Pomiferous is the world's most extensive database of apples, containing information regarding more than 7,000 varieties. They're organized by name, pollination group, harvest period, and other characteristics.
Pomiferous is brought to you by two great friends each bringing their own unique skills, background, energy and imagination to a site that we hope will be of use to apple enthusiasts. The idea for the site, like so many, was born in a wine soaked after dinner conversation. When George revealed to Paul that he had been working on an extensive encyclopedia of apples for many years. Paul being a true techy soon started trying to make the apple encyclopedia project a website.
Naturally, the famously soft, mealy and easily-bruised Golden "Delicious" is the most popular entry. But it's not their fault!
It seems a shame that one of the finer apples grown today is frequently and widely mistreated on its way to the consumer. In the case of the Golden Delicious, the apple is often picked several weeks before it is ripe, then stuck in cold storage for too long and then placed in supermarket shelves for as long as it takes to sell them. To fully appreciate the Golden, it needs to be picked when ripe and consumed before it ages. U-pick operations and farm gate sales are a good source of Goldens in shape to be fully appreciated.
There's also extensive advice on which ones are good for canning, cooking, cidermaking, piemaking, and so on.
Previously: Apples Ranked
