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List of apples varieties with exceptional flavors

These are the top-tasting apple varieties, a worthy addition to any home orchard.

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Rootstocks

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Growing

Gardening skill?

• Beginner
• Average
• Experienced

Self-fertility?

• Self-fertile
• Partially self-fertile
• Not self-fertile

Pollination group?

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4
• 5
• 6

Pollinating others?

• Good
• Average
• Poor

Ploidy?

• Diploid
• Triploid

Universal pollinator?

• Yes
• No

Bearing regularity?

• Regular
• Biennial tendency

Fruit bearing?

• Spur-bearer
• Free-spurring
• Partial tip-bearer
• Tip-bearer

Wildlife

• Attractive to birds
• RHS Plants for Pollinators
• Seeds / fruits useful for animals

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Using

Picking season?

• Very early
• Early
• Mid
• Late
• Very late

Uses

• Eating fresh
• Culinary
• Traditional cooker
• Dual purpose
• Juice
• Hard cider
• Drying

Cropping?

• Heavy
• Good
• Light

Keeping (of fruit)?

• 1-3 days
• 1 week
• 2-3 weeks
• 1-2 months
• 3 months or more

Flavor style (apples)

• Sweet/Sharp
• Sharper
• Sweeter
• Aromatic
• Vinous
• Aniseed
• Honeyed

Cooking result

• Puree
• Textured puree
• Keeps shape

Juice style

• Sweeter
• Sharper
• Sweet (cider)
• Sharp (cider)
• Bittersweet (cider)
• Bittersharp (cider)

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Disease resistance

General resistance?

• Good
• Average
• Poor

Fireblight?

• Very resistant
• Some resistance
• Some susceptibility
• Very susceptible

Canker?

• Very resistant
• Some resistance
• Some susceptibility
• Very susceptible

Scab?

• Very resistant
• Some resistance
• Some susceptibility
• Very susceptible

Cedar apple rust?

• Very resistant
• Some resistance
• Some susceptibility
• Very susceptible

Mildew?

• Very resistant
• Some resistance
• Some susceptibility
• Very susceptible

Black knot

• Very resistant

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Climate

Cold hardiness (USDA)?

• (3) -40F / -40C
• (4) -30F / -34C
• (5) -20F / -29C
• (6) -10F / -23C
• (7) 0F / -18C
• (8) 10F / -12C

Summer maximum temperatures?

• Cold (< 20C / 67F)
• Cool ( 20-24C / 68-75F)
• Warm (25-30C / 76-85F)
• Hot (>30C / 86F)

Chill requirement?

• Low-chill
• High-chill

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Identification

Country of origin

• Australia
• Belgium
• Canada
• Czech Republic
• Denmark
• France
• Germany
• Hungary
• Israel
• Japan
• Netherlands
• New Zealand
• Russia
• South Africa
• Spain
• Sweden
• Switzerland
• Turkey
• United Kingdom
• United States

Period of origin

• 1500 - 1549
• 1550 - 1599
• 1600 - 1649
• 1650 - 1699
• 1700 - 1749
• 1750 - 1799
• 1800 - 1849
• 1850 - 1899
• 1900 - 1949
• 1950 - 1999
• 2000

Flesh colour

• White
• Cream
• Golden / Yellow
• Pink / Red
• Dark red

Fruit color

• Black
• Blue - dark
• Brown
• Crimson
• Gold
• Green
• Green - light
• Green / Red
• Green / Yellow
• Orange
• Orange / Red
• Orange flush
• Pink
• Purple
• Purple - light
• Red
• Red - dark
• Red / Black
• Red / Green
• Red striped
• Russet
• Yellow
• Yellow / Orange
• Yellow / Red

Fruit size

• Small
• Average
• Large
• Very large
• Variable

Awards

• RHS AGM (current)
• RHS AGM (former)
• RHS AM
• Slow Food - Ark of Taste

Cling-stone

• Freestone
• Semi-freestone
• Clingstone

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