# The best apple varieties

From Elstar and Jonagold to Boskoop and Gravensteiner: the main dessert apples and the best heritage varieties.

- 9 votes · 22 items
- Jan 21, 2019 · Michael Koch
- https://even.best/en/l/3417/the-best-apple-varieties

## Top 22

1. **Golden Delicious** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Yellow, mild and sweet, Austria's most planted variety.
2. **Granny Smith** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Green, very tart apple from Australia.
3. **Yellow Transparent** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — The first apple of the year, from mid-July.
4. **Jonagold** (0 · ▲1 ▼1) — Large and juicy, one of Europe's three best-selling varieties.
5. **Braeburn** (0 · ▲1 ▼1) — Firm, tangy keeping apple from New Zealand.
6. **Elstar** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Dutch-bred, sweet-tart and crisp, one of Germany's favourites.
7. **Belle de Boskoop** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Tart heritage apple, ideal for apple cake and baked apples.
8. **Cox's Orange Pippin** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — English variety with a spicy aroma.
9. **Gala** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Sweet and crunchy, widely grown in Austria and around Lake Constance.
10. **Idared** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Hardy keeping variety, common around Lake Constance.
11. **Topaz** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Scab-resistant variety, popular in organic growing.
12. **Red Delicious** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Deep red, mild American apple.
13. **Fuji** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Very sweet Japanese keeping apple.
14. **Cameo** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Newer keeping variety, available until summer.
15. **Berlepsch** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Heritage variety with a fine flavour and lots of vitamin C.
16. **Gravenstein** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Fragrant heritage summer apple.
17. **Ananas Reinette** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Small yellow reinette with a pineapple aroma.
18. **Jakob Fischer** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Heritage apple, ripe in early September.
19. **Zuccalmaglio's Reinette** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Late variety picked in early November.
20. **Roter Eiserapfel** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Old keeping apple once stored until June.
21. **Ontario** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Keeping apple that improves in storage.
22. **Glockenapfel** (-1 · ▲0 ▼1) — Tart, bell-shaped keeping apple.

How is this ranking ordered? By people's votes: each ▲ adds a point and each ▼ takes one away. Anyone can vote and add what is missing.