A List of dissimilar Varieties of Apples

An apple a day is said to keep the physician away, but the many kinds of apples amount in the dozens, and one may need a physician for trying to commit them all to memory. This list of separate varieties of apples narrows the choices down to some of the most popular ones, as well as offering some recomMendations for serving them.

A List of dissimilar Varieties of Apples

A List of dissimilar Varieties of Apples

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A List of dissimilar Varieties of Apples

A List of dissimilar Varieties of Apples

Cortland

Taking its name from Cortland County, New York, this is a mid-season apple variety that comes out in mid-September. It has easy-to-peel challenging red skin with yellow streaks and gray-green spots, and sweet-smelling white flesh that does not discolor even when cut open. An all-purpose apple, it is recomMended for use in baking apple pies and as applesauce.

Empire

An early-October mid-season apple, the Empire is a cross in the middle of the McIntosh and Red appetizing apple varieties. Round and medium-sized with spotted skin and creamy-white flesh , this all-purpose apple is especially great for salads and applesauce.

Golden Delicious

True to its name, the Golden appetizing has yellow skin and sweet, juicy, semi-firm flesh. Very fragile, it has a tendency to shrivel and bruise, and so must be handled carefully. In season from autumn to winter, it is used in pies, salads, applesauce and apple butter.

Granny Smith

Named after Maria Ann Serwood Smith (1799-1870), who first cultivated it in 1868. The Granny Smith apple has light-green skin and has a texture harder than other apples of its hue. It is a popular for use in salads and pies.

McIntosh

Not named after the Computer (most probably the other way around), this apple variety takes its name from John McIntosh, who discovered it in his farm in 1811. In season from early to mid-September, its skin is dark-red with green streaks and has a crisp, juicy, appetizing flesh. It is favored for pies, applesauce and apple cider.

Red Delicious

A late-season apple harvested in mid-October, the Red appetizing was at some point determined by some as The Great American Apple. Ordinarily eaten out of hand, the reasons for its name are perhaps obvious.

Spartan

The goods of scientific breeding, the Spartan is a cross in the middle of the McIntosh and as yet unspecified apple variety. With dark-red, white-spotted skin, and fluctuating in size from medium to large, ithis all-purpose apple is sweeter and more crisp than its parent the McIntosh.

Apart from the ones just cited, the list of separate variaties of apples goes on and on. Nutritious as well as delicious, the discrete types of apples are as numerous as the discrete ways of eating them, offering a multitude of options for enjoying what is perhaps the most popular among all fruits. If one has an apple a day, one might as well try a separate kind each time.

A List of dissimilar Varieties of Apples