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Apples
Crab-apples
Apricots
Cherries
Flowering cherries
Peaches
Plums
Pears
Using
Picking season
Very early
16
Early
52
Mid
65
Late
217
Very late
46
Keeping / storage
Does not keep
3
1-3 days
13
1 week
45
2-3 weeks
71
1-2 months
113
3 months or more
121
Flavor quality
Exceptional
10
Very good
169
Good
171
Average
38
Flavor style
Sweet/Sharp
115
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
311
Culinary
178
Traditional cooker
41
Dual purpose
26
Juice
137
Hard cider
62
Drying
25
Cooking result
Puree
33
Textured puree
15
Keeps shape
38
Discoloration of fruit
No discoloration (Good for drying)
35
Slightly oxidising (browns slowly)
25
Oxidising
53
Very oxidising (browns quickly)
16
Juice style
Sweeter
24
Sharper
26
Sweet (cider)
4
Sharp (cider)
2
Bittersweet (cider)
21
Bittersharp (cider)
4
Growing
Gardening skill
Beginner
114
Average
178
Experienced
23
Self-fertility
Self-fertile
23
Partially self-fertile
45
Not self-fertile
357
Flowering group
1
13
2
62
3
190
4
117
5
26
6
13
Pollinating others
Good
24
Average
211
Poor
78
Ploidy
Diploid
336
Triploid
65
Tetraploid
1
Other
1
Tree vigor
Natural dwarf
Weak growing
26
Slightly small
32
Average vigour
189
Slightly large
49
Vigorous
64
Very vigorous
3
Precocity
Precocious
93
Slow to start bearing
21
Bearing regularity
Regular
217
Biennial tendency
67
Fruit bearing
Spur-bearer
272
Free-spurring
3
Partial tip-bearer
44
Tip-bearer
16
Climate
Cold hardiness (USDA)
Zone 3 (-40C)
22
Zone 4 (-34C)
50
Zone 5 (-29C)
60
Zone 6 (-23C)
17
Zone 7 (-18C)
17
Zone 8 (-12C)
17
Zone 9 (-7C)
9
Zone 10 (-1C)
8
Summer average maximum temperatures
Cold (< 20C / 67F)
86
Cool ( 20-24C / 68-75F)
264
Warm (25-30C / 76-85F)
157
Hot (>30C / 86F)
30
Frost resistance of blossom
Good resistance
31
Some resistance
10
Susceptible
13
Chill requirement
Low-chill
23
High-chill
6
Identification
Country of origin
Australia
9
Austria
1
Bahamas
1
Belgium
15
Canada
40
Czech Republic
5
Denmark
5
France
54
Germany
19
Ireland
6
Israel
2
Italy
5
Japan
14
Netherlands
13
New Zealand
17
Russia
8
Sweden
3
Switzerland
10
Turkey
1
Ukraine
2
United Kingdom
197
United States
217
Period of origin
1550 - 1599
2
1600 - 1649
8
1650 - 1699
5
1700 - 1749
5
1750 - 1799
19
1800 - 1849
57
1850 - 1899
46
1900 - 1949
74
1950 - 1999
91
2000
22
Flesh color
White
46
Cream
26
Golden / Yellow
3
Orange
1
Pink / Red
11
Dark red
1
Light green / Yellow
1
Fruit color
Brown
2
Crimson
17
Gold
1
Green
25
Green - light
15
Green / Red
21
Green / Yellow
22
Orange
2
Orange / Red
40
Orange flush
52
Pink
5
Red
63
Red - dark
13
Red / Green
25
Red striped
3
Russet
21
Yellow
6
Yellow / Orange
16
Yellow / Red
1
Fruit size
Very small
1
Small
26
Average
79
Large
61
Very large
11
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
131
Average
126
Poor
25
Bitter pit
Very resistant
5
Some resistance
3
Some susceptibility
15
Very susceptible
Canker
Very resistant
8
Some resistance
26
Some susceptibility
34
Very susceptible
3
Cedar apple rust
Very resistant
15
Some resistance
29
Some susceptibility
24
Very susceptible
10
Fire blight
Very resistant
7
Some resistance
36
Some susceptibility
50
Very susceptible
15
Powdery mildew
Very resistant
10
Some resistance
59
Some susceptibility
47
Very susceptible
2
Scab
Very resistant
63
Some resistance
61
Some susceptibility
62
Very susceptible
11
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Varieties list
Carmeliter Reinette
Medium-sized, golden fruit flushed red and russeted. Sweet and aromatic.
Carroll
Excellent eating apple, also for cooking.
Catshead
An ancient English apple, cooks to sharp firm puree.
Cellini
An unusual Victorian variety, primarily a culinary apple but can be eaten fresh. One of the best examples of the aniseed component of apple flavours.
Charden
A modern French apple derived from Golden Delicious but with better disease resistance.
Charles Ross
Handsome, juicy, versatile English classic - good for old-fashioned English cooking.
Cheddar Cross
Medium in size, flattened shape, and indistinctly ribbed at the eye and on the body. The skin is green and covered with russet. The creamy white finely textured flesh is subacid to slightly sweet in flavor. Savory with mellow acidity; crisp, juicy.
Cheerfull Gold
A modern English apple variety, derived from Cox's Orange Pippin and Golden Delicious.
Chehalis
Large greenish yellow apple, usually with a pink blush on exposed side. Resembles Golden Delicious in looks and flavor but larger, crisper and more elongated. Crisp, cream colored flesh. Medium-fine texture. Sweet, slightly honeyed, juicy eating and baking apple.
Chenango Strawberry
Medium 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.
Cherry Cox
Often shows dark red stripes and splashes of the solid red fruit. Keeps in storage one month longer than others of it's type.
Chieftain
Fruits 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.
Chinook
Small. Cherry red blush over yellow. Outstanding dessert quality. Very long keeper.
Chisel Jersey
Cider apple. Fruit green with red flush. Bittersweet flavor.
Chivers Delight
Delightful, easy-going apple, sweet, juicy, crunchy - and some aromatic qualities
Christmas Pearmain
Nice apple flavour, sweet but with refreshing sharpness, firm rather than crunchy
Christmas Pippin
A modern Cox-style variety, found growing by a roadside.
Cinnamon Spice
Medium sized apple, dark red with some yellow background color. Cinnamon flavored.
Clark's Seedling
An English culinary apple from the 1920s, uncertain origins. Widely known as Royal George.
Claygate Pearmain
A popular Victorian dessert apple, named after the village where it was discovered.
Cockett's Red
A small but pretty red eating apple from Cambridgeshire, with a somewhat sharp flavour which mellows in storage.
Cockpit Improved
A Yorkshire cooker, cooks to a sweet puree. An improved version of the original Cockpit.
Coconut Crunch
A crisp, hard, winter apple which has a strong resemblance to Northern Spy, one of its parents.
Coeur de Boeuf
Another ancient French cooker, cooks to lemon coloured sweet puree
Colapuy
A traditional late-season dessert apple from France with a good sweet / sharp balance.
Cole's Quince
Cooking apple in July, eating apple when ripe. Large, ribbed yellow fruit with a firm red juicy flesh. Mild, rich quince flavor and aroma. Very rare.
Connell Red
Very productive, very hardy, large dark red high quality eating apple. Connell Red is a gorgeous Fireside type. A good late keeping apple for northern areas.
Cornish Aromatic
Old-fashioned variety from Cornwall, some pineapple flavours, very enjoyable
Cornish Gilliflower
An important English apple of the Victorian era, with a good sweet aromatic flavour.
Cortland
One of the more successful McIntosh offspring, with all the usual characteristics, including the sweet vinous flavour.
Cosmic Crisp
Marketed as a new non-GMO, non-browning apple, Cosmic Crisp inherits reliability and disease-resistance from Enterprise and crisp flavor from Honeycrisp. Originally known as WA38.
Cottenham Seedling
A well-regarded early 20th century cooking apple from the east of England with a good pedigree.
Court Of Wick
Small to medium. Conical. Golden yellow skin, blushed red and spotted with russet. Flavor is strong and fruity.
Court Pendu Plat
Ancient French dessert variety, rich intense unique flavour
Cox's Orange Pippin
This is the benchmark for flavor in apples - from a good tree in a good year it can achieve exceptional flavor.
Crawley Beauty
Primarily a culinary variety, cooks to a puree with a delicate apple flavour - but can be eaten fresh after storing. Good disease resistance and tolerates a wide range of soil types.
Creston
Does not color well. Softens in storage. Greasy skin.
Crimson Crisp
Small to medium. Very bright mid-range red over yellow. Extremely crisp. Very good, rich flavor. Sweet/sharp flavor, spicy. Originally known as Coop 39.
Criterion
Larger fruit with dark red skin underlaid with stripes. Crisp pure white flesh resists browning when cut. Tart tangy flavor. Dessert quality. Excellent for eating out of hand, cooking, and cider.
Crofton
Red Delicious shape, Yellow Delicious character. Yellowish green skin with a beautiful distinctive reddish pink blush. Mildly sweet flesh. Good for fresh eating, cooking, freezing, drying.
Cybele Delrouval
An excellent new variety from France - sweet, crisp, juicy - one of the best mid-season varieties.
D'Arcy Spice
An old apple variety from the county of Essex in south-east England with several unusual characteristics, and notable for its spice-like flavour.
Dabinett
A very high quality English cider variety, provides a bittersweet juice for cider making.
Daliclass
Essentially an improved Elstar, with a bit more sharpness.
Dalitron
A modern yellow apple developed in France. Being promoted in the UK by M&S under the name Amelia.
Dandee Red
Bright red. McIntosh flavor. Keeps 3 months (very long for its season).
Davey
Highly colored, bright red, distinctly flavored, of Baldwin texture and keeping qualities. Good, brisk taste, hint of strawberry flavor, crisp and juicy.
Dawn
A good-looking dessert variety, fairly sharp flavour
Dayton
Fruit is medium-large, full red and sweet.
Decio
Probably the oldest variety in existence, thought to date back to Roman times
Delblush
Medium, oblong, conical shape. Golden yellow with orange blush. Lenticels prominent. Crisp, firm, and juicy. Sweet, subacid, intensely aromatic to some. Keeps well.
Delcon
Full sized, dark red fruits shaped like a Delicious. Sweet, crisp, juicy, white flesh. Good fresh and for pies. Keeps into the winter.
Delicious
One 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.
Delprim
A good quality early-season variety, developed by the Delbard nursery in France, with an interesting pedigree. Deserves to be more widely grown.
Detroit Red
Classic deep red apple. Soft, snow white flesh. Curious ridges about the calyx.
Devonshire Quarrenden
A very old English apple variety, historically important because of its strawberry-like flavour.
Diamond Jubilee
Sharp puree, crisp juicy dessert later in season
Directeur Lesage
An old heavy-cropping early-season apple variety from Belgium.
Discovery
A popular English early apple variety, and a good choice for the garden.
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