Apples

Braeburn was found as a chance seedling in 1952 by a farmer in New Zealand and was first commercially grown at the Braeburn Orchard near Motueka where the fruit derives its name from. Ideal for cooking, the Braeburn apple is available from October through April in the northern hemisphere and comes in large to medium sizes offering a sweet and tart taste to its devourer.

Ambrosia is a cultivar of apple originating in British Columbia in the early 1990s. The original tree was first cultivated by the Mennell family of Similkameen Valley, British Columbia, who discovered it growing in their orchard.

This aromatic variety of apple has the most appealing aesthetics of a fruit, from deep reds to yellow undertones the Evelina offers fresh taste to its consumers all over the world straight from the European farms spreading across Belgium and Netherlands to Germany, Switzerland, France, Slovakia and other countries in the world having cultivable conditions for the beautiful Evelina.

Fuji apples were developed in the late 1930s by growers at the Tohoku Research Station in Fujisaki, Japan. Fuji apples are a cross between two classic American apple varieties – Red Delicious and Virginia Ralls Janet. Fuji apples were introduced to the United States in the 1960s. Since then, the apple has grown into one of today’s most popular varieties. Fans of sweet apples adore it because with Brix, or sugar levels, of 15-18, it is the sweetest apple around! Fuji apples are also great storing apples, and because of that, are available year-round.

Originating in New Zealand, Royal Gala apples have a bold, red striped appearance over a creamy yellow background. They are crisp, with a subtle, sweet taste and firm flesh.

Granny Smith is a striking, distinctively bright green apple with a refreshing tangy-tart taste. Its bright white flesh is crisp moderately juicy and resists browning when sliced.

Cripps Pink apples are a particularly attractive variety of a medium to large size. The trees grow 30 feet high and 15 feet wide, and set beautiful fruit with a pink blush overlayed on greenish-yellow undertones. The flesh is firm, crisp, effervescent, and yellow-white, with a tangy and sweet flavour.

The intensely red and sweet variety of apple suited to the palate of specially the Asian consumers is originally a Belgian yield. The crunchy and juicy Joly Red apple is the apple of the eyes of Indians, Vietnamese and Singaporeans. Joly Red comes with the most convenient storage options and is cultivable almost throughout the year.

The breed of apple born in the US at the New York State Agricultural Experiment Station, Jonagold, is a result of fusion between Golden Delicious and Jonathan family of apples; a large fruit with a finely thin skin, Jonagold is famous for its appetizing smell, juiciness and sweet and sour taste.

Honeycrisp is a near-perfect raw apple. It is fantastically crisp, thanks to larger individual cells within its flesh, and it boasts a delicate sweet-tart balance and a light berry flavour.

Pacific Queen is darker red in colour, has a higher sugar level and ripens earlier than Pacific Rose, but is similar in taste, providing a sweet, crisp inner flesh.

New Zealand developed the Pacific Rose apple – a crisp, sweet desert apple. Pretty and sweet, its red skin surrenders crisply to cream-colored flesh. One of the larger apples, the Rose has descendants from the East Indies and is kin to the Gala Apple.

The flesh, depending on the variety, can be firm, pale yellow to cream-colored, juicy, crunchy, or crisp. Apples range in flavours from sweet to tart and can be aromatic or mild in scent.

The Red Delicious apple variety was discovered in 1875 as a chance seedling growing on Jesse Hiatt’s farm in Peru, Iowa. Thinking it was a nuisance, Hiatt tried to chop down the seedling, but the tree grew back repeatedly. On the third time, Hiatt allowed it to grow and produce apples.

In 1893, Hiatt took his apple, called Hawkeye, to a fruit show in Missouri. Following the show, Stark Brothers Nursery purchased the rights to market the apple and renamed it Red Delicious. Today, the classic coke-bottle shape and colour of Red Delicious makes it one of the most well-known apple varieties in the United States.

Red Jonaprince is a mutation of Jonagold having a bright to dark red colored, non-greasy and very early ripening apple. The fruit flesh is firmer and has a little more sugar and is a little sourer than that of Jonagold.

Primo is an exclusive bright red apple variety. Primo apples have a fresh sweet and sour taste and are extremely crunchy. The pulp is very juicy and has an irresistible aroma. Primo apples have an extremely good shelf life.

Sugar Bee apples look similar to their Honeycrisp parent. The relatively thin and glossy skin is yellow-green in colour overlaid with a red blush tinged with orange. Some fruits are up to 100 percent red colouring. Large tan lenticels cover the skin. The conical tapered shape is also very similar to a Honeycrisp. The flesh is creamy white inside and the texture is coarse, juicy, and consistently crispy. Sugar Bees are very sweet and aromatic, with some richness and floral quality in flavour under the sugar.

Fully mature but uniquely small, Rockit apples are the world’s first miniature apples, which are a result of 20 years of careful natural breeding.

Colour of the skin is blush red and the texture is smooth. Flesh of the red delicious apple is greenish white and grained, sweet and juicy. Its crispiness and aromatic features made it more attractive.