Aroma

Aroma was once one of the truly important varieties in Norwegian apple production, before gradually giving way to its own redder relative, Red Aroma.
Both entered cultivation in the 1970s. Aroma was developed in Sweden as a cross between Filippa and Ingrid Marie – and the name could hardly be more appropriate.
Because this apple has aroma.
The flavour has a wonderful balance between sweetness and fresh acidity, combined with a lightly crisp texture. But what really stands out about Aroma on our farm is just how incredibly juicy it is.
This may well be the juiciest apple we grow – although Gravenstein would certainly have something to say about that.
The trees are exceptionally productive and benefit from thinning to maintain the right balance between crop load and quality. But be slightly careful what you wish for: thin too heavily, and the remaining apples can become absolutely enormous.
This is exactly the sort of apple that ends up on the scales when someone wants to find the biggest apple on the farm just for fun.
We can no longer deliver Aroma commercially to our packing station, but that certainly doesn't mean its job here is finished.
Much of the crop now has a different destination:
The apple press.
With all that juicy flesh and its excellent balance of sweetness, acidity and aroma, the variety is fantastic for producing apple juice. So although Red Aroma took over much of its role in commercial production, the original Aroma still has a place on our farm.
There is simply too much good stuff inside it to let it disappear.

- Swedish-bred variety – a cross between Filippa and Ingrid Marie
- Introduced into Norwegian production in the 1970s
- Formerly one of the major apple varieties, later largely replaced by Red Aroma
- Exceptionally productive – thinning recommended
- Can produce monster-sized apples when thinned heavily
- Lightly crisp with an excellent balance between sweetness and acidity
- Perhaps the juiciest apple we grow – in close competition with Gravenstein
- No longer accepted for commercial delivery through our packing station
- Fantastic for pressing and produces excellent apple juice
- A true record-breaker when the fruit size really takes off