Fresh-Eating Apples

“Fresh-eating apples” is a term used to describe apples that you can eat whole, and raw. You wash ’em, or rub them against your sleeve, and sink your teeth into them as is. Consequently, another term for this category of apple is eat “out of hand.”

Some people say “eating apples.” This can be confusing, though, because most apples are intended to be consumed in some form.

Others use the term “dessert apples.” In North America, food writers seem increasingly to be using the term “dessert apples” to mean apples that you can use as a dessert if you cook them into a prepared dessert. In the UK, it’s the opposite: dessert apples particularly means sweet apples that you can eat fresh as a dessert in themselves as opposed to tart apples that need preparation — but then a lot of people’s ideas of an apple you can eat fresh includes some pretty tangy ones that would have other people puckering up.

But whether “dessert apples” means apples for pies, or apples for fresh-eating, the problem with the term remains its lack of basic utility: aside from the applesauce you serve with your pork chop, the apples you brew into cider, or the apples you dry for doll-heads, what apples don’t you use as a dessert?

Consequently, CooksInfo.com has decided that “fresh-eating apples” is the least-unclear term of the lot.

Other generic groups of apples are cooking apples, sauce apples, pie apples, and cider apples.

Language Notes

A French term for this category of apples, “Pommes à couteau”, means apples that you eat with a knife.

Types of fresh-eating apples

Abas Apples

Abas Apples are red with a yellow flush stripe on them. Their taste is mild. The fruit ripens early, but the tree bears only every other year. Abas Apples are grown in Australia. Cooking Tips Best used as a fresh-eating apple. Storage Hints...

Aceymac Apples

Aceymac Apples are similar to McIntosh apples, but fewer tend to fall off the trees while growing. They have firm, crisp, juicy, sweet flesh. Aceymac Apples are best as a fresh-eating apple as they break down when cooked, so only use for cooking...

Acme Apples

Acme Apples are large, irregularly-shaped but round apples with a smooth, yellow skin with a red to dark red flush. Inside, the yellow flesh is crisp, juicy and full-flavoured. The tree bears fruit heavily, but only every other year. Cooking...

Adanac Apples

Adanac Apples are fresh-eating apples. They are medium-sized apples, up to 2 ½ inches (6 cm) wide. They have yellowish-green skin striped with red flushes, and a greenish-white coarsely-textured flesh. The Adanac Apple tree is winter hardy,...

Airlie Red Flesh Apples

Airlie Red Flesh are medium-sized apples. They have green skin covered with flushes of red, and inside, crisp flesh that ranges in colour from a pink blush to a dark red. The flavour is a balance of sweetness and tartness. The tree flowers...

Akane Apples

Akane Apples are round, small to medium-sized apples with thin, bright red skin. Inside, its white flesh is firm and crisp, yet juicy, with a tart, complex flavour. The tree can be a light producer, but it can also can need pruning. Its leaves...

Akero Apples

Akero are medium to large-sized, slightly oval-shaped apples. Their pale yellow skin is flushed with deep red. Inside, they have coarse, firm, cream-coloured flesh with a sweet flavour. Akero Apples are a late summer harvest. Cooking Tips...

Alaska Apples

Alaska Apples have very pale white skin. Inside, they have white, crisp, juicy flesh. Cooking Tips For fresh-eating. History Notes Alaska Apples were derived from a seedling grown in Humboldt County, California, USA, by an Alfred Etter (died...

Alkmene Apples

Alkmene Apples are round, with smooth yellowish-green skin, with anywhere from ½ to ¾ of the surface covered by an orangey-red flush. There is also some russeting at the bottom. The flesh is crisp and juicy. Alkmene Apples have a rich, tangy...

Allen's Everlasting Apples

Allen's Everlasting Apples have russetted, dull, thin, tough skin. Inside they have sweet, juicy, firm flesh. The tree is small, flowering mid-May in England, and producing a mid-fall harvest. Cooking Tips Allen's Everlasting Apples are suitable...

Allington Pippin Apples

Allington Pippin Apples have pale yellowish-green skin with red flushes. The flesh inside is off-white, with a rich, sharp, bitter-sweet flavour. The Arlington Pippin Apple tree is compact, and can produce fruit without another apple tree to pollinate...

Amberoso Apples

Amberoso Apples are generally 2 ½ inches (6 cm) wide, with light red skin. They have yellowish flesh that is crisp and juicy. Cooking Tips For fresh-eating. History Notes Amberoso Apples were developed by Albert Etter. Language Notes Amberoso...

American Beauty Apples

American Beauty Apples Courtesy: USDA ARS Image Gallery. Ref k9008-7 © Amanda A. Newton American Beauty are large, slightly conical apples. They have yellow skin covered with red flushes and brown dots. Inside, they have a small core, ...

American Summer Pearmain Apples

American Summer Pearmain are medium-sized apples with a slightly oblong shape. Their skin is greenish-yellow striped with a dull red flush. Inside, they have sweet, tender, juicy yellowish flesh. The tree delivers an early harvest by late summer. Cooking...

American Summer Pearmain Apples

American Summer Pearmain are medium-sized apples with a slightly oblong shape. Their skin is greenish-yellow striped with a dull red flush. Inside, they have sweet, tender, juicy yellowish flesh. The tree delivers an early harvest by late summer. Cooking...

Ananas Reinette Apples

Ananas Reinette are medium-sized, aromatic apples. They have yellow skin with russet dots. Inside, they have crispy, juicy, yellowish-white flesh. The flavour is sweet, with hints of pineapple. Some also detect pineapple in the aroma when stored...

Anna Apples

Anna are large green apples, with red flushes on their skin. They are crisp and sweet. The tree is heat-tolerant. Some people haven't liked the flavour when compared to apples grown in colder zones. Cooking Tips Anna Apples are suitable...

Aport Apples

Aport are very large apples, weighing up to 2.2 pounds (1 kg), with red skin. They are grown at high altitudes around Almaty in the southeastern Almaty Province of Kazakhstan. Recommended pollinators are wild apple trees such as Nedzvetski and...

Apricot Apples

Apricot Apples are large, round apples with orangish-red skin. They have very firm, crisp, crunchy aromatic flesh with an orangish-tinge to it. The flavour is a balance between sweet and tart. Apricot Apples ripen in late October.

Arkansas Sweet Apples

Arkansas Sweet Apples are medium-sized, with yellow skin covered with a dark-red flush. Inside, their off-white flesh is crisp and sweet. History Notes Arkansas Sweet Apples were first documented in 1905 by the United States Department of Agriculture,...

Aroma Apples

Aroma Apples have cream-coloured, sweet, juicy flesh inside, and are flushed with red outside. The flavour can vary; the apples can be mild-flavoured, or can have a rich, fruit flavour. Aroma Apples ripen in early October. History Notes Aroma...

Aromatic Russet Apples

Aromatic Russet Apples have bright-red skin with brown russetting. Inside the flesh is juicy, with a concentrated sweet and tangy flavour. The tree is very hardy. Aromatic Russet Apples ripen in October. Cooking Tips For fresh-eating. Storage...

Astillisch Apples

Astillisch Apples are somewhat flattened with red skin, and a well-balanced taste with not much tartness in it. The tree produces beautiful pink blossoms. The apples ripen early. Storage Hints Will only store for about two weeks. History Notes...

Aunt Rachel Apples

Aunt Rachel are medium to large-sized applies. The skin is striped with red, and covered with white dots. Inside, the apples have white, firm, somewhat tart, juicy flesh. The apples ripen over 2 to 3 weeks in South Carolina from late July to early...

Autumn Arctic Apples

Autumn Arctic Apples have red and yellow skin. Inside, their flesh is soft and sweet with good flavour. The apples ripen in September. The tree is a very hardy, abundant bearer. Cooking Tips For fresh-eatingHistory Notes Autumn Arctic Apples were developed...

Autumn Gold Apples

Autumn Gold Apples have yellowish-green skin flushed with pink or bright red, and juicy flesh inside. Cooking Tips For fresh-eating.Storage Hints Stores well.History Notes Autumn Gold Apples were developed by a Jack Hein in 1985 in Tieton, Washington,...

Autumn Pearmain Apples

Autumn Pearmain are aromatic apples with full-flavour. The tree is an abundant bearer. The fruit ripens in September. Possibly the same apple as Herefordshire Pearmain. Cooking Tips For fresh-eating.Storage Hints Store for up to 2 months.History Notes...

Avenarius Apples

Avenarius are small apples, with greenish-yellow skin covered with pale red flushes. Inside, they have juicy, sweet white flesh. The tree is very hardy. Cooking Tips For fresh-eating.

Bailey Apples

Bailey are medium to large-sized apples. They are generally round, but sometimes conical. They have tender, smooth, bright-yellow skin flushed with deep red, with a golden-brown russetting at one end. Inside, they have yellowish, coarse, firm,...

Baker's Delicious Apples

Baker's Delicious Apples have pale yellow skin mostly covered with red, with a small amount of russetting. Inside, they have crisp, sweet, aromatic, off-white, juicy flesh. They ripen late August, early September. Cooking Tips Fresh-eating...

Ballyvaughan Seedling Apple

A large, round but uneven apple with light yellowish-green skin with a red blush. The flesh is crisp and firm. The flavour is sharply tart, but sweetness lingers on the tongue after the tartness. Easy to propagate -- you just put a cutting in...

Bancroft Apples

The eating quality of Bancroft Apples improves in storage. The tree starts bearing fruit while still very young. Storage Hints Stores well. History Notes Bancroft Apples were developed in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada in 1935 from a cross between...

Barnack Orange Apples

The green skin of Barnack Orange Apples is flushed red and some faint orange stripes, and displays some russetting. Inside, the aromatic flesh is firm, and relatively coarse and dry. It has a rich, sharp flavour with some sweetness. For fresh-eating. Storage...

Beautiful Arcade Apples

Beautiful Arcade Apples have yellow skin flushed with red. Rare for apples, this tree will grow true to seed 65% of the time. Cooking Tips For fresh-eating. Storage Hints Does not store well. History Notes Beautiful Arcade Apples originated...

Beauty of Bath Apples

Beauty of Bath Apples are round but flattened. Their skin has a yellow background with pink or bright-red blotches. Inside, they have creamy-white soft flesh with pink tinges. Beauty of Bath Apples are juicy and sweet with some sharpness. The...

Belvoir Seedling Apples

Belvoir Seedling are large-sized apples with smooth skin with stripes and flushes on it. Inside, they have finely-textured, firm flesh with a sweet, slightly-tart flavour. Harvest around early October in England. Cooking Tips For fresh-eating....

Benoni Apples

Benoni are small to medium-sized apples with smooth orangey-yellow skin with bright red stripes and some small white speckling. Inside, they have firm, fine-grained yellow flesh which is juicy. The tree blossoms with pink flowers, and bears heavily...

Black Gilliflower Apples

Black Gilliflower are medium to large-sized fresh-eating apples with smooth, thick, tough dark red skin, with paler red stripes and yellow-green patches. The skin is dotted with russeting. The Black Gilliflower Apple is more oval than round, thus...

Black Limbertwig Apples

Black Limbertwig Apples are medium to large-sized apples with dark red skin. Inside, they have aromatic, yellow, juicy flesh with a spicy taste. The apples ripen late September, early October. Cooking Tips Good for fresh-eating. Very good for...

Brownlees' Russet Apples

Brownlees' Russet are medium-sized apples, with brownish-green russetted skin. Inside the flesh is crisp, tender, firm, aromatic, and finely-textured with a rich, fruity, tangy taste. The tree, which is self-fertile, blossoms with dark pink flowers. Cooking...

Brushy Mountain Limbertwig Apples

Brushy Mountain Limbertwig Apples are round, and have yellow skin with a pale red flush on them. Their yellow flesh is very juicy and aromatic. They are suitable for fresh-eating. Storage Hints Brushy Mountain Limbertwig Apples store well. History...

Brushy Mt. Limbertwig Apples

Brushy Mt. Limbertwig Apples are round. They have bright yellow skin with a pale red blush and some russetting. Inside the flesh is crisp, juicy and aromatic. The apples ripen in October. Cooking Tips For fresh-eating. Storage Hints Stores...

Buckingham Apples

Buckingham Apples are large-sized with a short stalk. They have pale yellow, tough, thick skin, mostly flushed with red, and covered with white dots. Inside they have tender, juicy, yellowish, crisp flesh, with a tangy flavour. The trees grow...

Buncombe Apples

Buncombe are medium to large-sized, tallish apples. They have smooth yellow skin flushed with deep dark red. Inside, they have yellowish, tender, sweet, juicy flesh. Cooking Tips Fresh-eating. Storage Hints Store for up to a few months. History...

Burgundy Apples

Burgundy are large-sized apples with very deep red, smooth, glossy skin. Inside, they have crisp, sweet flesh with a touch of sourness to its taste. When ripe, the apples will stay on the trees for up to 3 weeks. Cooking Tips For fresh-eating,...

Canada Red Apples

Canada Red are medium to large-sized apples. They have smooth but tough yellow skin flushed with deep red, and speckled with dots. Inside they have aromatic, crisp, juicy, finely-textured whitish flesh with tinges of green or yellow in it. Cooking...

Carter's Blue Apples

Carter's Blue are medium to large-sized apples. They have greenish-yellow skin flushed with dull red and covered with a bluish bloom. Inside, they have white, crisp, juicy, fragrant flesh. The fruit ripens in September. Cooking Tips For...

Celestia Apple

Celestia has pale green skin that sometimes turns yellowish as it ripens, with pale red or brown blushes. The flavour is mild, and the flesh is crisp and juicy. Cooking Tips Good for eating fresh. History Notes The apple was being grown in...

Chehalis Apples

Chehalis are large-sized apples. They have greenish-yellow skin with a pink blush on the side that had the sun. Inside they have off-white, crisp, finely-textured flesh that is juicy and sweet. The fruit bruises easily. The tree is self-fertile. Cooking...

Chenango Strawberry Apples

Chenango Strawberry are small to medium-sized apples. They are round, and somewhat tall. They have very tender yellowish-white skin, with stripes of pink flush on the side that got the sun. Inside, they have tender, white, flesh that is juicy...

Cherry Cox Apples

Cherry Cox Apples have dark red skin, occasionally with orangish flushes. Inside they have aromatic flesh with a spicy aroma. Some think they detect a hint of cherry in the taste. Cooking Tips Good for fresh-eating or cooking. Storage Hints Stores...

Chieftain Apples

Chieftain are medium-sized, round, bright red apples. Inside, they have firm, white, juicy flesh. The fruit ripens in early October. Cooking Tips For fresh-eating or cooking. History Notes Chieftain Apples were developed in 1917 from a seedling...

Chinook Apples

Chinook are small-sized, occasionally larger apples. They have yellow skin covered with blushes of red and pink. The skin can develop a small bit of russeting around the stem. Inside, the apples have juicy, crisp flesh that is sweet, with some...

Christmas Pearmain Apples

Christmas pearmain is a fresh-eating apple with crisp, juicy yellow flesh. It has a sweet taste that is sometimes astringent. The tree is compact and self-pollinating.

Christmas Pink Apples

Christmas Pink® are medium-sized apples, with cream-coloured skin. Inside, they have firm, deep pink coloured, juicy flesh. The apples have a tart flavour that mellows in storage, and is ideal around Christmas. The name of the apple is trademarked. Cooking ...

Cinnamon Spice Apples

Cinnamon Spice are medium-sized apples. They have yellow skin flushed with dark red. Some people think they detect a note of cinnamon in the taste. Cooking Tips For fresh-eating. History Notes Cinnamon Spice Apples were developed from a...

Coe's Golden Drop Apples

Coe's Golden Drop are small-sized, somewhat flattened apples. They have yellow skin with a dark, bright red flush. Inside, they have yellowish, firm, crisp, juicy flesh with good sweet flavour. Cooking Tips For fresh-eating. History Notes...

Cole's Quince Apples

Cole's Quince are large-sized, ribbed apples. They have yellow skin flushed with red, and firm, juicy flesh, with a mild taste. Some people think they detect a hint of quince in the aroma and taste. Cooking Tips Harvest in July as a cooking apple,...

Connell Red Apples

Connell Red are large-sized, round, aromatic apples with solid red skin. They have a mild, somewhat tart flavour. If picked too early, though, the flavour can be bland. The tree is an abundant bearer, and hardy. Cooking Tips Fresh-eating. A...

Cornish Aromatic Apples

Cornish Aromatic are medium to large-sized apples. They are round with ribbing, and slightly tall. They have greenish-gold, russeted skin with a red flush. Inside they have crisp, tender, dry white flesh tinged with green. The flesh is aromatic,...

Cornish Gilliflower Apples

Cornish Gilliflower are medium to large-sized apples. They are ribbed (5 ribs) and round, though somewhat tall. They have rough, russetted gold skin, with red flushes. Inside they have yellowish, rich-tasting, firm flesh, tinged green in the centre....

Court-Pendu Plat Apples

Court-Pendu Plat are small-sized apples with a very short stem, and slightly-flattened on the sides. They have yellow-greenish, knobbly skin, flushed with orangish red, and are lightly-russetted. Inside they have yellowish firm flesh that is aromatic,...

Crow's Eggs Apples

Crow's Eggs Apples are round but flattened. The skin can be pale yellow or green or a bit of both, with red blushes. The finely-textured flesh inside is white, crisp, tender, and juicy. The taste is somewhat sweet. Crow's Eggs Apples are a good...

D'Arcy Spice Apples

D'Arcy Spice Apples have bright greenish-yellow skin with russeting and flushes of a purplish-brown. They are aromatic, and combine sweet with tartness in their taste. If the apples grow through a hot summer, they develop a taste something like cinnamon...

Davey Apples

Davey Apples have bright-red skin, and crisp, juicy flesh. The apples ripen in late September. Cooking Tips For fresh-eating. Storage Hints Stores well. History Notes Davey Apples were developed from a McIntosh apple seedling discovered...

Democrat Apples

Democrat are large-sized, somewhat flattened apples. The colour of the firm, coarse flesh varies from white tinged with green to yellowish. The flesh can be juicy or dry. The taste is sweet, but not always with a lot of flavour otherwise. Cooking...

Desse de Buff Apples

Desse de Buff Apples are small apples with waxy skin and an uneven surface. They can have a somewhat bitter aftertaste. They were still being grown in Kent, England as of 2005. Cooking Tips For fresh-eating. Sources Davies, Catriona. When...

Detroit Red Apples

Detroit Red are medium to large-sized, slightly oval apples with some ribbing. The thick, tough skin is red, ranging to bright red to a red so dark it is almost black. The riper the apple is, the darker the skin. It has soft, coarse, juicy,...

Devonshire Quarrenden Apples

Devonshire Quarrenden are round, somewhat flattened, small to medium-sized apples, with shiny, dark-red skin with a bit of yellow underneath the red. The skin can be green where heavily shaded. Inside, they have crisp, juicy white flesh, which can...

Discovery Apples

Discovery Apples are grown in the south-east of England and in small quantities in British Columbia, Canada. The skin is pale yellowish-green, mostly covered by bright red flushes and occasionally, pale yellow dots. Inside the apple is juicy and...

Dixie Red Delight Apples

Dixie Red Delight are medium to large-sized apples with yellow skin covered by red. Inside, it has crisp, juicy flesh. The flavour is a balance of sweet and tart. The tree blooms late in spring. The apples ripen in the American South in late...

Doctor Matthews Apples

Doctor Matthews are round, large-sized apples. They have yellow skin covered with pale red flushes. Inside, they have white, tender, crisp, juicy, aromatic flesh, with a good sweet flavour. The apples ripen in August. Storage Hints Does...

Doddin Apples

Doddin Apples are very small apples, only about 1 ½ inches (3.5 cm) tall, and have the elongated shape of a chicken egg. They have very smooth green skin with a red flush on the side that got the sun. The juicy flesh inside is low in malic acid...

Dorsett Golden Apples

Dorsett Golden Apples have yellow skin and crisp, firm flesh, often with no pips in it. The flavour is a balance of sweetness and tartness. The tree starts bearing fruit the first year after being planted. The apples ripen early, June or July...

Dula Beauty Apples

Dula Beauty are large-sized, slightly oval apples. They have dark-red skin with stripes of darker red. Inside, they have tender, yellowish-white, crisp, juicy flesh. Cooking Tips For fresh-eating. History Notes Dula Beauty Apples were first...

Early Harvest Apples

Early Harvest are medium to large-sized apples. They have smooth, pale yellow thin skin. Occasionally, the skin has a pale orange blush to it, and occasionally specks that turn from white to brown as the apple ripens. Inside, the apple has a small...

Early Joe Apples

Early Joe are medium-sized, slightly oval apples. They have thin skin that is greenish-yellow with dark red flushes. Inside, the flesh is off-white, crisp, tender and juicy, with good flavour. The apples ripen July to August. Cooking Tips...

Early Strawberry Apples

Early Strawberry are medium-sized apples a bit lopsided in shape, with dark red skin. Inside, they have juicy, tender, crisp white or off-white flesh, often with flushes of red in it. The flesh is aromatic with good flavour. The apples ripen...

Ellison's Orange Apples

Ellison's Orange Apples have yellowish-green skin with reddish-orange flushes. The skin is often waxy. The greeny-white, finely-textured flesh is sweet, juicy and crisp, though it will go soft if left on the tree too long. It is fragrant, with has hints...

Empire Apples

Empire apples have waxy, bright red skin that is a bit tough, enabling them to stand up well to shipping. The flesh is fragrant and crisp, and sweet but not sugary, with some off-setting tartness. In fact, there is enough tartness that some American...

Enterprise Apples

Enterprise Apples are medium to large-sized with smooth, somewhat tough, thick skin that is a glossy red over a yellow or greenish-yellow background. The finely-textured flesh is pale yellow, crisp, firm and juicy. Best used as a fresh-eating...

Erwin Baur Apples

Erwin Baur are medium-sized apples with deep yellow skin with reddish-brown flushes. The flesh is crisp, sweet and fragrant and the apples are ready to harvest at the end of September. Cooking Tips For fresh-eating. History Notes Erwin Baur...

Esopus Spitzenberg Apples

Esopus Spitzenberg are medium to large-sized, slightly oval apples. They have smooth, tough, bright red skin dotted with specks of yellow or russett. Inside, they have firm, juicy, finely-textured yellow flesh with a spicy aroma and tangy taste. The...

Etter's Gold Apples

Etter's Gold Apples are round, medium to large-sized apples. They have greenish-yellow skin, becoming more golden as they ripen. Inside, they have aromatic, crispy, juicy, sweet white flesh. The apples start ripening in October. The fruit...

Fall Russet Apples

Fall Russet are small apples with yellowish-green skin covered with a web of grey and dark green russett. Inside, they have crisp, cream-coloured flesh. The flesh has a rich flavour, with a good balance of sweet and tart. The apples ripen in...

Fearns Pippin Apples

Fearns Pippin have bright red skin and juicy, crisp flesh. The flesh has a balanced sweet-sharp taste. Some people detect a hint of lemon after a period in storage, others say raspberry. The apples ripen in the early fall. Cooking Tips For...

Fiesta Apples

Fiesta are medium-sized, slightly flattened apples with green skin mostly covered with red. Inside they have yellowish, crisp, juicy, somewhat aromatic flesh with a tangy, sweet flavour. The apples ripen late September / early October. Cooking...

Fireside Apples

Fireside are somewhat tall, large-sized apples, growing up to 3 inches (7 ½ cm) wide. They have somewhat tough green skin flushed with bright red, with occasionally a bit of orange. Inside, the juicy, crisp, somewhat coarse flesh is white or...

Florina Apples

Florina are medium to large-sized apples. They have greenish-yellow skin covered by a darkish red, and inside, they have firm, aromatic flesh. The complex flavour is a balance of sweet and tart. The tree likes hot summers. Cooking Tips For...

Forge Apples

Forge are slightly oval, small to medium-sized apples. They have yellow skin covered with red stripes, and are occasionally flushed with orange. Inside, they have crisp, juicy, aromatic flesh. The apples ripen in December. Cooking Tips For...

Fortune Apples

Fortune are medium to large-sized apples with firm, tender, coarse yellowish flesh. They have a sweet, spicy taste in which some people think they detect banana. The tree tends to bear every other year. The blossoms are somewhat frost-resistant. The...

Franklin Apples

Franklin Apples have crisp, tender flesh with a mild flavour. Late September harvest. Cooking Tips For fresh-eating. History Notes Franklin Apples were developed from a cross between Delicious and McIntosh apples at the Ohio Agricultural Experiment...

Freyberg Apples

Freyberg is a small apple with yellowish-green skin. The white flesh inside is crisp and sweet, with a hint of pear flavour Some apple connoisseurs aren't crazy about this apple, but suggest it is fine for kid's lunches. Storage Hints Stores well. History...

Fuji Apples

Fuji Apples © Denzil Green Fuji are all-purpose apples. The skin is a dull, reddish-orange with occasional russetting. The yellowish-green flesh is dense, crisp, crunchy and very juicy. The flavour is mild, but sweet with a hint of tartness. Storage ...

Gala Apples

Gala apples largely come from "down under": from April to August, there is an endless convoy of container ships hauling Gala apples from New Zealand & Australia to North America and the UK. The skin has reddish-orange stripes or swatches with...

Garden Royal Apples

Garden Royal are round, slightly conical, medium-sized apples. They have greenish-yellow skin nearly covered with a red blush, with russet spots. Inside, they have juicy, firm but tender yellow flesh, with a small core. The apples are aromatic,...

Garfield King Apples

Garfield King Apples have yellow skin. The tree is hardy and delivers an early harvest. History Notes Garfield King Apples were developed from a chance seedling of Yellow Transparent apples, found growing at Charette Hill in Fort Kent, Aroostook...

Gavin Apples

Gavin Apples are slightly oval, with greenish skin flushed with red. They have crisp, juicy flesh with a rich, sweet aromatic flavour. The blossoms in the spring are very attractive. October harvest. Cooking Tips For fresh eating. Storage...

Geneva Early Apples

Geneva Early are large-sized apples, with pale yellow and green skin covered by bright red. Inside, they have tender, aromatic flesh with a slightly tart taste. The fruit ripens in mid to late July. Cooking Tips For sauce, pies, fresh-eating. Storage...

Geneva Red Apples

Geneva Red are large-sized apples with red skin and tender flesh. The apples ripen in July. Cooking Tips For fresh-eating. Storage Hints Not for long storage. History Notes Geneva Red Apples originated in New York State, 1982.

George Cave Apples

George Cave are small-sized apples, with yellowish-green skin. As it ripens, the yellow becomes more pronounced, and the skin is flushed with red on one half, and with red touches on the rest. The creamy-white flesh is finely-textured, crisp, aromatic...

Ginger Gold Apples

Ginger Gold Apples © Denzil Green Ginger Gold™ are medium to large-sized apples, with thin skin that ripens to golden yellow. Inside, they have crisp, firm, white, juicy flesh. The flavour is a balance of tart and sweet, and is spicy as we...

Gloster Apples

Gloster Apples are medium-sized apples, about the same shape as a Red Delicious apple. They have dark red skin. Their green-tinted flesh is finely-textured and sweet. They are best used as a fresh-eating apple. Storage Hints Gloster Apples...

Gold Rush Apples

Gold Rush are medium to large-sized, somewhat oval apples with greenish-yellow skin. Inside, they have firm, crisp, juicy flesh with a complex flavour. Their tart taste mellows after two months in storage, and has enough sweetness to take the edge...

Golden Nugget Apples

Golden Nugget Apples are somewhat conical shaped, with yellow skin with orange blotches, and occasionally with some russetting. Inside, they have juicy, crisp flesh with a rich, mellow, sweet flavour. Cooking Tips For fresh-eating or cooking. Storage...

Golden Pearmain Apples

Golden Pearmain are medium-sized apples, round, somewhat flattened at the ends, and with rough, golden-orange skin. They are reddish on the side that got the sun, and have dots of bronze russetting. Inside, they have yellow, finely-textured, crisp,...

Golden Pippin Apples

Two apples share the name of Golden Pippin Apples: an American one and a British one. American Golden Pippin The American Golden Pippin is large-sized, and round, with greenish-gold skin that ripens to full gold. Inside, it has yellowish, juicy,...

Golden Reinette Apples

Golden Reinette are small sized apples. They have golden yellow skin with some russetting and an orangey red blush on one side. The flesh has good fruity flavour with a balance of sweet and tart. October harvest. Cooking Tips Good for fresh-eating...

Golden Sweet Apples

Golden Sweet are medium to large-sized apples. Their thin pale yellow skin is smooth and waxy. Inside, they have firm, juicy, aromatic yellow flesh. The taste is rich and very sweet with almost no tartness. The fruit starts ripening late July...

Goodland Apples

Goodland Apples are round, and grow up to 3 inches (7 ½ cm) wide. They have greenish yellow skin flushed with red. Inside, the white flesh is crisp, juicy, tender and aromatic. The fruit ripens mid-September. The tree is winter hardy if it...

Granny Smith Apples

Granny Smith Apples © Denzil Green Granny Smith Apples have tough, shiny green skin with dots that are usually white, though sometimes purplish. The white flesh inside is firm, crisp and crunchy. The flavour is tangy, tart and sweet. From ...

Greensleeves Apples

Greensleeves Apples are medium-sized apples with tough, greenish yellow or yellowish green skin. Sometimes there is a faint pink blush on the top side of the apple. Inside, its off-white flesh is slightly coarsely-textured, but crisp and juicy with...

Grenadine Apples

Grenadine Apples have juicy pink flesh which shows through the somewhat translucent red skin, making the apple appear somewhat purplish. This is a trademarked apple, mostly grown in Humboldt County, California. October harvest. Cooking Tips For...

Haas Apples

Haas are medium to large-sized apples with a bit of a ribbed shape to them.Their smooth, yellow skin is flushed with bright, deep red. Inside, the white flesh is juicy, tender, firm and aromatic, occasionally with red stains in it. The fruit starts...

Hall Apples

Hall are small-sized, slightly oval apples. They have smooth, thick yellow skin flushed with dull red. Inside, the yellowish flesh is juicy, finely-textured, tender and aromatic. The apples have good flavour; some think they detect hints of...

Haralred Apples

Haralred are large-sized apples with bright red skin. Inside, the white flesh is firm, crisp, tart and juicy. The tree is very hardy, and starts bearing fruit when young, but it tends to bear every other year. The fruit grows in clusters. Royalties...

Harcourt Apples

Harcourt Apples grown up to 2 inches (5 cm) wide. The skin is green, flushed with bright red. Inside, they have soft, coarse flesh, with good flavour. The fruit ripens in August. The tree does best in a sheltered spot, as the trunk may weaken...

Hauer Pippin Apples

Hauer Pippin are large-sized apples. They have green skin covered with bright-red and some orange. Inside, they have crisp, juicy, firm flesh. The flesh has a complex flavour with some tartness and caramel hints. The apples can be left on the...

Hawaii Apples

Hawaii Apples are large-sized, with yellow skin flushed with pinkish-orange. The flesh has a sweet taste. Some people think that the taste and aroma is reminiscent of pineapple. The tree tends to bear every other year, and needs thinning to produce...

Hawkeye Delicious

Hawkeye Delicious was the original Red Delicious Apple variety. Many feel it still has a better flavour than Red Delicious. The skin is a smooth, shiny yellow with red patches and striping. Inside, the cream-coloured flesh is crisp, fine-textured...

Hawley Apples

Hawley Apples are large-sized with some ribbing. They have smooth, thin, pale green, waxy skin that ripens to a deep yellow with some russet dots and flecks on it. Inside, the pale yellow flesh is juicy, soft, tender and finely-textured, with...

Henry Clay Apples

Henry Clay are medium-sized, slightly oval apples with some ribbing. Their pale yellow skin has a pink blush on the side that got the sun, and occasionally, russet dots and patches. Inside, they have soft, juicy greenish-white flesh with a mild...

Herrings Pippin Apples

Herrings Pippin are large-sized apples. They have dark green skin, with dull red almost covering one side. Inside, they have crisp, aromatic, juicy, slightly coarse flesh, getting more tender as it ripens. To some people it has a spicy taste. The...

Holiday Apples

The skin of Holiday Apples can be dull red to shiny, bright red over yellow. Inside, the white flesh is tender but crisp, and aromatic, with some tartness in the taste. The fruit ripens mid-October in America. Cooking Tips For fresh-eating. History...

Holstein Apples

Holstein are large-sized apples, slightly oval, and flattened at the bottom. They have yellow skin covered with a reddish-orange blush, with occasional russetting. Inside, the creamy-yellow flesh is firm, juicy, aromatic, and slightly coarsely...

Hoover Apples

Hoover are large-sized, slightly conical apples. They have yellow skin almost completely covered with dark-red (which can be a lighter red at lower altitudes) with some russetting and light dots. Inside, they have firm, tender, juicy flesh with...

Hubbardston's Nonesuch Apples

Hubbardston's Nonesuch are medium to large-sized apples. They have smooth yellow skin almost completely covered with reddish-brown blushes and red stripes. Inside, the off-white flesh is firm, crisp, juicy, finely-textured, tender, aromatic and...

Hudson's Golden Gem Apples

Hudson's Golden Gem are large-sized, oval apples with a long stem. They have smooth dull yellow skin covered with russetting. Inside, the pale yellow flesh is crisp, juicy and sweet, with a fruity flavour, reminscent of pear. The fruit ripens...

Humboldt Apples

Humboldt Apples have golden yellow skin with red blushes. The fruit ripens in late September in America. In the spring, the tree produces large blooms. Protected by American plant patent number 658. Cooking Tips For fresh-eating or cider. History...

Hunt Russet Apples

Hunt Russet are medium-sized, slightly oval apples with ribbing. They have yellow skin with a bright red blush, and covered with russetting. Inside, the off-white flesh is tender, finely-textured, and juicy. The taste is slightly tart but overall...

Ingrid Marie Apples

Ingrid Marie are round but flattenedmedium to large-sized apples. They have greehish-yellow skin almost completely covered with dark red and mottled with large white dots, and some small patches of russetting. Occasionally, there will be cracks around...

Isle of Wight Pippin Apples

Isle of Wight Pippin are small to large-sized apples. They may be slightly ribbed. They have yellowish-green skin partly covered with reddish-orange and russet patches. Inside, they have juicy, aromatic, firm white flesh, tinged green, with a...

James Grieve Apples

James Grieve Apples have thin, pale yellow skin with a red flush on it. Inside, they have creamy-white flesh that bruises easily. They are sweet, tart and juicy. The tree is self-fertile, but does better with another apple tree to cross-pollinate...

Jefferis Apples

Jefferis are small to medium-sized apples. They have thick, waxy, translucent yellow skin with dark reddish-orange flushes. Inside, they have tender, yellowish-white flesh is crisp and juicy. The flavour is reminiscent of pear. The tree is...

John Standish Apples

John Standish Apples are slightly oval, with shiny, pale yellow skin flushed with bright red. Inside, they have white, firm, finely-textured crisp, juicy flesh. While to some people the flavour is very fruity, others say that to them, there isn't...

Jonafree Apples

Jonafree are medium-sized apples, with glossy, pale yellow skin almost entirely covered by a bright, orangey red. Inside, the yellow flesh is finely-texured, crisp, juicy and faintly aromatic, with a slightly tart taste. US Plant Patent #4,633. Cooking...

Jonagold Apple

Jonagold apples have tender skin. The skin has a yellow background with red blush or stripes. Inside, these large apples have crisp, juicy, yellow-coloured flesh. The taste is tart and sweet. The tree is able to grow where there are hard winters....

Jonagored Apples

Jonagored Apples have dark red skin with off-white, firm flesh. The taste is a balance of sweet and sour. US Plant Patent #5937. Cooking Tips For fresh-eating, or cooking. History Notes Jonagored Apples were developed from a Jonagold apple...

Jonathan Apple

Jonathan Apples are medium-sized apples with thin, tough bright red skin with an occasional patch of yellow.Inside, the juicy flesh is yellowish-white. The taste is moderately tart balanced with some sweetness Jonathans are popular in the American...

Jonwin Apples

Jonwin Apples have yellow skin with bright red-stripes, and crisp, aromatic flesh. The fruit ripens late August to early September in Calfornia. The texture of the flesh degrades quickly in hot weather. The tree is very productive. Cooking Tips...

Joyce Apples

Joyce Apples have yellow skin with a dark-red flush, and white, aromatic, juicy flesh. The tree is very hardy. Cooking Tips For fresh-eating. History Notes Joyce Apples were developed from a cross between McIntosh and Livland Raspberry apples. ...

Junaluska Apples

Junaluska are large to very large-sized apples that can weigh up to 18 oz (500g.) They are irregularly shaped, with dull, rough yellow skin with patches of green and russetting, and a pale red flush on the side that gets the sun. Inside, the yellow...

Jupiter Apples

Jupiter are medium-sized apples, slightly oval in shape, with golden-yellow skin striped with red and orange. The flesh is off-white with a tinge of green, and dense, firm, juicy, and aromatic. It has good, sweet flavour. The fruit ripens in October...

Kalco Apples

Kalco Apples have smooth, yellow skin with bright red stripes, and some ribbing. Inside, they have finely-textured, juicy flesh, with good flavour. Cooking Tips For fresh-eating. Storage Hints Does not store long, only until about November. History...

Kanzi Apples

Kanzi Apples are quite round, with deep red coloured tender skin, or orangish-red in actuality sometimes. Inside, they have crispy, white juicy flesh that is almost fizzy in the mouth. They have a mild flavour, with a sweet taste with bit of sharpness. The...

Katy Apples

Katy Apples are small to medium-sized apples with tough yellow-green skin largely covered with bright red flushes. The flesh inside is white with a slight tint of green. It is finely-textured, crisp, sweet and juicy. The tree is a reliably regular...

Keepsake Apples

Keepsake Apples grow 2 ¼ to 2 ¾ inches (5 ¾ to 7 cm) wide. Their skin is 90% covered in red. Inside, their yellowish flesh is crisp, juicy, finely-textured, firm, and aromatic. It has good, somewhat tart, flavour. The tree is hardy down...

Kent Apples

Kent are medium-sized apples with light-red skin and some russeting. They have coarsely-textured, crisp, sweet, creamy-white flesh. Kent Apples are considered fresh-eating apples. Kent Apples should not be confused with the apple called "Flower...

Kentucky Limbertwig Apples

Kentucky Limbertwig are medium to large-sized apples. They have greenish or yellowish-brown skin covered with pale red stripes. The white flesh inside is crisp and juicy, with a mild, sweet flavour. The fruit ripens in October. Cooking Tips...

Kerry Pippin Apple

Kerry Pippins are small to medium-sized apples that are a bit flattened at the bottom. The orangey-yellow skin has a dull red blush on it, as well as some white dots and some russeting. The pale to golden yellow flesh is crisp and crunchy, firm...

Kidd's Orange Red Apples

Kidd's Orange Red Apple was developed from a cross between Cox's Orange Pippin and Red Delicious apples. As the apple ripens, its skin will sometimes have a pink blush that disappears. When ripe, the skin will be yellow, with an orangey or reddy...

Kill Apple

Kill Apples are medium-sized apples that try to be round, but are often uneven, having 5 ribs. The dull, pale-yellow skin is waxy, with a flush of light red and a bit of russetting. The white flesh is firm and crisp. The flavour is very good and...

King of The Pippins Apples

King of The Pippins (aka Reine des Reinettes Apples) are small apples with greenish-yellow skin with orangey-red blushes, with russeting at the bottom.Inside, the off-white, finely-textured flesh is crisp, juicy and sweet. The tree can pollinate itself...

King's Acre Pippin Apples

King's Acre Pippin Apples are round, with green skin flushed with pale, mottled red. Inside, they have faintly aromatic, firm, crisp flesh, with somewhat sharp, good flavour. The fruit ripens mid-October in the East Anglia area, England. It is...

Kinnaird's Choice Apples

Kinnaird's Choice Apples grow on tall trees that bloom late. The apples are round, medium to large-sized, with thick, tough glossy yellow skin almost completely covered over with a red flush and many small, light green dots. There will be russeting...

Knobbed Russet Apples

Knobbed Russet Apples have such an unattractive appearance, that some say they look more like potatoes. They are irregularly shaped with a lumpy surface, and have rough, greenish-yellow skin with occasional dark red streaks on the side that got sun....

Lady Sudeley Apples

Lady Sudeley are medium-sized, ribbed apples. They have bright-yellow skin covered with a reddish-orange flush, and red stripes. Inside, they have finely-textured, firm, crisp, juicy yellow flesh with a sharp, sweet, rich flavour. The compact...

Lady Sweet Apples

Lady Sweet are medium to large-sized apples. Their thin yellow skin is smooth, and mostly covered with bright red, dotted with pale russetting. Inside, the white flesh is tender, finely-textured, crisp, aromatic and firm. The flavour is sweet...

Lady Williams Apples

Lady Williams Apples have dark red skin and crisp, firm white flesh. Their flavour is sharp at first, but improves in storage. The fruit ripens late, around mid-June (in Australia.) It does not develop well in cool autumns. It is perhaps best...

Lamb Abbey Pearmain Apples

Lamb Abbey Pearmain are small to medium-sized apples. They have yellowish-green skin covered with reddish-orange stripes. Inside, the yellowish-white flesh is firm, crisp, and juicy, with good, sweet flavour. Some think they detect pineapple in...

Late Strawberry Apples

Late Strawberry are medium to large-sized apples with ribbing. They have pale yellow skin covered with stripes of pinkish and purplish red. Inside, the flesh is off-white, finely-textured, tender, crisp and juicy. It is aromatic with a good taste. The...

Laxton Superb Apples

Laxton Superbs are sweet, juicy apples with white flesh that is slightly soft. They are harvested September or November through to April. The trees can develop the issue of only producing fruit every other year. Cooking Tips Best eaten fresh. History...

Laxton's Epicure Apples

Laxton's Epicure are small to medium-sized apples with green, waxy skin that has orangey-red blushes and red stripes on it. Inside, the flesh is sweet and juicy. The tree is very productive and flowers with large pink blossoms. Laxton's Epicure...

Laxton's Fortune Apples

Laxton's Fortune Apples have pale yellowish-green skin with red blushes, and some russeting. The flesh is sweet and juicy and crisp, though it becomes softer if left on the tree. The Laxton's Fortune Apple is somewhat fragrant and some detect...

Laxton's Superb Apples

Laxton's Superb are round, medium-sized apples with greenish-yellow skin, purple and red flushes, and some russet speckles. The finely-textured flesh inside is pure white, soft, sweet, and juicy. The tree can grow 8 to 12 feet (2 ½ to 3 ½...

Limelight Apples

Limelight are medium-sized apples, round but slightly squat. They have smooth, light green skin with pale grey dots on it and occasional russet patches. Inside, the flesh is off-white, juicy and crisp. The fruit ripens in September. Cooking...

Lindamac Apples

Lindamac Apples grow to be about 3 inches (7 ½ cm) wide, and ripen to have competely bright red skin. They have the same taste, texture and usage characteristics of a McIntosh. The fruit starts ripening to red in July, and depending where you...

Livland Raspberry Apples

Livland Raspberry are medium-to-large sized, round apples. They have pale, creamy-yellow skin covered in red stripes. Inside, the tender white flesh is sometimes stained red, and has a mild, sweet flavour. The tree is hardy down to -50 degrees...

Lord Burghley Apples

Lord Burghley Apples have dark red skin, with russet dots. Inside, they have firm, juicy, aromatic flesh, with a brisk, rich, sweet taste. Cooking Tips For fresh-eating. Storage Hints Lord Burghley Apples store well, until April or later. In...

Lord Lambourne Apples

Lord Lambourne Apples are medium-sized, with green and yellow mottled skin, with about half of it covered by orangey-red flushes, and russeting at the stem end. The skin is sometimes waxy and the flesh is creamy-white, crisp, firm and juicy, and mildly...

Lord's Seedling Apples

Lord's Seedling are large-sized apples, with greenish-yellow skin with russetting on it. The flesh has very good, aromatic flavour. The fruit ripens late August, early September. The tree is very winter-hardy and is a generous producer. Cooking...

Lowry Apples

Lowry are medium-sized apples, with greenish-yellow skin covered with dark red with pale dots. Inside, they have firm, crisp, juicy yellowish flesh. The fruit ripens in September. Cooking Tips For fresh-eating. Storage Hints The fruit does...

Macoun

Macoun Apples have green skin with dark red blushes and stripes. The tender but crisp flesh is juicy and sweet, and while usually white is sometimes greenish-white. The apples bruise easily. The tree tends to produce fruit biennially. Macoun Apples...

Magnum Bonum Apples

Magnum Bonum are round, small to medium-sized apples with a yellow skin covered with light red and darker red flushes, and many small white or russet dots. Their fragrant white flesh is fine-textured, juicy, and mildly tart. The tree is a good...

Maiden's Blush Apples

Maiden's Blush are medium to large-sized apples. They have pale yellow skin with a deep red blush. The skin is tough but thin and smooth. Inside, the flesh is slightly off-white, tender, and crisp. The apple ripens anywhere from July to September,...

Mandan Apples

Mandan are medium-sized apples, with yellow skin mostly streaked with red. They have juicy, firm yellowish flesh. The tree is hardy, and starts bearing fruit while it is still young. The fruit ripens late August to early September. Cooking...

Mannington's Pearmain Apples

Mannington's Pearmain are medium-sized, somewhat flattened apples. They have greenish-yellow skin with some red blushes and brownish russetting. Inside, the yellowish flesh is firm, crisp and can have greenish streaks in it. It is very juicy and...

Mantet Apples

Mantet are medium to large-sized, fairly evenly-round, apples. They have yellow skin covered with bright red flushes and stripes. Inside, the white flesh is juicy and aromatic, with a sweet taste. The fruit ripens in mid-August. The tree...

Margil Apples

Some apple connoisseurs pronounce Margil Apples to be amongst the best-tasting apples. They are small to medium-sized apples, slightly oval with some slight ribbing. They have greenish-yellow skin ripening to orangish-red skin with dark red stripes,...

McIntosh Apples

McIntosh apples are, as of 2020, still the most well-known, ubiquitous apple in North America, though their popularity has been under attack for several decades from many other apple varieties. McIntosh trees are very hardy; oftentimes, they are...

Melba Apples

Melba are medium-sized apples.They have pale yellow skin covered with pale crimson flushes and stripes, and a white bloom. Inside, the white flesh is crisp, firm and juicy. It has a sweet taste; some people think they detect peach notes in the taste. The...

Melon Apples

Melon are medium to large-sized, slightly conical apples. They have pale yellow skin covered with red stripes. Inside, the apple has crisp, tender, juicy flesh. Some detect melon in the taste. The tree starts bearing when young. It bears heavily,...

Melrose Apples

Melrose are large-sized apples, slightly flattened with slight ribbing. They have yellowish-green skin covered in shiny, dark red flushes, with occasional russetting. Inside, they have off-white, coarse, firm, juicy flesh. It has a rich, sweet...

Meridian Apple

Meridian Apples are medium-sized and round, but slightly flattened at the top and bottom. They have yellow skin striped with bright red, and decorated with yellow dots. Inside, the cream-coloured flesh is firm, juicy and somewhat aromatic, with...

Milo Gibson Apples

Milo Gibson Apples have yellow skin flushed with red. Some people think they detect liquorice in the taste. The fruit ripens mid-season. The tree is very cold hardy. Cooking Tips For fresh-eating.

Moira Apple

Moira Apples have dark red blushes over greenish-yellow skin. The flesh is pale cream coloured and coarse. The apples are medium-sized. They are ready for harvesting late in the season. Cooking Tips To be eaten fresh or used for juice.History Notes A...

Mollie's Delicious Apples

Mollie's Delicious are large-sized, conical apples. They have pale yellow skin half covered with a pinkish-red blush. Inside, they have juicy, crisp, greenish-white flesh, with a mild, sweet taste. The fruit ripens late August to early September. Cooking...

Monarch Apples

Monarch are large-sized apples with yellow, slightly greasy skin with light red blush and orangish stripes. The soft flesh inside is aromatic but has a tart taste. The tree can be pollinated by another Monarch apple tree, but it does tend to be...

Mother Apples

Mother are medium-sized apples with slight ribbing. They have smooth, thin golden yellow skin covered with carmine red blushes and stripes. The side which got the sun will have darker red colourings. The skin is bright; becoming duller after picking. Inside,...

Moyers Spice Apples

Moyers Spice are medium-sized apples, with yellow skin covered with red flushes. Inside, they have crisp, coarse, juicy white flesh. The flavour is sweet, and slightly spicy. The fruit ripens in mid-July in North America. The tree starts bearing...

Mrs Bryan Apples

Mrs Bryan are large-sized apples. They have greenish-yellow skin covered with an reddish-orange blush and sometimes, light red stripes as well. Inside, they have tender, off-white, coarse flesh, which is not very juicy. The fruit ripens in...

Muscadet de Dieppe Apples

Muscadet de Dieppe are small-sized apples with orangish-red skin. The aromatic flesh inside has a sweet taste. Cooking Tips For fresh-eating. Muscadet de Dieppe can be used for cider, if harvested early, around mid-September. For hard cider,...

Mutsu Apple

Mutsu (aka Crispin) are large, firm apples, prized by cooks in-the-know for holding their shape during cooking, and having good balanced flavour as well.

Newtown Pippin Apple

Newtown Pippins are medium-sized apples with light green skin. Inside, the yellow flesh is tart, tangy and firm. Cooking Tips Good for fresh-eating. Hold their shape and flavour during cooking. Some people like it for cider. Storage Hints Ships...

Niagara Apples

Niagara are medium to large-sized, irregularly shaped apples. They have tough, pale yellow skin covered with deep red blushes and stripes. Inside, they have white, juicy flesh. A significant proportion of apples tends to drop from the tree...

Nickajack Apples

Nickajack are medium to large-sized apples. They have greenish-yellow skin with orange-red to dark red blushes, dotted with white. Inside, the apple has firm, coarse-grained, crisp, juicy off-white flesh, slightly green under the skin. It is aromatic,...

Niedzweckyana Apples

Niedzweckyana are small to medium-sized red-skinned apples. Inside, they have dark red flesh with a tart flavour. The fruit ripens in October. History Notes Niedzweckyana Apples were used as breeding stock by a Dr Nels Hansen at the South Dakota...

Nittany Apples

Nittany Apples have reddish-orange skin and crisp flesh. They have a sweet taste with a nutty flavour. Cooking Tips For fresh-eating, baking and apple sauce. Storage Hints Stores well. History Notes Nittany Apples were developed in 1972...

Norkent Apples

Norkent Apples grow to be 2 ½ to 3 ½ inches (5 cm to 9 cm) wide. They have thick, light green skin with blushes and stripes of orangish-red or red. Inside they have aromatic, crisp, juicy, greenish-white flesh. The flavour has hints of pear...

Nova Easy Gro Apples

Nova Easy Gro are large-sized apples with greenish-yellow skin covered in red. Inside they have crisp, firm white flesh, somewhat juicy, with a somewhat sweet taste. September / October harvest. Cooking Tips For fresh-eating, salads, cooking. Storage...

Nova Spy Apple

Nova Spy are large-sized apples. The smooth skin is greenish yellow with red blushes and a small bit of russeting. The yellowish flesh is finely-grained, firm, crispy and juicy. The tree needs thinning to produce large fruit that can weigh up...

Novamac Apple

Novamac Apples are medium-sized apples that are pretty similar to McIntosh apples. The thin skin has a pale greenish-yellow background with red blushes. Inside, the finely-textured, tender flesh is a pale-cream colour, and somewhat crisp and juicy. The...

Ohio Nonpareil Apples

Ohio Nonpareil are large-sized, occasionally irregularly-shaped apples. They have pale yellowish skin with red and light-red stripes, sometimes nearly completely covered in dark red. Inside, they have off-white, finely-textured, firm, juicy, crisp...

Oliver Apples

Oliver are medium to large-sized, somewhat flattened apples. They have smooth, waxy, glossy thick greenish-yellow skin with flushes of dark red. There will be large white or russet dots on the skin. Inside they have finely-textured, crisp, tender,...

Orenco Apples

Orenco are medium to large-sized apples with bright red skin. Inside, they have crisp, tender, juicy white flesh. The flavour is a good balance of sweet and tart. Pick the apples as soon as they are ripe. The tree is not a heavy bearer. Cooking...

Orin Apples

Orin are medium-sized, conical apples. They have greenish-yellow or yellow skin, with some russetting at the end and orangish-red blushes, with white dots. Inside, they have crisp flesh with a sweet taste with no tartness. The flesh is aromatic,...

Oriole Apples

Oriole are large-sized apples, with greenish-yellow skin with red stripes. The apples bruise easily. The tree is a prolific bearer, and hardy, but it is not a long-lived tree. Cooking Tips For fresh-eating and cooking. Storage Hints Does...

Orleans Apples

Orleans are medium to large-sized, somewhat flattened apples. They have yellowish-green skin with orangish-red blushes on the side that got the sun, along with freckles and patches of cinnamon-coloured russett. Inside, they have aromatic, crisp,...

Ortley Apples

Ortley are medium to large-sized, conical-shaped apples. They have waxy, tough, smooth greenish-yellow skin which sometimes has a red blush on it. Inside, they have off-white, crisp, tender, juicy flesh. The apple has good flavour, with some tartness. Cooking...

Ozark Gold Apples

Ozark Gold are large-sized apples, with bright, waxy yellow skin. Inside, they have juicy, firm flesh with a sweet taste with very little tartness to it. The fruit ripens about three weeks earlier than Golden Delicious (one of its parents.) The...

Ozark Pippin Apples

Ozark Pippin are large-sized apples. They are slightly oval, and can be uneven in shape, with occasional ribbing. They have bright green skin that ripens to yellow. The skin is smooth, thick and tough with a pink blush and reddish-white spots...

Paula Red Apple

Paula Red Apple © Denzil Green Paula Red Apples have bright red skin with yellow or tan highlights. Inside, the creamy-white flesh is firm, finely-textured, crisp and juicy. Though sweeter than McIntosh apples, there is also a bit of tartness. The ...

Pearl Apples

Pearl Apples have yellow skin covered with red blushes. Inside, they have aromatic, crisp flesh with a sweet taste. The fruit ripens late September / early October in southern England. Cooking Tips For fresh-eating. History Notes Pearl Apples...

Pettingill Apples

Pettingill are large-sized apples, with green skin flushed with red. Inside, they have crispy, white, firm juicy flesh, with a somewhat tart flavour. The fruit ripens late in September / early October in California. The tree can pollinate itself. Cooking...

Pilot Apples

Pilot are large-sized apples. They have pale yellow skin covered in dull red stripes and some russet dots. Inside, they have finely-textured, firm, tender, crisp, juicy yellow flesh that is mildly aromatic. The fruit ripens in October in Virginia,...

Piñata Apples

Piñata Apples © Stemilt Growers Inc. Piñata® is the trademarked name for an apple grown and marketed by the Stemilt Growers Company of Wenatchee, Washington, USA. They are medium to large-sized apples, with slight ribbing, and orangish ski...

Pink Lady Apple

Pink Lady Apple © Denzil Green Pink Lady Apples are large apples with thin skin that ripens from green to yellow with pink or red blushes. When fully ripe, it bruises easily. Inside, the finely-textured, white flesh is dense and crisp, with ...

Pink Parfait Apples

Pink Parfait are large-sized apples, with pale yellow skin covered with bright red blushes and stripes. Inside, the off-white flesh is stained pink. The tree does best in warmer areas. Cooking Tips For fresh-eating. History Notes Pink Parfait...

Pink Pearl Apples

Pink Pearl are medium-sized, conical apples with slight ribbing, and translucent pale green skin. Inside, the light pink flesh is crisp, finely-textured, aromatic and firm. There is a balance of sweet and tart in the flavour. It sweetens more...

Pink Pearmain Apples

Pink Pearmain are medium to large-sized apples with red-striped skin. Inside, they have deep pink, aromatic flesh with a tart taste with a bit of sweetness. The fruit ripens late September in California. Cooking Tips For fresh-eating. History...

Pink Princess Apples

Pink Princess are medium-sized apples with light-green skin. As the apple ripens, the skin turns yellow and develops a few pale red stripes. Inside, they have pinkish flesh with a sweet taste and fruity flavour. Cooking Tips For fresh-eating. History...

Pitmaston Pineapple Apples

Pitmaston Pineapple Apples are conical, and grow to be 1 to 2 inches (2 ½ to 5 cm) wide. They have yellow skin covered with russetting. Inside, they have pale yellow, crisp, tender, firm, juicy flesh which is aromatic. They have a good, sweet...

Pixie Apples

Pixie are medium-sized, somewhat flattened apples. They have greenish-yellow skin with orangish-red flushes, and stripes of red on top with some russetting. Inside, they have aromatic, off-white, crisp, firm, juicy flesh. They have a sweet...

Pomme Gris Apples

Pomme Gris are small to medium-sized apples. They have tough, thick greenish-yellow skin covered with russetting. A reddish blush often occurs on the side that got the sun. Inside, they have aromatic, firm, crisp, juicy yellow flesh. Its flavour...

Porter Apples

The size of Porter Apples ranges from small to larger. The shape can be round or slightly flattened or conical. The apples have smooth, thin greenish-yellow skin with a orangish-red blush on the side that gets the sun, with occasional dark red spots. Inside,...

Prairie Spy Apples

Prairie Spy are medium to large-sized apples. They have yellow skin flushed with red, and some russetting at the stem end. Inside, they have off-white, crisp, juicy flesh which is mildly aromatic. The flavour improves in storage. The tree...

Primate Apples

Primate are medium-sized apples, often ribbed. They have smooth, thin, greenish / yellow skin flushed with red on the side that got the sun. Inside, they have white, finely-textured, tender, crisp, juicy flesh, which is aromatic. They have...

Quinte Apples

Quinte are medium-sized apples, with yellow skin with dark red flushes. Inside, they have tender, off-white flesh. The tree is a hardy, good, reliable bearer, but it needs thinning while fruiting. The apples are ready for harvest in August...

Rajka Apples

Rajka are medium-sized, slightly flattened apples. They have yellowish-green skin almost entirely covered with bright red. Inside, they have off-white, crisp, juicy flesh. It has a sweet taste with a tartness to balance it. The tree is very...

Ralls Janet Apples

Ralls Janet are medium to large-sized apples with thin greenish-yellow skin flushed with pinkish-red. Occasionally, they will have some rough, overlapping skin ('scarf' skin) at the base. Inside, they have finely-textured, crisp, tender, juicy yellowish...

Rambo Apples

Rambo are large-sized apples, somewhat flattened with faint ribbing. They have pale yellow skin with a pale red flush. Inside, they have finely-textured, firm, tender flesh. The flesh has good flavour; mildly tart and slightly sweet. The...

Razor Russet Apples

Razor Russet are large-sized, slightly conical apples. They have golden brown skin almost entirely covered with fawn russetting. Inside, they have yellowish white, firm, slightly-coarse flesh with a rich, spicy, sweet flavour. The fruit ripens...

Red Baron Apples

Red Baron are medium-sized apples. They have yellow skin covered with a blush that ranges from orangish-red to very red. Inside, they have coarse, crisp, somewhat juicy flesh (though it can occasionally be a bit dry.) The flesh has a mildly tart,...

Red Delicious Apples

Red Delicious Apples © Denzil Green Red Delicious Apples have a red, tough skin and a coarse texture. Inside, they are juicy and sweet. A Red Delicious is one of the cheapest apples around to buy, owing to the quantity produced. Almost half ...

Red Esther Apples

Red Esther Apples have yellow skin covered in red. Inside, they have crisp, aromatic flesh with good flavour. Cooking Tips For fresh-eating. Storage Hints Stores well. History Notes Origin unknown.

Red Falstaff Apple

These large apples have golden yellow skin flushed with red. Inside, the juicy flesh is a pale cream colour. The tree is frost and disease resistant. Cooking Tips Good for fresh-eating. Also makes good juice. Storage Hints The apples store...

Red Hook Apples

Red Hook are medium to large-size apples. They have light red skin flushed with dark red. Inside, they have juicy, coarse, firm flesh that is off-white in the centre, pink towards the skin. Ripens in September in New York State. Cooking Tips...

Red Prince Apples

Red Prince Apples have light-red skin flushed with dark red. The skin is very tender, so harvesting has to be done by hand, with the stem being snipped. The skin is a bit bitter tasting. Inside, the apples have crisp, cream-coloured flesh. The...

Red Windsor Apples

Red Windsor Apples are medium-sized apples. They can be slightly conical. They have green skin flushed with deep red and covered with greyish-white spots. Inside, they have crisp, dense, juicy, off-white flesh which is aromatic, and has a sweet...

Redsleeves Apples

Redsleeves Apples have smooth, yellow skin almost entirely covered with bright red. Inside, they have juicy, crisp flesh that is mildly aromatic. The flavour is sweet, but sometimes otherwise faint. The tree is self-fertile and has frost-resistant...

Regent Apples

Regent are medium-sized apples with yellow skin covered in bright red. Inside, they have crisp, juicy flesh with a good, fruity flavour, though some people find the flavour a bit tart for them. The tree starts bearing fruit when young, and is...

Reinette Simirenko Apples

Reinette Simirenko are medium-sized apples. They have waxy, greenish-yellow skin flushed with pale pink on the side that got the sun, and some russetting. Inside, they have tender, juicy crisp greenish-white flesh, with a good, winey taste with...

Ross Nonpareil Apples

Ross Nonpareil are small to medium-sized, conical-shaped apples. They have yellowish-green skin with deep orange flushes and streaks of dark red. Inside, they have soft off-white flesh with green tints. The flesh is aromatic and has a sweet,...

Roundway Magnum Bonum Apples

Roundway Magnum Bonum are large-sized apples with red-striped skin. Inside, they have firm, dry flesh with a sweet, pear-like flavour. Not the same as Magnum Bonum Apples. Cooking Tips For fresh-eating or cooking. Very good for cooking;...

Rubinette Apples

Rubinette are small to medium-sized, somewhat flattened apples. The size of apple increases as the tree ages. They have dull golden-green skin flushed with bright red stripes, with some fawn-coloured russetting. In warmer climates, the skin is more...

Sam Young Apples

Sam Young are small-sized apples with bright yellow skin and occasional orange flushes, covered with grey russeting. Inside, they have firm, tender, juicy, greenish flesh with a sweet, sharp, rich flavour. The fruit ripens late November / December...

Sandow Apples

Sandow Apples are covered with a bright scarlet flush and stripes. Inside, they have off-white, crisp, juicy, aromatic flesh with a sweet taste in which some people detect a hint of raspberries, In Ontario, Canada, the fruit is ready for harvest...

Sansa Apples

Sansa are medium to large-sized apples. The skin is golden brown covered by a bright reddish-orange flush. Inside, they have firm flesh, whose taste is a balance of sweet and tart. The fruit ripens late August. The tree is a reliable bearer....

Santana Apples

Santana are medium to large-sized apples, conical-shaped, and ribbed. They have yellow skin almost entirely covered with streaks of deep red. Inside, they have cream-coloured, firm, aromatic flesh, with a sweet, fruity taste. Cooking Tips For...

Saturn Apples

Saturn are medium to large-sized apples. They have smooth green skin mostly covered with a deep red flush. Inside, they have firm, crunchy, juicy flesh which is sweet with a touch of tartness. The tree is a reliable bearer. Cooking Tips For...

Scrumptious Apples

Scrumptious are medium to large-sized, slightly flattened apples. They have thin, yellow skin flushed with bright, rosy-red, occasionally with russet dots. Inside, they have juicy, off-white flesh. The taste is good, being sweet with a balance...

Senshu Apples

Senshu are medium-sized apples with bright-red stripes. Inside, they have off-white, crisp, firm, juicy flesh with a good, sweet flavour. The fruit ripens in early fall. Cooking Tips For fresh-eating. History Notes Senshu Apples were developed...

Sharon Apples

Sharon Apples have yellow skin with red stripes. Inside, they have soft, firm, juicy flesh with a sweet flavour. Occasionally, the apple can lack any balancing tartness, and to some people's tastes, taste "woody." The tree is a reliable bearer,...

Sherry Apples

Sherry Apples have skin covered in red stripes. The tree is a heavy bearer, and its fruit will cling to the tree all winter. The fruit needs to be stored for several months before using; the quality is poor when it is first picked. Cooking Tips...

Shizuka Apples

Shizuka are large-sized apples. They have yellow skin covered with a reddish-orange blush. The flesh has a sweet taste and good flavour. The flavour is sweeter and milder than Mutsu apples, to which this apple is otherwise similar. The fruit...

Sierra Beauty Apple

Sierra Beauty Apples are flattened, medium-sized fruit. The skin is greenish yellow, sometimes with red blushes or stripes. The flesh is firm, tart and juicy. Grown on the West coast of North America. Cooking Tips For eating or cooking. The...

Silken Apples

Silken are medium-sized apples (175-200 g) with pale yellow translucent skin. Inside, they have crisp, juicy white flesh with good flavour, and are aromatic. US Plant Patent 10740. Cooking Tips For fresh-eating. Storage Hints Can only be...

Smoky Mt. Limbertwig Apples

Smoky Mt. Limbertwig are medium to large-sized apples. They have yellow skin flushed with dark red, and inside, aromatic, yellowish, crisp, juicy flesh with good flavour. The fruit ripens September to October, depending on location. The tree...

Spartan Apples

Spartan Apples are large, with dark plum red skin that has small patches of yellow. Inside, the white flesh is finely-textured and crisp. Much like a McIntosh apple, but sweeter. The trees must be heavily thinned, or the fruit that is produced...

Spencer Apples

Spencer are large-sized, oblong or conical apples. They have greenish-yellow skin flushed with red and reddish-orange. Inside, they have soft, crisp, tender, greenish-white flesh, with a small core, and a sweet taste. The fruit ripens in September...

Spigold Apples

Spigold are large to very large-sized apples. They have smooth tender green skin ripening to yellow covered with reddish and bronze stripes. Inside, they have firm, finely-textured, very juicy, crisp yellowish flesh. The flesh is aromatic, with...

Splendour Apples

Splendour are medium to large-sized apples. Their thin skin is a dull, pinkish-red, with occasional russetting. Inside, they have crisp, firm pale yellowish flesh with a mild, sweet taste, but not much balancing tartness. The tree is a reliable...

Starr Apples

Starr Apples can grow to be up to 10 to 12 inches (20 to 25 cm) wide (sic.) They have pale greenish-yellow skin flushed with a faint red. Inside, they have tender, crisp, very juicy, yellowish flesh which is aromatic with a sprightly, tart taste. The...

State Fair Apples

State Fair are medium-sized appes, up to 3 inches (7 ½ cm) wide. They will be round to conical in shape. They have yellow skin 90% covered with bright reddish-orange flushes. Inside, they have firm, juicy off-white flesh which is aromatic, with...

Strawberry Pippin Apples

Strawberry Pippin are medium-sized apples. The skin is mostly covered with red stripes and flushes. Inside, they have juicy, crisp flesh with a very sweet taste. The fruit ripens September to October, depending on location. Cooking Tips For...

Sturmer Pippins Apples

Sturmer Pippins Apples are round, green apples with a flush of dull red on one side, and some russetting. The apples are aromatic and have firm, crisp juicy flesh. The tree likes a long, hot summer. Apples can be left on the tree in temperate...

Summer Champion Apples

Summer Champion are medium to large-sized, slightly conical-shaped apples. They have yellow skin covered in pink and red stripes. Inside, they have crisp, juicy yellowish flesh. The fruit ripens in July. Cooking Tips For fresh-eating. History...

Summer Golden Pippin Apples

Summer Golden Pippin are small-sized apples with yellow skin, firm flesh and a rich, full taste. The fruit ripens in late August in South-East England. The tree is a reliable bearer. Cooking Tips For fresh-eating. Storage Hints Does not...

Summer Rambo Apples

Summer Rambo are large-sized, unevenly-shaped apples with ribbing. They have yellowish-green skin, flushed with pink, with darker pink on the side that got the sun, and patches of russetting. Inside, they have coarse, tender, very juicy yellowish-green...

Summer Rose Apples

Summer Rose are medium-sized, slightly flattened apples. They have waxy but smooth, pale, greenish-yellow skin covered with red flushes on the side that got the sun. Inside, they have finely-textured, tender, crisp, juicy white flesh with a sweet,...

Sundowner Apples

Sundowner Apples have smooth green to red skin with white spots. There will be some russeting around the stem (but generally not elsewhere). Inside, the flesh is a bit coarse and tart. Cooking Tips For fresh-eating or cooking. Storage Hints Stores...

Sunrise Apples

Sunrise Apples have yellow skin flushed with red. Inside, they have off-white crisp, juicy flesh. The taste is sweet. Some feel the flavour has hints of grapes and pears. The tree is very hardy, down to -40 F / C. Cooking Tips For fresh-eating.Storage...

Sunset Apples

Sunset Apples have orange and gold skin with red blushes. The firm, fragrant flesh is crisp and somewhat juicy. The taste is sharp. The apples are small to medium-sized. Home gardeners like the profusion of blooms, but the tree needs thinning...

Suntan Apples

Suntan Apples are medium-large apples. Their gold skin has orangey-red flushes with some russeting. The cream-coloured fresh is firm and coarse, but juicy, and sweet with a good balance of tartness. Suntan Apples are very aromatic. The tree...

Sutton's Beauty Apples

Sutton's Beauty are medium-sized apples with waxy greenish-yellow skin flushed with crimson. Inside, they have crisp, firm, juicy, finely-textured white flesh with a yellowish tinge to it. The tree blooms very early in the spring. It is an abundant...

Swaar Apples

Swaar are medium-sized apples, with rough greenish-yellow skin completely covered with russetting. Inside, they have finely-textured, firm, dense off-white flesh. The flesh has a rich, spicy, sweet, full somewhat nutty taste, and is aromatic. The...

Swayzie Apples

Swayzie are small-sized, conical apples. They have golden yellow skin with patches of cinnamon-coloured russet. Inside, they have tender, crisp, aromatic flesh with rich, sprightly flavour. Late harvest. The tree is only a light bearer,...

Sweet Bough Apples

Sweet Bough are medium to large-sized apples. They have smooth skin, in colour anywhere from whitish to pale yellowish-green, occasionally with a pale red flush, and with dots. Inside, they have tender, crisp, juicy white flesh with a very sweet...

Sweet Sixteen Apples

Sweet Sixteen are slightly conical-shaped, medium to large-sized apples, weighing up to 16 oz (450g) each. The skin is green covered with bronzey-red. Inside, the apples have crispy, finely-textured, juicy, off-white flesh which is aromatic, with...

Sweet Winesap Apples

Sweet Winesap are medium to large-sized, slightly conical apples. They have smooth but tough greenish-yellow skin, flushed with light and dark red. Inside, they have firm, crisp, juicy, finely-textured white flesh with very sweet, good flavour. The...

SweeTango Apples

SweeTango are large-sized apples, with crisp, juicy flesh. The taste is a balance of sweet and tart. They are grown under a licence managed by the Pepin Heights Orchard company in Lake City, Minnesota, on behalf of the University of Minnesota....

Swiss Limbertwig Apples

Swiss Limbertwig are medium-sized apples, with purplish maroon skin covered with dots. The flesh has very good flavour. The tree has weeping branches typical of Limbertwig apple trees. Cooking Tips For fresh-eating. History Notes Swiss Limbertwig...

Terry Winter Apples

Terry Winter are medium-sized apples, with thick, tough yellow skin flushed with red and dark red. Inside, they have crisp, juicy white flesh. The fruit ripens in November in Georgia. Cooking Tips For fresh-eating. Storage Hints Stores well. History...

Thornberry Apples

Thornberry® are medium-sized apples with translucent yellow skin. Inside, they have pink flesh with a tart, sprightly, berry-like flavour. The flesh doesn't tend to be mealy like other some pink-fleshed apple varieties. The fruit ripens in October ...

Topaz Apples

Topaz are medium to large-sized apples. They are somewhat irregularly-shaped and slightly flattened. They have yellow skin almost completely covered with orange flushes and red stripes. Inside, they have off-white, crisp, juicy flesh with a sharp,...

Trent Apple

Trent Apples are a new apple, developed to be all-purpose. The skin is greenish-yellow with dark red blushes. Inside, the pale, cream-coloured flesh is sometimes tinged green. It is firm, juicy and coarse. The fruit is medium to large-sized. The...

Tumanga Apples

Tumanga Apples have smooth, yellow skin with a red flush on the side that got the sun. Inside, they have firm, crisp, very juicy flesh with a rich, spicy flavour. The tree is a reliable bearer, and somewhat self-pollinating. Cooking Tips For...

Tun Apples

Tun Apples are medium-sized apples. They have light green skins almost entirely covered in a pale red flush, with the green showing through in many places. They are round and sweet. Tun Apples are best for fresh-eating. History Notes Tun...

Tydeman's Late Orange Apples

Tydeman's Late Orange are small to medium-sized apples, slightly conical in shape. They have dull yellowish-green skin covered with a red flush, and often some russetting. Inside, they have firm, very juicy, crisp, deep yellowish flesh. They...

Tydeman's Red Apples

Tydeman's Red are medium to large-sized apples with thin, shiny, dark red skin. Inside, they have juicy, firm though not crisp flesh, with a mild flavour. The fruit ripens late August / early September. The tree is partially self fertile. Cooking...

Victoria Limbertwig Apples

Victoria Limbertwig Apples have purple skin with large white dots. Inside, they have crisp, firm, very juicy yellowish flesh with rich flavour. The fruit ripens in October. The tree has drooping branches typical of Limbertwig apple trees. Cooking...

Virginia Beauty Apples

Virginia Beauty are medium to large-sized apples, often irregularly shaped. They have smooth, glossy greenish-yellow skin almost completely covered with very dark red or purple, and faint dots of russet. Inside, they have tender, juicy, finely-textured...

Virginia Limbertwig Apples

Virginia Limbertwig Apples have purple skin with large white dots. Inside, they have juicy flesh with a rich flavour. The tree has drooping branches typical of Limbertwig apple trees. Cooking Tips For fresh-eating. Storage Hints Stores well. ...

Virginia Winesap Apples

Virginia Winesap are medium-sized, somewhat heart-shaped apples with deep red skin. Inside, they have firm, crisp white flesh, which is aromatic with a spicy flavour. The fruit ripens late October. The tree's pollen is sterile. Cooking Tips...

Vistabella Apples

Vistabella Apples have light-green smooth, glossy skins with dark red and pink blushes. The apples ripen very early and are ready to harvest at the end of July or the beginning of August.They are fresh-eating apples with crisp, juicy white flesh which...

Westfield Seek-No-Further Apple

These medium-sized apples have thick, smooth skin that is yellow or yellowish-green with red blushes.Inside, the dense flesh is fragrant and crisp. Good flavour with many notes to it. The tree prefers cooler summers to produce well. Cooking Tips A...

White Winter Pearmain Apples

White Winter Pearmain are medium to large-sized apples.They have waxy, tough green skin ripening to pale yellow, with dots. Inside, they have finely-textured, tender, juicy, crisp flesh, which is aromatic, with rich flavour. The tree is self-fertile. Cooking...

William Crump Apples

William Crump Apples are large apples that are generally round, but sometimes a bit cone-shaped. They have a slightly waxy greenish-yellow skin covered by flushes of orangey-red, with some russeting.. William Crump Apples are aromatic, and are...

William's Favorite Apples

William's Favorite are medium to large-sized, conical apples.They have smooth, yellowish skin covered with bright red flushes and stripes. Inside the apples have tender, somewhat juicy yellowish-white flesh tinged red at the core, with a sweet but...

William's Pride Apples

William's Pride are medium-sized apples. They have yellowish-green skin, flushed with red. Inside, they have off-white, firm, crisp, juicy flesh. The flesh has a concentrated, rich flavour with a hint of spice in it. The tree blossoms last a...

Winston Apples

Winston are small to medium-sized apples.They have greenish-yellow skin, flushed with dull, darkish red. Inside, they have off-white flesh which is finely-textured, firm, aromatic and juicy, with a sweet, rich taste. The taste can be sharper-tasting...

Winter Banana Apples

Winter Banana Apples are fresh-eating apples. The tough, smooth, waxy skin is yellow with pink or light red blushes on the side exposed to the sun. Inside, the cream-coloured flesh is firm, coarse, juicy and tender. The apples are very fragrant,...

Wismer's dessert Apples

Wismer's Dessert are medium to large-sized apples. They have yellow skin flushed with bright red, and some russet dots, and yellowish, tender, finely-textured flesh inside. The flavour is mild but rich and concentrated. Cooking Tips For fresh-eating. History...

Wodarz Apples

Wodarz are medium to large-sized, knobbly-shaped apples. They have yellow skin with a red flush. Inside, the flesh is white, firm, juicy and sweet. The fruit ripens in late September. The tree is hardy. Cooking Tips For fresh-eating. Storage...

Worcester Pearmain Apples

Worcester Pearmain Apples are medium-sized, round apples, slightly conical and sometimes lopsided. They have pale green skin covered by large, bright red flushes. Inside, the firm white flesh is crisp, juicy and sweet, sometimes with a faint strawberry...

Wyken Pippin Apples

Wyken Pippin are small, slightly flattened apples. They have greenish-yellow skin with some darker dots. Inside, they have firm, crisp, sweet flesh with good concentrated sharp flavour. The fruit ripens mid-October, but it is best harvested...

Yates Apples

Yates are small-sized apples. They have pale yellow skin covered with dark red blushes and stripes and small grey dots. Inside, they have tender, firm, juicy, yellowish-white flesh sometimes stained red under the skin. It is aromatic, with a spicy...

Yellow Ingestrie Apples

Yellow Ingestrie are small-sized apples, about 1 ¾ inches (4 ½ cm) wide. They are occasionally somewhat conical but usually round, with smooth, clear yellow skin with small scattered dots on it. Inside, they have crisp, firm, finely-textured...

Zabergau Reinette Apples

Zabergau Reinette are medium to large-sized, roundish, occasionally lop-sided apples. They have yellowish-green skin with orange flushes and red stripes, with such a heavy covering of rough, yellowish-brown russet that some say it looks more like...

Zestar Apples

Zestar are medium to large-sized, round but blocky-shaped, apples. They have greenish-yellow skin with bright red flushes. Inside, they have grainy, white, crisp, juicy flesh, which is slightly sweet with a hint of spice to the taste. The fruit...

Ziegler's Sweeting Apples

Ziegler's Sweeting Apples were grown in the American South. The cultivar is now presumed to be extinct, possibly sometime before 1928. Sources Calhoun, Creighton Lee. Old Southern Apples. Blacksburg, VA: McDonald & Woodward Publishing Co.,...

Zuccalmaglio's Reinette Apples

Zuccalmaglio's Reinette Apples have dark brown skin turning to flushes of rough brownish-red that in spots is sticky and russetted. Inside, they have finely-grained flesh. It has a complex fruity taste: adjectives used include strawberry, quince,...