% red with excellent eating quality.
WineCrisp
WineCrisp, formerly known as Coop31, is a modern disease-resistant variety developed by the Universities of Prudue, Rutgers and Illinois.
Winesap
Often known as Virginia Winesap, a tart small apple, and like many US heirloom varieties, keeps well in store.
Winston
A Cox-style apple, easy to grow.
Winter Banana
Named for the alleged banana-like flavour.
Winter Gem
A late-season modern English apple with a good aromatic flavour.
Winter Wonder
A modern English variety, developed as a 'traditional' English apple.
Winterstein
Attractive, pink/red late apple that has a crisp, flavorful subacid taste.
Wismer's Dessert
Medium to large yellow fruit shaded and striped with bright red. Intense, rich flavor, sweet-sharp, pineapple acidity. Excellent flavor and exceedingly fine, tender texture.
Wolf River
Named after the place where it was found. Notable for its very large size, primarily used for cooking. The tree is exceptionally cold hardy and disease resistant.
Woolbrook Russet
A cooking apple, related to Bramley's Seedling.
Worcester Pearmain
A popular early-season English apple, sometimes with a strawberry flavour. Often used in breeding programmes to develop other early varieties.
Wyken Pippin
Small, flattened, greenish yellow fruit. Brisk, densely fruity. Delicious flavor.
Yakata Fuji
Fruit quality and color identical to standard Fuji.
Yarlington Mill
High quality English cider apple. Firm, medium-sized fruit. Sweet to slightly bittersweet.
Yates
Small sized conic shaped apple. Striped dark red fruit over pale yellow skin. Flesh is yellowish-white and can be slightly red under the skin.
Yellow Bellflower
Excellent cooking and cider variety. Good dessert apple later in season as flavor develops with time. 13.61% sugar. Large to medium-sized fruit. Smooth, lemon yellow skin blushed red to red-orange. Juicy and aromatic.
Yellow Ingestrie
An attractive old yellow apple, with quite a strong apple flavour
Yellow Transparent
Well-known early summer apple, good for drying, freezing, sauce, juice and wine. Transparent pale yellow skin. Crisp, light-textured, juicy flesh. Very sweet flavor. Not good storer.
York Imperial
Good cooking/baking apple and excellent keeper.
Yorkshire Greening
A very old culinary apple from Yorkshire, also known as Yorkshire Goosesauce.
Zabergau Reinette
German russet-style apple, but sharper than Egremont Russet, tastes of nettles when straight from the tree. Keeps for 3-4 months.
Zari
An attractive modern commercial apple variety, related to Delcorf and Elstar.
Zestar!
Early season apple with a good crisp sweet-tart flavor.
Zuccalmaglio's Reinette
Flavored with tones of wild strawberry, quince, pineapple, ripe pear and a fine floral touch. Rough sticky skin flushed brown-red with faint red stripes and some russeting. Fine grained flesh.
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