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Belle de Boskoop (also called Goudrenet, Goudreinet or Goudreinnette) is an apple cultivar which originated in Boskoop, Netherlands, where it began as a chance seedling in 1856. Variants include Boskoop red, yellow and green. This rustic apple is firm, tart and fragrant. Greenish-gray tinged with red, the apple stands up well to cooking.
The Elstar apple is an apple cultivar that was first developed in the Netherlands in Elst in the 1950s by crossing Golden Delicious and Ingrid Marie apples. It quickly became popular, especially in Europe and was first introduced to America in 1972. [1] It remains popular in Continental Europe, but less so in the United Kingdom.
An apple is a round, edible fruit produced by an apple tree (Malus spp., among them the domestic or orchard apple; Malus domestica). Apple trees are cultivated worldwide and are the most widely grown species in the genus Malus. The tree originated in Central Asia, where its wild ancestor, Malus sieversii, is still found.
Dutch Mignonne is an apple cultivar originating from the Netherlands. [1] This cultivar is a Dutch medium-sized (71x60mm) apple introduced to England in about 1820 by Georg Lindley. A dual purpose apple, it is picked in early October and used from November to February. Its skin is greenish-yellow, with an orange-red flush.
The Golden Orange apple is an apple cultivar that was first developed in Italy in the 1970s (released 1996) by crossing PRI 1956-6 and Ed Gould Golden apples.. Some properties include a resistance to scab, [1] moderate vigor, medium-late blooming season, moderately large size, symmetry, [2] lack of russeting, ripening period longer than that of Golden Delicious, and long storage ability.
Chinese apple is a name used for several fruits : Citrus × sinensis (orange) is referred to as Chinese apple in Dutch, sinaasappel or appelsien , and sometimes German, Apfelsine , Swedish apelsin , Finnish appelsiini and Danish and Norwegian appelsin , and Icelandic appelsína', and Lithuanian apelsinas .
The unnamed fruit of Eden thus became an apple under the influence of the story of the golden apples in the Garden of Hesperides. As a result, the apple became a symbol for knowledge, immortality, temptation, the fall of man and sin. According to the Bible, there is nothing to show the forbidden fruit of the tree of knowledge was necessarily an ...
This may be extended even further, comparing the fruit to non-physical concepts, such as "apples and jury nullification". A particular related idiom found in accounting and economics is that of the "apples to apples comparison"; such comparisons are meant to filter out such complicating factors as accounting standards, size and scale and time ...