| Mabbots Pearmain |
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| Mabel Kagel |
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| Macfree |
| McIntosh X PRI-38-177, Red, A new, disease-resistant variation of McIntosh. Early ripening |
| Maclean's Favourite |
| A high quality late-season dessert apple with a rich sweet-sharp flavour. The tree is a heavy cropper but can be disease-prone. |
| Macleod |
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| Macoun |
| Another McIntosh style apple variety from the famous Geneva Research Station, and considered one of the better ones. Deep red, Similar to McIntosh. Good eating. Flesh is white, highly flavored, aromatic. Midseason. McIntosh X Jersey Black |
| MacShay |
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| Macspur |
| McIntosh sport, red, A spur-type McIntosh with heavier yields. Midseason |
| Mac Wild Spur |
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| Madeleine |
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| Madina |
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| Madison Mammoth |
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| Madona crab |
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| Madresfield Court |
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| Magnolia |
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| Magnolia Gold |
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| Magnum Bonum |
| Medium, slightly oblate, red with yellow background, mildly tart, great flavor, ripe late September. |
| Magnum Gala |
| Larger apples than Gala. |
| Magog Redstreak |
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| Maharaji |
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| Mahogany |
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| Mai |
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| Maiden's Blush |
| Cooking, dessert and cider apple, also dries well. Flat, round pale yellow-skinned fruit with crimson blush. Crisp, tender flesh with sharp acid flavor that mellows with ripening. |
| Maid of Kent |
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| Maigold |
| Crisp, juicy flesh; mildly subacid, sweet flavor. Slightly honeyed, mellowing to a citrus taste in storage. Bruise resistant. Keeps well in storage. |
| Maikki |
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| Mailbox |
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| Mairac |
| A modern Swiss apple, derived from Gala and Maigold and released in 2002. |
| Majo |
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| Major |
| Bittersweet hard cider |
| Major C |
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| Major Crunch |
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| Make |
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| Malabois |
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| Malinda |
| Yellow apple with slight taste of pears. Not widely grown today, but parent of many University of Minnesota bred apples. |
| Malinda Crab |
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| Malling |
| A synonym for Kent. |
| Malt Bagevskli |
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| Maltster |
| A 19th century dual-purpose variety, with a very modern red-streaked appearance |
| Mammoth Black Twig |
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| Mammoth Crab |
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| Mammy |
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| Manch Rouge |
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| Manchurian Crab |
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| Manito |
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| Manitoba |
| Duchess X Tolman Sweet, Yellow with scarlet blush, Fine-grained melting white flesh with spicy flavor, very good cooking quality. A vigorous grower. Late ripening |
| Manitoba Spy |
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| Manks Codlin |
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| Mann |
| (Big Horse Creek Farm) Originated as a chance seedling in 1850 in the orchard of Judge Mooney of Oswego County, New York. It was introduced into Niagara County, New York by a Dr. Mann and later named for him by the Western New York State Horticultural Society. Fruit medium to large with greenish to deep yellow skin and sometimes lightly covered with patches of russet. Flesh is yellow, firm, and juicy. Ripens late fall and keeps into the early spring. |
| Mannington Pearmain |
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| Manolta |
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| Mantet |
| An early-season apple variety from Canada. Amber, washed and striped red, Excellent for fresh eating, sweet and juicy with pleasant flavor. Tree upright and productive. Tetovsky X McIntosh |
| Mantuanskoye |
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| Marachal |
| hard Cider |
| Marble |
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| March 1 |
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| Marcoun |
| An old Italian apple variety, with a sweet flavour which keeps very well. |
| Margaret |
| (Big Horse Creek Farm) A very old variety originating in England and sold in the South for many years as Striped June or Early Striped June. Margaret is characterized by its small to medium size with an oblong to slightly conical shape. The skin is yellow with dark red striping concentrated most at the stem end. The crisp, white flesh is tender, juicy, and quite flavorful for an early season apple. Ripens June to July. |
| Margil |
| pre 1750 Europe) Known in England since 1750 but thought to have originated somewhere in Europe. Medium size fruit, yellowish orange, deep red streaks, some russet. Firm, sweet, rich. One of the best flavored dessert apples |
| Maribor 2439 |
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| Mariborka |
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| Marie Joseph D'Othee |
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| Marie Menard |
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| Marigold Schin H6 (Swiss) |
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| Marin Onfroy |
| hard Cider |
| Markel |
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| Marks Sweet |
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| Marlin Stephens |
| Red and yellow, Large, juicy, good for dessert and culinary use. Midseason |
| Marlyns Delight |
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| Marquesa |
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| Marriage Maker |
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| Martha |
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| Martha's Crab |
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| Martha x Dolgo Crab |
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| Martini VH430 |
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| Maruba |
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| Maryland |
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| Mary Potter Crab |
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| Mary Reid |
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| Matais |
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| Mattamusket |
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| Matthews |
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| Maude |
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| Maude Hyatt Seedling |
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| Maunerbe |
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| Maunzenapfel |
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| Mausbys Fine Winter |
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| Max Trio |
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| May |
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| Maybride |
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| May of Virginia |
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| Maypole |
| Maypole is a crab-apple that's notable for its beautiful blossoms, columnar growth habit, and good quality red-fleshed fruit. |
| May Queen |
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| Mays Apple |
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| McClean |
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| McCleay |
| Medium sized, flattened round, red. Tart, melting flesh. Discovered in a fencerow in McCleay, OR, Ripens September 25 |
| McClintock Grimes |
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| McCoy Red Winter |
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| McCuller |
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| McDonald Crab |
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| McGhees Seedling |
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| McIntosh |
| A crisp red apple with bright white flesh and refreshing sweet flavor. Large fruit. Midseason. Fameuse X Detroit Red |
| McIntosh Boiler |
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| McIntosh Cornwall |
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| McIntosh Disease Resistant |
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| McIntosh Improved |
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| McIntosh Kimball |
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| McIntosh Marshall |
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| McIntosh Rogers Red |
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| McIntosh spur type |
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| Mcintosh Starkspur |
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| McIntosh Summerland Red |
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| McKinskey |
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| McLean |
| Medium sized attractive pale yellow skinned apple, with a light blush. Flesh is mildly acid, with good quality. |
| McLeary |
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| McLellan |
| Light smooth, straw colored fruit, covered with stripes and marblings of lively red. Good sprightly taste of fruit in November. Crisp, firm flesh. |
| McLemore |
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| Mclntosh Cornwall |
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| Mclntosh Kimball |
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| Mclntosh Marshall |
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| Mclntosh Rogers Red |
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| Mclntosh Summerland Red |
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| McMahon |
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| McMahone White |
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| McNicholas Greening |
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| Medaille d'Or |
| A traditional French bittersweet cider variety. |
| Medina |
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| Medusa |
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| Meglomer |
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| Megumi |
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| Mela Carla |
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| Melanie |
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| Melanie Golden White |
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| Melba |
| Attractive, high quality, yellow washed with crimson fruit. Very white, firm, crisp, sweet flesh. A sweet subacid flavor. McIntosh open pollinated, 1898, This is one of the very best summer apples. The color is mostly red or pinkish red. The Melba apple is crisp and juicy. The white flesh is firm and crisp with a subacid flavor. The fruit holds up well for a summer apple. Tree is productive and bears at a young age. |
| Meldrum |
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| Melon |
| Fruits very good quality. Medium large, skin yellow, red striped, round, oblate, conical with mild flavor. |
| Melred |
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| Melrose |
| Official Ohio State apple. Large flattened fruit. Yellowish green skin flushed and streaked dark red with russet spots. Firm, coarse, juicy creamy white flesh. Slightly acid flavor. Very good cooking and dessert qualities. Best after Christmas when it develops it's fruity aroma. |
| Melrose Spur |
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| Melrouge |
| Redder sport of Melrose with more intense flavor. An excellent flavored dessert apple. Size is large and roundish flat. Very good for cooking. Stores well. |
| Mendocino |
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| Mendocino Cox |
| Yellow with red stripes. |
| Menger Jewell |
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| Mere De Menage |
| Origin not known. It has been known since the late 1700s. Large, shaped like a Bramley, irregular and lopsided but king apples can be tall and oblong – one in a sample is not much help with identification as they vary so much. Five or more crowns at apex.
Dull green almost completely covered with dark brown/crimson or purple/crimson flush, darker stripes. Lenticels very conspicuous as grey/white dots. |
| Meridian |
| An attractive well-flavoured modern English apple, difficult to detect the Cox parentage though. |
| Merit |
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| Merton 778 |
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| Merton 789 |
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| Merton 793 |
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| Merton Ace |
| A synonym for Merton Knave. |
| Merton Beauty |
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| Merton Charm |
| Medium sized flat shaped fruit, rectangular, convex, not ribbed; skin greenish yellow, sometimes with a slight brownish red flush. Flesh tender, crisp, creamy white; flavor sweet subacid. |
| Merton Delight |
| Size medium, shape intermediate to flat, skin yellow, striped pinkish red. Flesh tender, crisp, creamy. Flavor sweet to subacid. |
| Merton Joy |
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| Merton Knave |
| An early-season English dessert apple, raised in the mid twentieth century. |
| Merton Pearmain |
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| Merton Pippin |
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| Merton Prolific |
| An interesting cross between a cooker (Northern Greening) and a dessert apple (Cox's Orange Pippin). |
| Merton Russet |
| Small. Golden russet colored. Flesh very crisp, deep yellow, and juicy. Complex sweet/spicy flavor. |
| Merton Worcester |
| An interesting early/mid season dessert variety, probably deserves to be better known. |
| Messire Jacques |
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| Metais |
| Bitter hard cider |
| Miami |
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| Michael Henry Pippin |
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| Michaelmas Red |
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| Michelin |
| Michelin is a traditional French hard cider apple variety producing a medium bittersweet juice. |
| Michinoke |
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| Michurins Bessiemianka |
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| Michurins Seedless |
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| Middletown Fameuse |
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| Midget Crab |
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| Midland Weeping Crab |
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| Mikes Greening |
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| Milam |
| (Big Horse Creek Farm) Milam was first introduced into Illinois in 1902 as Red Winter Pearmain, but is thought to have originally come from Virginia or Kentucky. It is small to medium with smooth, greenish-yellow skin overlaid with light red, but becoming much darker red when exposed to the sun. Greenish-white flesh is tender, crisp, juicy and somewhat coarse in texture. Ripens September to October and keeps until January or later. |
| Milden |
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| Mildew Immune Seedling |
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| Milim |
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| Mill Creek |
| Small, red, late blooming and leafing, dependable crops, discovered in Turner, OR, Ripens September 25 |
| Mill End |
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| Miller Creek Pound |
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| Miller Sour |
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| Miller's Seedling |
| A small early-season English apple, popular in late Victorian times. A dessert apple with medium sized fruit. It has a greenish/yellow skin flushed pink and with bright red stripes. There is slight russeting. It is crisp, juicy and very sweet. |
| Milley |
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| Millicent Barnes |
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| Mill Rose |
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| Milo Gibson |
| Red and yellow fruit. A fine tasting apple with unique licorice flavor. |
| Milton |
| Medium sized, pale yellow covered fruit with deep cherry red flush. Fine grained white flesh. Juicy with sweet hint of raspberry flavors. Similar to McIntosh in flavor but more aromatic, great for sauce. Tree is annual bearer and tolerant to rust. Early midseason. McIntosh X Yellow Transparent |
| Milwa |
| A synonym for Junami. |
| Milwaukee |
| Russian, Yellow, red striped, Excellent keeper. Flavorful, slightly tart. Good for cooking and cider. Bears annually and produces at a young age. Late ripening |
| Mingan |
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| Ming Shing |
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| Minister Von Hammerstein |
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| Minjon |
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| Minkler |
| (Big Horse Creek Farm) As described in Beach’s Apples of New York (1905), Minkler was recognized as a popular apple in Illinois around 1865 where its cultivation was confined to this region and adjoining states. The history of the apple is very confusing but it is known it was first exhibited before the Illinois Horticultural Society around this period by Mr. S.G. Minkler. The apple is medium-sized and uniform in shape. The thin, slightly tough skin is smooth, glossy, greenish-yellow changing to pale yellow and overspread with a pinkish-red blush and splashes of dark carmine. The yellow to greenish flesh is very firm and coarse, slightly aromatic and very crisp and juicy. Ripens late October to early November. |
| Minneiska |
| A synonym for SweeTango. |
| Minnesota 1734 |
| Bronze russet, Small fruit is hard, yellow-fleshed, and richly flavored. Makes excellent tasting cider. Annual producer of heavy crops. Keeps all winter in storage. Late ripening |
| Minnesota 447 |
| Frostbite was just recently named by the University of Minnesota. Known as MN 447, it is an older cultivar that has been used as a parent in the breeding of other successful U of MN apple varieties. Because of its unique, sweet, aromatic, and unusual flavor people who know MN 447 had been encouraging the University to release it. The fruit is only small to medium in size, being 2¼ to 2½ inches in diameter, but is very firm, crisp and juicy. It will store for 3-4 months in common storage at 34-37°F. The flesh is a creamy, light yellow. It is an attractive maroon red over a yellow gold background. It usually exhibits striped coloration, but often can be somewhat dappled. It sometimes russets lightly, depending on the season. Like most Minnesota varieties, it is extremely hardy to USDA Zone 3b (-30 to -35°F). It has low to medium vigor. The tree is spreading and produces annually. |
| Minnewashta |
| A synonym for Zestar!. |
| Mio |
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| Mironchik |
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| Miron Sacharanij |
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| Mislimka |
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| Mississippi Pippen |
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| Missouri Pippin |
| (Big Horse Creek Farm) Noted for its very early bearing ability. Fruit is medium to large, roundish to conical and flattened on the ends. The thick, smooth skin is greenish-yellow mostly covered with dark and light red stripes and shading. The yellowish-white flesh is firm, coarse and breaking. Ripens November to December and is a good keeper. |
| Mitchell |
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| Mitchell Sweet |
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| Mitchurins Samenloser |
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| Mleevskaya Crasavitsa |
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| MN 1734 |
| Bronze russet fruit. Hard, yellow flesh. Rich flavor. Makes excellent tasting cider. |
| MN 1797 |
| A synonym for SnowSweet. |
| Mobbs Royal |
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| Moira |
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| Moiron Sacharaniv |
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| Mollie |
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| Mollie's Delicious |
| A very good to excellent early apple ripening. Fruits are large to very large, conical in shape with a pinkish red color. Has an exceptionally pleasing aftertaste. This quality can be maintained in storage for at least 10 weeks under refrigeration. |
| Moms Red |
| Large red apple found growing in a swampy area next to my mom’s house in Salem, OR. Excellent eating apple. |
| Monarch |
| Cooks to juicy puree, not as sharp as Bramley |
| Monark |
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| Monger Jewel |
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| Mongolian |
| Large to occasional very large, flattened, bright red, waxy surface, slightly tart, ripe September. Originally sold by a nursery in the Brushy Mountains of Wilkes Co., NC. |
| Monmouth Beauty |
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| Monmouth Pippin |
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| Monroe |
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| Monroe Sweet |
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| Montana Red |
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| Montgomery |
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| Montreal Peach |
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| Moonlight |
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| Moore Sweet |
| Fruit medium to large. Uniform in size and shape. Shape roundish. Skin smooth, rather pale in color, being yellow or greenish overspread with a red or pinkish red blush and dulled by greyish scarfskin. Flesh tinged with yellow or green, moderately firm, moderately fine grained, tender, rather dry, sweet, good. |
| Morden 358 |
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| Morden 359 |
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| Morden 360 |
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| Morden 363 |
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| Morden 370 (Red Sparkle) |
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| Morden Ruby |
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| Morganduft |
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| Morgans Christmas |
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| Morgan Sweet |
| An old cider apple variety, popular in the "west country" of the UK, and sweet enough to eat fresh. |
| Morgan (TB) |
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| Morgenduftapfel |
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| Morley's Seedling |
| A late-season English cooking apple, from Cambrideshire in eastern England. |
| Morning Star |
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| Morrison Yellow |
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| Moscow Pear |
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| Moses Wood |
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| Mostrom Pippin |
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| Mother |
| An old Massachusetts apple variety rated for its flavor. |
| Mother Bud |
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| Mottais |
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| Mott Pink |
| red-fleshed apple with a beautiful delicate flavour. |
| Mott Sweet |
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| Mountain Belle |
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| Mountain Boomer |
| A huge round apple, some specimens being larger than a saucer. It is a pale yellow with an occasional blush where exposed to the sun. Flavor and texture are exceptional, considering the size of the fruit. |
| Mountain Dale |
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| Mountaineer |
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| Mountain Red Coat |
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| Mountain Rose |
| Discovered near the town of Airlie in western Oregon, Mountain Rose displays profuse pink blooms in the spring followed by large, large greenish yellow apples with crisp, dark red flesh, and delicious sweet- tart flavor. Mountain Rose ripens in early October and can be stored until spring. Also known as Hidden Rose and Airlie Red Flesh |
| Mount Slckler White |
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| Moyers Prize |
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| Moyer's Spice |
| A rather large apple of the Yellow Bellflower group: yellow, often blushed with red. Flesh is moderately crisp, coarse, very juicy, mildly subacid, becoming sweet or nearly so. Good to very good in flavor and quality. A hardy and vigorous variety from the collection of the late Henry Morton of Gatlinburg, Tennessee. This medium-sized, aromatic red apple has white flesh with a spicy subacid to sweet flavor. Ripens in mid-July. |
| Mr Gladstone |
| A synonym for Gladstone. |
| Mr Homer |
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| Mr Prothero |
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| Mrs Bryan |
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| Mrs Carter |
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| Mrs Francis |
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| Mrs Phillmore |
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| Mrs Wards Early |
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| Mt. Boomer |
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| Mt. Sickler White |
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| Mucini |
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| Mule Apple |
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| Multnomah |
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| Munson Sweet |
| (Big Horse Creek Farm) A prolific apple originating in Massachusetts before 1849, It is an attractive, medium-sized apple having a smooth, but thick, tough golden-yellow skin with an occasional red blush. The yellow-tinged flesh is moderately fine-grained, tender, juicy and very sweet. Ripens late September to November. |
| Murasaki |
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| Murray |
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| Muscadet De Bernay |
| Hard cider apple. |
| Muscadet de Dieppe |
| Excellent cider apple. Orange-red, smallish fruit. Sweet and aromatic. |
| Muscadet De Lense |
| hard cider |
| Muscadet Livce |
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| Muscat de Bernay |
| Hard cider apple |
| Muscat de Venus |
| A small fruit, Muscat de Venus has a thin pale skin splashed with pink and violet coloring. The grape-like effect is enhanced by a delicate bloom. While the texture is crisp, the flavor is intensely vinous and suggestive of muscat grapes. This is an extraordinary choice for dessert or cider. Ripens in late October and early November. |
| Muskmellon |
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| Muskmellon Sweet |
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| Muster |
| Small round flat apple with striking red-orange or pink skin with prominent brown or grey spots. The flesh is pure white, Coarse, but crisp and very sweet. Ripens in early September. |
| Mutsu |
| A versatile dual-purpose apple, sharp but still pleasant to eat fresh. Also known as Crispin. |
| Mutton |
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| Muzalma |
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| Myers Red Duck |
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| My Jewel |
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| Myra Red Fuji |
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| Mystery |
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