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Empire is a variety of apple which is a cross between McIntosh and Red Delicious and takes on the best characteristics of both. It is redder and firmer than McIntosh, and because it stores longer it provides the marketplace with a McIntosh-type apple well into the spring. Some claim that
Empire' s flavour, like fine wine, improves during storage. It combines the mild tartness of McIntosh with full-flavoured Red Delicious sweetness. In 1989 24 leading international apple researchers were polled as to what they considered the ten best apple varieties in the world, and they ranked Empire No. 7. It is excellent for eating out of hand and in salads and for use in baking and cooking.
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Fuji is a variety of apple produced by Japanese breeders who crossed the American Midwestern variety Red Delicious with the antique Virginia apple Ralls Janet. It's been sweeping America as well in the 1990s as a salad and dessert apple and for eating fresh. Its appeal is its low-acid sweetness combined with juicy firm-fleshed crispiness and warm aroma. It keeps longer than most other varieties at room temperature. The characteristic colour includes a pink stripe, but high-colouring
Fuji strains are now available that are closer to red all over.
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Red Delicious is a popular American eating apple with a mild sweet flavour, a deep ruby coloured skin and a heart shape. It is not good for cooking.
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Starking is a variety of eating apple that originated in the USA in the 1920' s and is a mutation of Red Delicious. The Starking is in full blossom in mid- October and is harvested in early March. It is a medium to large apple with red stripes on a green-yellow background. The stripes are sometimes poorly developed. Russeting often occurs at the stem-end. The flesh is cream and the texture is crisp. It is sweet and juicy and a very popular eating apple, but is poorly suited to baking.
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Like Starking, Starkrimson is a variety of apple that was found in the USA and is a Red Delicious mutation. It is in full bloom from early to mid- October and is harvested in early March. It is a medium to large apple. The skin has a full red colour with conspicuous lenticels. The skin sometimes has a muddy, brown hue to it. The flesh is cream, the texture is crisp and the taste is sweet.
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Topred is a variety of apple that was discovered in the 1950's in Columbia, USA. It is a mutation of Shotwell Delicious, which was itself a mutation of Red Delicious. Topred is in full bloom from mid to late October and is harvested from late February to early March. Topred has a deep red colour, more uniform than a Starking and with conspicuous lenticels. It is a medium to large fruit. The flesh is creamy-white in colour with a crisp texture. The taste is sweet and juicy and delicious to eat. This apple is not suited to baking.
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Imperial Red Delicious is a variety of apple.
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Redspur Red Delicious is a variety of apple.
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Red Delicious is a variety of apple.
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Red King Red Delicious is a variety of apple.
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