About this atlas
The World of Apples is an independent reference to the apple. The atlas records the world’s apple varieties: where each came from, its parents, what it is for and when it is picked. It also records the regions that grow apples, the wild apples, the history, and other facts we hope you’ll find both interesting and useful.
Two kinds of variety entry
Many varieties have a catalogue record: the description the National Fruit Collection at Brogdale, in Kent, keeps for the variety, quoted, with what its record gives of the parents, the fruit and the picking time there. Others have an article, written from several sources: the variety’s history, the fruit, how it is grown and used, and where the sources disagree. In the list of varieties, the finder can show the articles alone.
Corrections
Corrections are welcome and are the quickest way to make the atlas better: write to atlas@apple.io.
Pictures and data
The fruit paintings are from the United States Department of Agriculture’s Pomological Watercolor Collection (1886 to 1942) and other works in the public domain, and the botanical plates from works such as Köhler’s Medizinal-Pflanzen (1887) and Blanco’s Flora de Filipinas (1880s). Most photographs of varieties are the National Fruit Collection’s own, published under the Open Government Licence v2.0; a few are by other photographers, under Creative Commons Attribution licences. Each picture is credited where it appears, with a link to the original and to its licence. The maps are drawn from Natural Earth, also public domain. Production figures are FAOSTAT’s, the statistics of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization, under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 licence. The catalogue records contain public sector information from the National Fruit Collection, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Every source the atlas cites is listed on the sources page. The typeface is Newsreader, by Production Type, under the SIL Open Font License.
Trade marks
Some apples are sold under a trade mark rather than under their variety’s name. Each entry is titled with the variety’s own name, and where the fruit is sold under a trade mark, the entry names the mark as one, under Sold as, with a source that says so. Trade marks named on this site, including those under which varieties are sold, belong to their owners. They are used here only to identify the apples sold under them, as a reference must. The World of Apples is independent: it has no connection with any owner of a trade mark, or with any breeder, grower, marketer or seller of apples, and none of them has sponsored or endorsed it.
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