Opalescent:
A popular large New England apple, sweet, crunchy, juicy, hint of strawberries - a well-flavoured apple.

Orleans Reinette:
Windfalls and early fruit cook well with slices keeping their shape, or makes a sweet baked apple. Possibly originates from France and dating back to at least 1776 when a description can be found. A good eater with aromatic, nutty, sweet, firm fruit, golden with red stripes. High in vitamin C.
Season of Use: May.-Jul.

Ortley (aka Ortley Pippin, White Bellflower, Woolman’s Long Pippin):

Peasgood Nonsuch:
Emma Manby was the accidental creator of the Peasgood Nonsuch apple. She was born in Grantham, Lincolnshire in 1844. When she was 16 she planted 5 pips of an unknown cooking apple variety in her garden. Only one pip germinated but it grew into a healthy tree. 5 years later she married John Francis Peasgood and moved to Stamford taking her still fruitless tree with her. The tree didn't produce any apples until 1870 but when it did eventually fruit each apple was of such a size; each one over a pound in weight that on 6th September 1872 Emma entered the apples in the Agricultural show at Burghley Park. She won first prize.

The fruit was presented to the Royal Horticultural Society and was awarded a first class certificate. The notoriety of the fruit increased and during a show at the Guildhall, London a specimen weighing 1lb 12 Oz was presented to Queen Victoria.

Laxton's marketed the fruit from 1872 and described it as "one of the most handsome apples in cultivation".

The Peasgood Nonsuch has since spread the world and been hybridised to create varieties such as the Crimson Peasgood. Legend has it that there was once a Peasgood in the USA known as "Johnny Appleseed" who whizzed about all over the place planting the things.

Pine Golden Pippin:
First recorded in 1861 this apple has a sweet, aromatic flavour with a hint of pineapple.

Pink Lady:

From 'Orange Pippin' - One of the best-known modern apples. Perhaps more than any other modern apple, Pink Lady® epitomises the trend towards product marketing and branding in the sale of apples. Pink Lady® was one of the first apples to be marketed under a specific brand name rather than by its variety name. The variety is grown under licence, and then marketed through licenced resellers to the supermarkets. This tight control is intended to keep quality high, and it is portrayed as a premium product.

You may have sometimes seen another variety called Cripps Pink in the shops and noticed the similarity ... it is actually the same variety. Pink Lady® is a trademark, the actual variety name is Cripps Pink. In order to preserve the premium appeal of Pink Lady®, about 65% of the production which does not meet the standards required for Pink Lady® is sold as Cripps Pink instead. The distinction is primarily made on colour intensity and the sugar/acid balance. Whilst this might at first appear to be a marketing ploy, it benefits consumers because it means that the variability of quality of Pink Lady® is less than you might find in other varieties (Braeburn being a notable example).

Cripps Pink was developed in the 1970s by John Cripps in Western Australia, and is a cross between Golden Delicious and Lady Williams. This same breeding programme also led to Cripps Red, which shares the same parentage and is marketed under the Sundowner® brand. Lady Williams is not a particularly well known apple variety in Europe or North America, but has been quite widely grown in Australia, having been discovered as a chance seedling in the 1930s. It is probably from Lady Williams that Pink Lady® gets its distinct colouring. (However it is interesting that another modern "blush" apple, the orange-coloured Tentation, is also a Golden Delicious cross). Pink Lady® and Sundowner® are very similar, but we think Pink Lady® is just slightly closer to Golden Delicious in terms of flavor.

Pink Lady® requires a very long growing period and a hot climate, and hence is only grown in the warmer apple-growing regions of South Africa, USA, southern Europe - and of course Australia. Strong sunglight in autumn is vital for the pink coloration to develop and growers may remove the top-most leaves of the trees to allow light to penetrate. Pink Lady® is a moderately vigourous tree and hangs on to its leaves well into winter. It also shares a characteristic found in some other apple varieties in that the quality of fruit in the early years of the tree is not good. These horticultural difficulties meant that Pink Lady® was initially unpopular with growers - until they realised the premium prices they could get for this unique pink apple.

Pink Lady® apples from the northern hemisphere tend to arrive in shops from late November - but the very long storage life means they are available almost all year round from northern or southern hemisphere orchards.
It is still unusual to see an apple that is genuinely pink and Pink Lady® is undoubtedly one of the best looking apple varieties available. In short, a very attractive apple with a good flavour, and deservedly popular.

Pitmaston Pine Apple:
The Pitmaston Pineapple - sometimes called Radcliffes NonPareil - is an exceptional apple with a powerful nutty flavour, honey sweet yet also sharp.
It might taste a bit like a pineapple if you close your eyes and imagine, but the name refers to its warm yellow colour and shape..

Pott’s Seedling:
From 'Orange Pippin' - Pott's Seedling is probably the parent of James Grieve, popular 19th century cooker.This is an unprepossessing 19th century, which has long since fallen out of favour. In its day it was successful as a mid-season cooking apple. Its strength is that it cooks down to a smooth puree whilst not needing much sugar to counter the essential acidity of a culinary apple variety. There is still enough acidity though to prevent slices turning brown. It is a good example of the much wider choice of cooking apples available to the Victorian housewife, compared with today.

Prima:

Prince Alfred:

Prince Edward:

Prinzen Apfel:

Queen Cox: