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    The Flower of Kent is a green cultivar of cooking apple. According to the story, this is the apple Isaac Newton saw falling to ground from its tree, inspiring...
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    Isaac Newton's apple tree (category Geography of Lincolnshire)
    significance of the event lies in its explanation of Newton's scientific thinking. The apple tree in question, a member of the Flower of Kent variety, still...
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    Kantapfel K Duchess of Oldenburg Dudley Winter Dumelow's Seedling P Edward VII P Emneth Early Esopus Spitzenburg D Fallawater Flower of Kent Galloway K Gennet...
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    disadvantages have yet been identified. These apples flower in mid to late season, and are in flower group 4.[clarification needed] Ambrosia is most common...
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    intended to have the texture and juiciness of the Honeycrisp, and the late-ripening behavior and long storage of the Enterprise. In breeding the variety...
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    in the middle lamella, and in the cell walls of terrestrial plants. The principal chemical component of pectin is galacturonic acid (a sugar acid derived...
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    propagated the cultivar from a chance seedling. The tree is thought to be a hybrid of Malus sylvestris, the European wild apple, with the domesticated apple Malus...
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    about 20% of the total volume of the commercial production of eating apples grown in the UK, often replacing Cox's Orange Pippin. Many sports of Gala have...
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    Enterprise is a modern bred, late-ripening and attractive, red cultivar of domesticated apple with excellent fruit quality combined with disease resistance...
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    The Braeburn is a cultivar of apple that is firm to the touch with a red/orange vertical streaky appearance on a yellow/green background. Its color intensity...
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