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Those varieties marked agm have gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit. [2] [3] This list does not include the species and varieties of apples collectively known as crab apples, which are grown primarily for ornamental purposes, though they may be used to make jelly or compote. These are described under Malus.
There are more than 7,000 varieties of apples grown in the world, and 2,500 types are grown in the United States. Part of the rose family, apples are rich in fiber and vitamin C, ...
Apples are high in fiber, high in vitamin C and phytochemicals, widely available and delicious both baked and raw. ... But there are tons of apple varieties to choose from (in fact, there used to ...
I tasted 15 of the most popular apple varieties grown in the US to help direct you toward the best fruit of the season. Here’s how these apples stacked up: 15. Red Delicious.
Apples varieties can be grouped as cooking apples, eating apples, and cider apples, the last so astringent as to be "almost inedible". [82] Apples are consumed as juice, raw in salads, baked in pies, cooked into sauces and apple butter, or baked. [83] They are sometimes used as an ingredient in savory foods, such as sausage and stuffing. [84]
It is a favorite for eating plain, as well as for use in salads, apple sauce, and apple butter. [12] [13] America's Test Kitchen, Food Network, and Serious Eats all list Golden Delicious apples as one of the best apples for baking apple pie due to its balanced flavor and its high pectin content that allows it to stay intact when cooked. [14 ...
With the help of two apple experts, we put together this guide to all the common apple varieties. We got in touch with Arnold Wilkerson, who founded the Little Pie Company back in 1985.
Its fruit is the largest of any species of Malus except domestica, up to 7 cm in diameter, equal in size to many modern apple cultivars. Unlike domesticated varieties, its leaves go red in autumn: 62% of the trees in the wild do this compared to only 2.8% of the regular apple plant or the 2,170 English cultivated varieties. [6]