Kinds of Apples

The apple plant is known to have originated in Kazhakastan. From Kazhakastan, the apple spread to different parts of the world. Unlike the bigger apples of modern day, a typical apple fruit is small enough to fit in the palm. History of the fruit apple can be traced back to the Iron age. This widely cultivated fruit is known to have more than 7,500 cultivars. Let us understand more about apple varieties and their uses through the following article.

Different Kinds of Apples

The different types of apples described in the article should help you understand more about them.

Red Delicious Apples: This apple variety has a deep red color and thick skin. The apple skin is bitter in taste and its edible portion has a crispy texture. This popular cultivar is preferred over local varieties by farmers. Unlike the rounder varieties, the red delicious apples are thinner. It is best eaten when in the raw state. One shouldn't use this apple variety for baking.

Honey Crisp Apples: It is one of the different type of apples with sweet taste and crispy in the edible portion. Farmers have started growing this apple variety from the 1990s, it is a cultivar produced by crossing the Macaun and Honeygold varieties. Apart from fresh-eating, this apple finds its use in salads, baking, sauces and many other dishes.

Granny Smith Apples: The sweetness and tartness of Granny Smith apples is well-balanced, which is one of their specialties. These green colored apples are durable and retain their freshness throughout the shipping journey. It is possible to store the Granny Smith apples for about 6 months in cold storage. It is one of the different types of apples used for fresh-eating. The applesauce made from this type is considered to be very good.

Ambrosia Apples: In the British Columbia, Ambrosia is considered to be one of the popular kinds. Ambrosia was discovered in the 1990s decade on a Cawston BC orchard. The perfumed aroma and honey sweet flavor of the Ambrosia makes it one of the best apples for eating. Moreover, the cut slices of apples don't turn brown quickly. While cooking, the Ambrosia apples require less amount of sugar due to the high content of natural sugar present inside them.

Golden Delicious: The company called Stark Brothers named this apple variety. The Red Delicious Apple which is named by the same company is a little less sweeter than the Golden Delicious. Juicy flesh and crisp texture is one of the specialties of Golden Delicious. The Golden Delicious is rounder and fatter than the Red Delicious and considered to be good for snacking. Since, the Golden Delicious has a firm texture, baking it becomes easy.

Swiss Gourmet Apples: Known by an alternative name Arlet, the Swiss Gourmet are good for fresh eating and also for different apple pie recipes. This apple is produced as a result of crossing between the Ida Red and Golden Delicious apples. These yellow-green apples are medium-large in size. The crispy edible part is creamy-white in color.

Spartan Apples: This apple is characterized by a white-crispy edible portion and a deep red colored skin. The sweet tangy taste of this apple makes it a children's favorite. The juicy and crispy Spartan apples were developed in the 1920s in Summerland BC.

Empire Apples: The Empire Apple was produced in the 1960s from Red Delicious and McIntosh varieties. These apples have a green background color beneath the red. The Empire apple is not only a fresh-eating fruit, but also considered as good for cooking, baking, freezing and also in making sauces.

List of Different Apple Varieties

Names of different varieties other than those mentioned above are presented.

Arkansas Black	Ashmead's Kernel	Austin Apple
Bailey Sweet	Blenheim	Blue Pearmain
Bramley's Seedling	Braeburn	Calville Blanc
Chestnut Crab	Connell Red	Cortland
Cox's Orange Pippin	Cameo	Chieftain
Duchess	Egremont Russet	Egremont Russet
Fortune	Fireside	Gala
Golden Haralson	Gravenstein	Golden Russet
Golden Earl	Gold Rush	Holstein
Hazen	Ida Red	Jefferies
Jonagold	Jonathan	Kandil Sinap
Keepsake	London Apple	Maiden's Blush
Mutsu	Mollie's Delicious	Malinda
Margil	Nectarapple	Northwestern Greening
Northfield Beauty	Ozark Gold	Pineapple
Peck's Pleasant	Prairie Spy	Paula Red
Pink Pearl	Red Baron	Red Rome
Red Wealthy	Regent	Rambo
Redfree	Snow	Sweet Sixteen
Smokehouse	Sponselli	Sugar Shack
Summer Rambo	Scarlet O' Haralson	Twenty Ounce
Tiger	Winesap	Zabergau Reinette

The different kinds of apples described and enlisted in the article should help give an idea about the various types. A list of apples not included in the descriptions is also presented above.