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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
Opalescent
A popular large New England apple, sweet, crunchy, juicy, hint of strawberries - a well-flavoured apple.
Orange Sweet
Small, somewhat conical fruit, medium in size. Pale yellow apple often somewhat blushed, nearly orange yellow when ripe. Flesh tinged with yellow, moderately fine grained, tender, moderately sweet. Skin tough.
Orenco
High quality eating apple. Almost solidly bright red. Tender, crisp, juicy flesh. Very sweet and piquant flavor.
Orin
Yellow skin is blushed red-orange and dotted with conspicuous white lenticels. Sweet, very honeyed, pale yellow flesh, but of little taste or acidity of fruit. Shares same parentage as Mutsu.
Oriole
An early-season American apple from the University of Minnesota.
Orkney
An attractive old apple, probably from Scotland
Orleans Reinette
An old-fashioned 18th century French apple, with a good reputation for flavour, but usually not a good cropper.
Otava
A modern red apple with a sharper flavor, with natural resistance to apple scab.
Ottawa
Very good early eating, cooking and sauce apple. Greenish-yellow washed and striped with red. Juicy and spicy.
Ozark Gold
Very similar to Golden Delicious. Flavor is sweet, honeyed, very juicy with little acidity.
Pacific Beauty
Large. Limited storage life.
Pacific Rose™
An attractive new late-season high-quality dessert apple from New Zealand.
Palmer Greening
Waxy green-yellow skin shaded red. White flesh with yellow cast. Crisp, firm, tender & juicy. Excellent for eating fresh. Rather attractive in color, quite variable in size. Good quality, but mild in flavor and eventually becoming nearly sweet.
Park's Pippin
Greenish yellow in color, very tart until fully ripe, keeps well. Good for cooking, drying, cider or eating out of hand.
Parkland
Small to medium size. Green to yellow with red striping. Somewhat tart but plain cooking apple.
Peasgood's Nonsuch
Highly esteemed culinary apple. Large pale yellow-green fruit, deepening to orange-yellow with short stripes of bright red and some russet patches. Good acid-sweet flavor, cooks to a froth.
Peck's Pleasant
Translucent yellow skin with blush. Highly aromatic, the flesh is tender, pleasantly flavored and ranks very good to best in quality. Color green becoming bright yellow with orange-red blush, sometimes partly deepening to pink. A good variety for attracting deer as the apples stay on the tree into winter.
Pendragon
An unusual red-fleshed apple from Cornwall or Devon in England. The bark, blossom, and leaves also have a dull-red tint.
Perrine Yellow Transparent
Tetraploid Yellow Transparent. Very big fruit, otherwise similar to Yellow Transparent.
Perry Russet
It is a large yellow green apple often with shiny skin and only occasionally covered with a fine russet. It has juicy fine grained yellow flesh, rich and acidic in flavor and excellent for pies.
Pettingill
Large fruit with red flush over green skin. Flesh crisp and juicy with good subacid flavor.
Pilot
Large yellow fruit with red stripes and russet specks. Fine grained, crisp and juicy flesh.
Pine Golden Pippin
Russet. Sweet.
Pink Lady
One of the best-known modern apples, Pink Lady is actually a trademark and the variety is more correctly known as Cripps Pink.
Pink Pearl
A pink-fleshed apple developed by Californian enthusiast Albert Etter in the 1940s.
Pink Pearmain
This apple obtains a red striped skin when mature, with an upside-down shape. Flesh is a deeper pink tone which varies with climatic changes. Tart and aromatic flavor.
Pink Princess
A medium sized apple, light green skin turning yellow with a few faint red stripes. Pink colored flesh similar to that of Pink Pearl, but sweeter, with a nice fruity flavor.
Pink Sparkle
Distinctive upside down shape, broad base narrow at the stem. Develops a red striped skin when ripe, flesh is deep pink, but varies according to climate. Tart mildly sweet with distinctive aromatic flavor.
Pinova
An attractive yellow apple with a pink/orange flush. Crops heavily and stores well. Also known as Pinata.
Pioneer
Light red striping with a yellow undercoat. Rich sweet tart flavor.
Pitmaston Pine Apple
An old English apple variety with an unusual flavour reminscent of pineapples.
Pixie
A popular garden variety, and a very good Cox substitute, quite sharp flavour
Pixie Crunch
Small, sweet flavored, crisp and juicy apple. Greenish-yellow base color with 90-100% red-purple overcolor.
Polka
Medium size. Round conical. Dark red blush over green. Sweet. Tastes like the variety Spartan.
Porter
Very good eating, canning and cooking apple. Pure yellow skin with crimson blush, tender, sweet and juicy flesh. Retains its form with cooking.
Porter's Perfection
English cider apple. Cream coloured, flushed dark red. Bitter-sharp cider blending quality.
Pott's Seedling
Probably the parent of James Grieve, popular 19th century cooker
Prairie Magic
As the name suggests Prairie Magic was developed in Manitoba specifically for the cold climate of the Canadian prairies.
Prairie Spy
All purpose. Red over yellow, attractive large fruit. Some russeting may occur. Excellent flavor, improves in storage. Extra long keeping winter apple.
Priam
Medium range red over green-yellow. Keeps well through January.
Prima
Medium to large fruit with dark red blush over yellow. Juicy white flesh with mild subacid flavor.
Primate
Highly regarded early American summer eating apple. Medium-large, smooth, light green fruit, crisp, juicy, tart.
Prince William
Prince William is a modern bittersweet cider variety from the famous Long Ashton Research Station.
Princess
Medium size. Round to oblate round. Yellow to whitish pale yellow skin. Fine, crisp, breaking texture. Very spicy, very juicy, very aromatic. May develop off-flavor in storage.
Priscilla
Medium in size. 65% red blush over yellow background. Crisp, coarse, mildly subacid. White to slightly greenish flesh. Good flavor and quality. Will store for three months. Fruit hangs well.
Pristine
Beautiful lemon-yellow apple with a perfect finish. This high quality apple is very productive and is a good keeper for an early apple.
Pumpkin Sweet
Prized for baking, good for canning or eating. Yellow skin marbled with greenish-yellow and a brown flush. Sweet, nonacid flesh is crisp and juicy.
Puritan
Red skinned apple covered with small white dots. Soft texture, tart flavored.
Quebec Bell
Red fruit. Resembles Delicious in appearance and Northern Spy in quality. Keeps well.
Queen Cox
A popular self-fertile sport of Cox's Orange Pippin, similar excellent flavour but slightly easier to grow.
Quinte
Firm good quality early eating apple that ships well. Medium size, yellow, flushed red.
Rajka
A modern variety from the Czech Republic, bred specifically for disease resistance.
Rall's Janet
Pleasant flavor, flesh like McIntosh. Juicy.
Ramsdell Sweet
Red apple of good size and very good quality. In season from mid-autumn to mid-winter. Skin thin, rather tough, smooth yellow nearly overspread with an attractive dark red with a blue bloom. Flesh tinged with yellow firm, fine, tender, juicy, very sweet, quality good to very good.
Raritan
Red, good quality. Becomes sweet when allowed to ripen fully.
Razor Russet
A russeted sport of Golden Delicious, discovered in Kentucky in the 1970s. A great russet apple with excellent flavor. Medium sized with golden bronze skin, almost entirely covered with a yellowish brown russet. Flesh is firm, slightly coarse yellowish white. Remarkable for its sugar content. Great for fresh eating and for cooking.
Red Astrachan
Eating, cooking and cider apple. Medium sized, crimson colored, flesh is juicy, tart and crisp with good flavor. Very short storage.
Red Baron
Medium size. Coarse, dryish flesh. Pear-flavored. Acceptable mild (non-tart) cooking apple. Not very juicy. Orange blush over yellow, resembling traditional peach coloring.
Red Berlepsch
Crisp, juicy, aromatic and fine-textured white flesh with a high Vitamin C content.
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