Originally hailing from Iowa in the late 19th century, Red Delicious is the quintessential apple. Although its earliest incarnation included red and yellow stripes, the modern-day version is crimson, …
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Originally hailing from Iowa in the late 19th century, Red Delicious is the quintessential apple. Although its earliest incarnation included red and yellow stripes, the modern-day version is crimson, …
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This crisp, juicy apple originated in France in the 1500s and arrived in America in the 1700s. The Rambo apple is great eaten fresh as well as used in recipes. …
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It looks like a Mac, it smells like a Mac, it tastes like a Mac - but it's a Paula. Discovered in a group of McIntosh apples by Lewis Arends in 1960. He named the new apple after his wife. …
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The Mutsu hails from Northern Japan and is now grown in New York. Related to the Golden Delicious, this apple also goes by the name Crispin. …
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B.B. King says, "Jazz is the big brother of the blues. If a guy’s playing blues like we play, he’s in high school. When he starts playing jazz it’s like going on to college, to a school of higher …
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Ida Red apples are the darlings of the apple world. The Ida comes from Idaho where they were conceived at the Idaho Agricultural Experimental Station. It's a cross between a Jonathan and a Wagener—and …
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Sweet and crunchy. For the foley, or sound effect artist, the crunch of these apples can simulate the sound of a crashing tree. …
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Grown in the 1970s from a single Gala cultigen (from the Latin cultus = cultivated, and gens = kind), a branch cutting, this is a pink-red dessert apple. …
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This early-ripening variety is often the first fresh eating apple of the year. Ginger Gold apples originated from a chance seeding on a Virginia farm in the late 1960s. …
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This apple is thought to be one of Thomas Jefferson's favorites. The Esopus Spitzenberg apple set its root in Woodstock (Ulster County NY) long before Jimmy, Bobby, Bowie, or Thelonious. …
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New York is the Empire State and apples are the state fruit. These babies had Red Delicious and McIntosh apples for parents. …
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The Crispin hails from Northern Japan and is now grown in New York. Related to the Golden Delicious, this apple also goes by the name Matsu. …
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University rivals Indiana and Purdue contend over the Crimson and Gold Cup every year, the school with most athletic points wins. Everyone who eats the mighty little crimson and gold apple wins! …
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Another hit from the New York State Agricultural Experimental Station in Geneva, NY - the Cortland. It looks like a Mac, smells like a Mac, walks like a Mac – but is a bit sweeter. …
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From a sport of the Imperial Gala found in Roger Ohio, the Buckeye is a tangy version of the traditional Gala. A "sport" is a naturally occurring anomaly on a fruit tree that differs from the …
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Arkansas Black apples are heirloom apples known for their exquisite flavor. They are thought to be a descendant of the Winesap apple. With striking ebony-red skin and dense ivory flesh, Arkansas …
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Bred in Japan in the 1930s, the Fuji was grafted from Virginian apple royalty Rawls Jennet and Iowa’s Red Delicious. Extremely popular in Japan and the USA. About the size of a baseball (yakyuu no …
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Braeburn apples are crispy! A sweet and tart apple with a yellow flesh and orange to red skin so thin it melts in your mouth. …
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Eris, the Goddess of Strife, chucked a golden apple at Athena, Aphrodite, and Hera with the message, "For the fairest." A fight breaks out like a foul ball in the stands at Shea Stadium. Zeus settles …
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Bred by the famous Stark Brothers, The September Wonder also goes by Jubilee. September Fuji is an early Fuji—which is great for those who anxious for the Fuji season to begin. …
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