Fresh Eating Apples

  • Cornish Gilliflower

    Cornish Gilliflower

    Also known as: Julyflower, Cornish Julyflower A absolutely wonderful dessert apple discovered in a cottage garden in Cornwall, England, sometime in the 18th century and introduced in 1813. Not an especially attractive apple with dull green skin with reddish brown coloration and thin russet covering. …

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  • Claygate Pearmain

    Claygate Pearmain

    A very high quality English dessert apple, found growing in a hedge by John Braddick of Claygate, in the county of Surrey in England. Fruit has a rich, nutty flavor with a good balance of sugars and acids. Skin is dull green, partially covered with …

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  • Clara's Creek Apple

    Clara’s Creek Apple

    This is a first-rate cooking and fresh eating apple obtained in 1999 from the late Mrs. Clara Daugherty, a very sweet 95 year-old lady who lived here in Ashe Co. She and her late husband once had a large apple orchard in the 1940’s and …

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  • Cherryville Black

    Cherryville Black

    This variety was collected by Lee Calhoun in 1987 from Ernest Sellers of Cherryville, NC. It is an unique variety grown by the Sellers family for many years. Believed to be named for Elszy Black, grandfather of Mr. Sellers. Calhoun describes this as one of …

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  • Chenango Strawberry

    Chenango Strawberry

    Also known as: Sherwood’s Favorite, Early Sugar Loaf, Jackson Apple A very beautiful apple originating in New York around 1850. Excellent for both fresh eating and cooking. The fruit should be picked when the skin begins to develop a milky appearance. Medium sized fruit is …

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  • Cauley

    Cauley

    Also known as: Cally, Colley An apple of the Deep South, Cauley arose in Mississippi prior to 1860. According to Calhoun (1995) the apple was “resurrected” in 1919 when a mature tree was found in Grenada, Mississippi. Several young trees were grafted from this old …

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  • Chandler

    Chandler

    Also known as: Winter Chandler, Chandler’s Red An apple which originated in Chelmsford, Massachusetts in the early 1800’s. Fruit is medium to large, roundish to slightly flattened, with pale yellow skin colorfully splashed and striped with dull red. Flesh is greenish-white to yellow, firm, crisp …

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  • Carter's Blue

    Carter’s Blue

    Also known as: Lady Fitzpatrick, Patton, Alabama Pearmain(?) Carter’s Blue was first grown in the 1840’s by Colonel Carter of Mount Meigs Depot, Alabama. The fruit is very attractive with a bluish color due to its heavy bloom. Once thought to be extinct, this wonderful …

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  • Carolina Pippin

    Carolina Pippin

    This apple is believed to be an old North Carolina variety but its origin is unclear. In 1995, a very old tree thought to be well over one hundred years old was discovered by our good friend and fellow apple collector, Maurice Marshall of Pinnacle, …

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  • Cannon Pearmain

    Cannon Pearmain

    Also known as: Alpian, Red Cannon, Green Cannon, Anderson, Cannon First mentioned in literature in 1804, Cannon Pearmain is a fine all-purpose apple suitable for fresh eating, drying, cooking, and cider making. Like many long-keeping varieties, it improves greatly after several weeks in storage. It …

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