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Apple Varieties

*heirloom variety

Empire

Sept 21

Creamy white juicy, moderately sub-acid flesh. High quality. Also good for cider. McIntosh x Red Delicious; Geneva, New York 1966. **Farmer Jared's FAVORITE APPLE!!!**

Hazen*

Sept 24

Greenish yellow, medium firm, juicy, very sweet flesh; mildly subacid flavor. Pleasant for eating, good dessert and cooking apple. Short storage life. Duchess Oldenburg x Starking Delicious; North Dakota University, introduced in 1980.

Northern Spy*

Sept 28

Skin color is a green ground, flushed with red stripes where not shaded, and it produces fairly late in the season. The white flesh is juicy, crisp and mildly sweet with a rich, aromatic sub acid flavor, noted for high vitamin C content. Its characteristic flavor is more tart than most popular varieties, and its flesh is harder/crunchier than most, with a thin skin. It is commonly used for desserts and pies, but is also used for juices and cider. The Northern Spy is also an excellent apple for storage.

Snow Sweet

Sept 21

Crisp texture with a sweet, almost buttery taste. Sharon x Connell Red cross released by University of Minnesota in 2006.

Regent

Sept 24

Flesh is juicy and crisp. Flavor is an outstanding balance of sweet and tart. Excellent for fresh eating and cooking. Good storage life. Red Duchess x Red Delicious; University of Minnesota, introduced 1964.

Melrose

Sept 30

Official‎ Ohio State apple. Large flattened fruit. Yellowish green skin flushed and streaked dark red with russet spots. Firm, coarse, juicy creamy white flesh. Slightly acid flavor. Very good cooking and dessert qualities. Best after Christmas when it develops it's fruity aroma.

Bonnie's Best

Sept 24

Fruits are large with attractive pale red striping. Flesh is creamy color, crunchy, tender, juicy and slightly tart. Keeps well in storage. Top notch for pies, canning and fresh use.

NW Greening*

Sept 26

Large, green apple. Flesh is dense and tart. Good keeper. Good for cooking. Golden Russet x Alexander; Wisconsin, 1872.

Tolman Sweet*

Sept 30

An antique variety that is very sweet, tender and rich. The skin is light yellow, faintly russeted. Good for cooking, eating and cider-making. Believed to be Sweet Greening x Russet cross from about 1822.

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