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Your top 10 varieties

These are the most popular variety pages visited on Orange Pippin in the last few months.

Top 10 by page hits

  1. 1. Apple - Pink Lady

    Photo of Pink LadyOne of the best-known modern apples, Pink Lady is actually a trademark and the variety is more correctly known as Cripps Pink.

  2. 2. Apple - Honeycrisp

    Sometimes marketed as Honey Crisp or Honeycrunch, this is a crisp, and predominantly sweet, modern variety from the USA. It was developed by the University of Minnesota specifically for growers in cold climates, and is one of the most cold-hardy of apple varieties.

  3. 3. Apple - Fuji

    Photo of FujiFuji is is by far the most successful Japanese apple variety, known for its crisp sweet-flavored flesh and long storage potential.

  4. 4. Apple - Granny Smith

    Photo of Granny SmithThe most instantly-recognised of all apples, and perhaps Australia's most famous export.

  5. 5. Apple - Cox's Orange Pippin

    Photo of Cox's Orange PippinThis is the benchmark for flavor in apples - from a good tree in a good year it can achieve exceptional flavor.

  6. 6. Apple - Gala

    Photo of GalaOne of the most widely-grown apple varieties, with a sweet pleasant flavour, and good keeping qualities.

  7. 7. Apple - McIntosh

    Photo of McIntoshA crisp red apple with bright white flesh and refreshing sweet flavor.

  8. 8. Apple - Ambrosia

    Photo of AmbrosiaA sweet modern apple variety from western Canada, quite similar to Golden Delicious. Discovered as a chance seedling in an orchard in British Columbia.

  9. 9. Apple - Red Delicious

    Photo of Red DeliciousOne of the most famous American apple varieties, a sport of Delicious, known for its bright red color.

  10. 10. Apple - Braeburn

    Braeburn was the first of the new wave of bi-colored supermarket apple varieties, and re-established the importance of flavor in commercial apples.

Top 10 by visitor votes

  1. 1. Apple - Pink Lady

    Photo of Pink LadyOne of the best-known modern apples, Pink Lady is actually a trademark and the variety is more correctly known as Cripps Pink.

  2. 2. Apple - McIntosh

    Photo of McIntoshA crisp red apple with bright white flesh and refreshing sweet flavor.

  3. 3. Apple - Spartan

    Photo of SpartanAttractive, crunchy, sweet, easy to grow, and with the characteristic delicate wine-like 'vinous' flavor of the McIntosh family of apples.

  4. 4. Apple - James Grieve

    A versatile cooking apple, excellent for juice, and widely used in breeding programmes.

  5. 5. Apple - Mutsu

    Photo of MutsuA versatile dual-purpose apple, sharp but still pleasant to eat fresh. Also known as Crispin.

  6. 6. Apple - Newtown Pippin

    Photo of Newtown PippinAlso known as Albermarle Pippin. Made famous by none other than Thomas Jefferson, who grew them in his orchard at Monticello. One of the first US apple exports to the UK.

  7. 7. Apple - Worcester Pearmain

    A popular early-season English apple, sometimes with a strawberry flavour. Often used in breeding programmes to develop other early varieties.

  8. 8. Apple - Grimes Golden

    Photo of Grimes GoldenGreat historical interest as the probable parent of Golden Delicious, with similar sweet flavour and good keeping qualities, and widely planted during early 20th century.

  9. 9. Apple - Rubinette

    Photo of RubinetteProbably the best-tasting apple in the world.

  10. 10. Apple - Akane

    Photo of AkaneOne of the best early-season apples, better known in the USA than Europe, but would appeal to European tastes too.