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Previously we discussed the flavour of apples (or lack thereof) We present today a comprehensive list of hundreds of apple varieties at ::Apple Journal (there's a mag for everything!) and a site where you can find every pick-your-own orchard around, a perfect fall outing. ::Pickyourown.org both via ::Lifehacker
I was lucky to spend six months studying in a French university in the Brittany region in the North West. They produce hundreds of different varieties of apples there so I decided to take a module called Fruitiere et Arboriculteur (or something like that!)
Anyway, we had a tasting session one day and I can truly say that none of the varieties that are available in the supermarkets of Britain come even close to the homegrown French varieties in terms of crispness, aroma and taste.
I wouldn't mind but Britain also has a large number of apple varieties, but all we seem to get are Granny Smith, Golden Delicious, Pink Lady and Braeburn. A bit lacking, I'd say.
There are a lot of wonderful varieties of apple in the UK that were once grown quite widely, but modern industrial agricultural policies & techniques have meant that most of the old orchards have taken a big hit. But a lot of the apples you tried in Brittany were probably originally from the British isles I would imagine; Brittany was largely populated by British tribes.
Some native british apple varieties include, but are not limited to:
and on to include about 6000 other varieties!