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The apple skin is a yellow, flushed orange, streaked red with russet at the base and apex. The yellow flesh is firm, fine-grained, and sweet with a pear taste. Irregularly shaped and sometimes lopsided, the apple is usually round to conical in shape and flattened at the base with distinct ribbing.
They may have a blunt or sharp point. [11] The five sepals remain attached and stand out from the surface of the apple. [1] The size of the fruit varies widely between cultivars, but generally has a diameter between 2.5 and 12 cm (1 and 5 in). [7] The shape is quite variable and may be nearly round, elongated, conical, or short and wide. [12]
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]
The Api Etoile, also known as Star Apple, [5] Pomme Etoilée, [5] or Star Lady Apple, [2] [6] is an apple cultivar notable for its five prominent knobs giving it the appearance of a star. It falls into the Api family of apple cultivars. [5] The Api Etoile is a rare cultivar. It is cultivated at a few specialty orchards. [3]
Enterprise is a modern bred, late-ripening and attractive, red cultivar of domesticated apple with excellent fruit quality combined with disease resistance to scab, cedar apple rust, fire blight and some resistance to powdery mildew. The fruit is large and attractive and retains excellent fresh quality for up to six months at 1°C.
The King Byerd (or King Bayard) [1] is a cultivar of domesticated apple, that originated in Cornwall. It is primarily used for cooking. [2] The fruit has green skin, which turns yellow when ripened, developing flecks of red and grey russet. [3] It is harvested from late October, primarily in South-East England. [4]
'Peasgood's Nonsuch' is an apple cultivar used both for eating fresh and for cooking. [1] One of the parents is Alexander. Several other apple cultivars( Iedzenu, Reverend W. Wilks, S.T. Wright, Shoesmith, Victory, Alastair Cannon Whithe, John Waterer) [2] are descended from it. [1]
The apple's name is the former name of a large section of the TÅhoku region, Mutsu Province, which Aomori was created from during the Meiji Restoration. [1] [2] [3] 'Mutsu' is a triploid cultivar. [4] It is highly susceptible to the disease Blister Spot. [5] 'Mutsu' is a medium to large green apple with flesh varying in color from white to ...