TREES - How to choose an apple tree

Forget the fancy names: choosing apple trees should be all about the flavourWhen I finally had a garden big enough for apple trees, the 18th-century variety 'Orleans Reinette' was one of the first I planted. Why? Because apple enthusiast Edward Bunyard told me to. "This magnificent fruit cannot be too highly recommended," he raves in his Handbook Of Hardy Fruits, published in 1920. Bunyard describes it as "very crisp, sweet, juicy and of the high ...

http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2013/nov/01/gardens-apple-tree