Apple Cultivars

Over 7,500 cultivars of the culinary or eating apple (''Malus domestica'') are known. Some are extremely important economically as commercial products, though the vast majority are not suitable for mass production. In the following list, use for "eating" means that the fruit is consumed raw, rather than cooked. Cultivars used primarily for making cider are indicated. Those varieties marked have gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.

This list does not include the species and varieties of apples collectively known as crab apples, which are grown primarily for ornamental purposes, though they may be used to make jelly or compote. These are described under ''Malus''.

Table of apples

Abbreviations

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

H

I

J

K

L

M

N

O

P

Q

R

S

T

U

V

W

Y

Z

Cider apples

Cider apples are a variety of apples that may be far too sour or bitter for fresh eating, but are used for making cider. Varieties in are used for both cider and eating purposes.

D.L. Downing, Processed Apple products, New York, 1989

Rootstock cultivars

Selection of rootstock cultivars can be difficult: vigorous roots tend to give trees that are healthy but grow too tall to be harvested easily without careful pruning, while dwarfing rootstocks result in small trees that are easy to harvest from, but are often shorter-lived and sometimes less healthy. Most modern commercial orchards use one of the "Malling series" ( 'M' series), introduced or developed by the East Malling Research Station from the early 20th century onward. However, a great deal of work has been done recently introducing new rootstocks in Poland, the U.S. (Geneva), and other nations. The Polish rootstocks are often used where cold hardiness is needed. The Geneva series of rootstocks has been developed to resist important diseases such as fireblight and collar rot, as well as for high fruit productivity.

See also

* Cooking apple
* Lists of cultivars
* List of apple dishes
* List of Japanese apple cultivars
* Welsh apples
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References

Further reading

Two of the most comprehensive publications on apple cultivars are:
Khanizadeh, S. and J. Cousineau. 1998. "Our Apples/ Les Pommiers de Chez Nous", A Description of Over 250 Apple Cultivars Grown in Eastern and Central Canada Including 400 Coloured Photographs of the Fruits, Flowers and Leaves. Publisher Shahrokh Khanizadeh, 260 p. Ed: S. Khanizadeh. .
* ''The New Book of Apples'' () by Dr Joan Morgan o
The National Fruit Collection
and Alison Richards.
* ''Directory of Apple Cultivars'' () by Martin Crawford o
The Agroforestry Research Trust
* For Cider apples - "Cider Apples, The New Pomona" by Liz Copas
* ''Apples'' () by Roger Yepsen. Text of apple history and descriptions with full-color watercolor illustrations of 90 apple varieties by Yepsen. W.W. Norton and Company, New York and London.
* "Old Southern Apples" () by Creighton Lee Calhoun Jr.
* Khanizadeh, S. and J. Cousineau. 1998. "Our Apples/ Les Pommiers de Chez Nous", A Description of Over 250 Apple Cultivars Grown in Eastern and Central Canada Including 400 Coloured Photographs of the Fruits, Flowers and Leaves. Publisher Shahrokh Khanizadeh, 260 p. Ed: S. Khanizadeh. .
* Muranty, H., Denancé, C., Feugey, L., Crépin, J. L., Barbier, Y., Tartarini, S., ... Durel, C. E. (2020)
Using whole-genome SNP data to reconstruct a large multi-generation pedigree in apple germplasm
BMC Plant Biology, 20(1), 1–18.

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