Abas: Australian mid sized early-mid season fruit, red with dark red stripes, crisp and juicy dessert apple, not quite as sweet as Gravenstein but keeps better. Pollinators: Granny Smith, Jonathan. Fruits biennially with very few fruit every second year.
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Adam's Pearmain
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Parentage: Unknown
Origin: England
Introduced: 1826
One of the most popular apples in the UK during the Victorian era, Adams Pearmain is an late-ripening dessert apple. Thought to originate from Norfolk in England, it has an attractive pear shape which give it the name 'pearmain'.
This is a rather dry apple, but don't be put off, because it tastes delicious, with a luscious flavour and aroma. The flavour is best described as 'nutty', rather like the flabour of the Egremont Russet. This apple is a good keeper, with subtle colouring in the warm tones of autumn.
Akane: The fruit is attractive, medium sized, bright red, and has firm, white, juicy flesh that is somewhat tart. The tree has moderate scab and mildew resistance. Harvest time is late summer to early autumn. Good candidates for cross pollination are: 'Liberty', 'Spartan',and 'Gala'. Careful early training, annual pruning and shaping are required to insure healthy and productive trees.
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Albany Beauty:
A red-skinned form of Gravenstein
Alexander: No information available
Alfriston:
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A traditional old cooking apple from Sussex, UK.
Use: Culinary
Season of Use: late autumn to early winter
Colour: Green
Flavour: Sharp
Origin: Sussex UK 1800
Pollination Group: C
Self-fertility: Self-sterile
American Mother (also known as Mother Apple)
An old Massachusetts apple variety rated for its flavor.
Parentage: Unknown
Origin: Massachusetts, USA
Introduced: mid 1800s
It has a red and yellow very waxy skin, and a delicious taste said to be 'like no other apple'.
Andre Sauvage:
An apple of unknown origin with French character. Size is on the large side. Sweet, aromatic taste. High quality.
