| Variety |
Parentage |
Color |
Season |
Description |
| Baldwin |
Massachusetts 1740 ? |
yellow skin covered with dark red and crimson |
Mid |
one-time leading commercial variety; yellowish-white flesh; firm, crisp, and juicy; keeps well |
| Bancroft |
McIntosh X Forest |
Red |
Late |
Quality fair when ripe, improves with storage. Exceptionally good keeper. |
| Bechtel Crab |
Malus ioensis open pollinated |
Green |
-- |
Important not for the fruit, but for its flowers, which are double-petaled
and pink like miniature roses. Extremely sweet-smelling, perfuming the
air when in blossom. |
| Belle de Boskoop |
Netherlands ? |
greenish yellow skin, blushed with red |
Mid |
large, flattened and regular in shape; excellent dessert apple; coarse, crisp, creamy flesh, with subacid flavor; cooks well; keeps well |
| Belmont |
Pennsylvania 1800's ? |
bright yellow |
Mid |
large, globular in shape; yellowish flesh, tender and mild-flavored |
| Ben Davis |
Southern US 1800's ? |
bright yellow mottled with dark and bright red blushing |
Mid |
once important commercial variety; keeps extremely well |
| Benham |
Tennessee late 1800's ? |
greenish-yellow with occasional red blush |
Early |
medium in size, roundish to slightly conical; yellowish, tender, juicy and fine-grained flesh' slow to brown; excellent for freezing or drying |
| Benoni |
Massachusetts around 1832 ? |
yellowish-orange mostly covered with bright red and deep carmine striping |
Early |
high-quality dessert apple; fine-grained, crisp and juicy flesh |
| Bentley's Sweet |
Virginia 1800 ? |
greenish-yellow with stripes and splashes of light and dark red |
Late |
fine-grained, crisp, firm, juicy, and very sweet flesh; keeps very well |
| Bevan's Favorite |
Salem, New Jersey 1842 ? |
greenish-yellow with broad red striping |
Early |
Old Southern US favorite; medium in size, slightly conical; crisp, moderately juicy, fine-grained flesh; not a good keeper |
| Bietigheimer |
Germany 1598 ? |
pale yellow to green with dark and light red striping |
Early |
large size, roundish to slightly conical shape; coarse tough flesh, considered a cooking apple; not a good keeper |
| Black Amish |
Pennsylvania ? |
varying shades of red |
Early |
large to very large size; yellowish crisp and fine-grained flesh |
| Black Gilliflower |
Connecticut 1700's ? |
dark red to purplish with faint red striping |
Late |
medium to large, distinctly conical or tapered in shape; greenish-white, firm, coarse, aromatic and moderately juicy flesh. Also known as "Sheepnose" |
| Blacktwig |
Winesap X ? |
greenish-yellow with dark red and indistinct dark red striping |
Mid |
Early American apple; medium to large; yellow, firm, and juicy flesh with a mild subacid flavor; good keeper |
| Blenheim Orange |
Oxfordshire, England 1740 ? |
dull greenish-yellow flushed with speckled reddish-orange |
Late |
large and somewhat flattened; creamy white, coarse, firm, and moderately juicy flesh
|
| Blue Pearmain |
Old American, unknown |
Red |
Late |
Juicy, firm flesh. Will keep all winter. |
| Bramley's Seedling |
English 1700's ? |
greenish-yellow, light red striping |
Late |
very large; excellent baking apple; tangy, sharp flavor and outstanding cider-making qualities |
| Britemac |
Melba X Kildare |
Red, striped |
Mid |
Flesh white, juicy and crisp. Eating quality as good or better than
McIntosh. |
| Brogden |
Alabama ca. 1945 ? |
mostly red |
Early |
fine flavored; large; suited for warm climates |
| Brown Apple |
Devon, England early 1900's ? |
dark red |
Mid |
vintage English cider apple, esteemed for its tangy, scented, fruity cider |
| Buckingham |
Virginia late 1700's ? |
yellow with dark red striping |
Early |
large and slightly conical; yellow, tender and juicy flesh; sprightly subacid flavor |
| Buff |
North Carolina 1850's ? |
light yellow, random red striping |
? |
large, irregular-shaped; tender flesh; subacid flavor; favored for cooking, drying, and apple butter |
| Bullet |
Southern US 1800's ? |
greenish, dull red and gray stripes and streaks |
Very late |
medium sized; white and firm flesh; brisk flavor; excellent keeper |
| Buncombe |
North Carolina 1800's ? |
yellow skin covered with deep purplish-red |
Early to mid |
high quality dessert apple; medium to large and very oblong or conical; yellowish, tender, juicy and sweet flesh |
| Bunker Hill |
New York 1800's ? |
whitish-yellow splashed with two shades of red. |
Mid to late |
medium-sized, roundish conical in shape; white, tender, juicy and subacid flesh, sometimes with a red stain next to the skin; fine flavored apple |
| Burgundy |
Monroe X NY #18491 |
bright pink overlaid with dark burgundy |
Mid |
medium-sized, roundish conical in shape; white flesh, heavily stained with pink; sweet and crisp; very good dessert apple |
