Apple Varieties:
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Apple
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Season
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Description
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Uses
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Paula Red
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Mid August
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Medium size, white flesh. Slightly
tart. Soft when baked.
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Fresh eating, pies and sauce
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Whitney Crab
|
Mid August
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Small size, red cheeks, sweet and
crisp.
|
Fresh eating and canning
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Duchess
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Mid August
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Medium size, tart. Soft when baked.
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Fresh eating and excellent
for pies and sauce
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Granny Greening
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Early September
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Large size, green, very firm and tart.
Holds shape when baked. Will
sweeten with age.
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Excellent pies and baking
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Wealthy
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Early September
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Medium size, slightly tart.
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Fresh eating, pies and sauce
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Wolf River
|
Early September
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Large, squat shaped fruit. Slightly
tart. Holds soft shape when cooked.
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Excellent pies and sauce
|
McIntosh
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Mid September
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Nearly solid red, round in shape.
Excellent flavor. Soft when cooked.
|
Fresh eating, pies and
excellent sauce
|
Empire
|
Mid September
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Medium size, very crisp flesh.
|
Fresh eating
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Honey Crisp
|
Mid September
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Medium to large size. Crisp, juicy -
sweet/tart.
|
Fresh eating
|
Jonagold
|
Mid September
|
Medium size. Excellent flavor. Sweet.
|
Fresh eating
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Cortland
|
Late September
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White flesh. Slightly tart, crisp.
Great for pies. Holds soft shape
when baked.
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Fresh eating, pies, sauce
and baking
|
Sweet 16
|
Late September
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Very sweet, juicy with tender flesh.
|
Fresh eating, sauces with no
added sugar needed
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Gala
|
Late September
|
Sweet tender flesh.
|
Fresh eating, sauces
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Regent
|
Early October
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Nice Sweet tart flavor. Crisp
|
Fresh eating, sauces
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Prairie Spy
|
Mid October
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Large fruit. Solid, sweet fruit. Very
good keepers.
|
Fresh Eating
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Fireside
|
Mid October
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Large fruit. Solid, sweet fruit. Very
good keepers.
|
Fresh eating
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Connell Red
|
Mid October
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Large fruit. Solid, sweet fruit. Very
good keepers.
|
Fresh eating
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Keep Sake
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Mid October
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Small sweet fruit. Good Keepers
|
Fresh eating
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We recommend that your freshly picked apples be stored in your refrigerator’s crisper. While they look
beautiful on the counter, a cool environment is essential for long term storage.
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