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Red Delicious is a type of apple with a red exterior and sweet taste that was first recognized in Madison County, Iowa, in 1872. Today, the name Red Delicious comprises more than 50 cultivars. It was the most produced apple cultivar in the United States from 1968 until 2018, when it was surpassed by Gala. [1] [2] [3]
A small apple with red flush. Flesh white, tender, subacid. Eating Use December–March Acheson [11] Alberta, Canada Introduced 1941 Fruit large, greenish yellow. Parentage Delicious x unknown. Eating Use August–September Acklam Russet [12] [13] Yorkshire, England 1768 A small russet apple. Cells ovate, axile.
The McIntosh (/ ˈ m æ k ɪ n ˌ t ɒ ʃ / MAK-in-tosh), McIntosh Red, or colloquially the Mac, is an apple cultivar, the national apple of Canada. The fruit has red and green skin, a tart flavour, and tender white flesh, which ripens in late September. It is considered an all-purpose apple, suitable both for cooking and eating raw.
Juvenile leaves at Mount Glorious, Queensland. Syzygium ingens, commonly known as red apple, [2] is a species of flowering plant that is endemic to eastern Australia. It is a medium-sized to tall rainforest tree with narrow elliptic to oblong leaves and panicles of white flowers on the ends of branchlets, followed by spherical red berries.
It is the first widely grown apple variety developed in Washington. [5] The apple ripens at the same time as the Red Delicious and is expected by producers to replace a large part of Red Delicious stocks. The Cosmic Crisp apple was made available to consumers in 2019, [6] after twenty years of development. [7] [8]
Originating from New Zealand in the 1930s, similar to most named apples, it is clonally propagated. In 2018, it surpassed Red Delicious as the apple cultivar with the highest production in the United States, according to the US Apple Association. It was the first time in over 50 years that any cultivar was produced more than Red Delicious. [2]
Other names for the Winesap include American Wine Sop, Banana, Hendrick's Sweet, Holland's Red Winter, Potpie, Pot Pie Apple, Red Sweet Wine Sop, Refugee, Royal Red of Kentucky, Texan Red, Winter Winesap. [3] Many strains exist, of two types - striped or blushed. There are also many sports of the Winesap apple.
A 'York Imperial' apple. The 'York Imperial' is easily identified by its lop-sided shape. [5] [13] It is consistently one of the top-ten-selling apple varieties. [14]The fruit is medium to large, and varies from an oblate-oblique shape to an oval-oblong shape, and the skins are deep red with greenish-yellow streaks and specks, as well as occasional patches of yellow or green.