The Perfect Taste
Why do apples taste better at our farm? Its our attention to detail. Because apples are our business, we can provide the nurturing to grow hard to find “niche” apples like Golden Russet, Crimson Crisp, Splendour and GoldRush, as well as providing you with household favorites like Fuji and Gala and classics like Golden Delicious. Plus, unlike large commercial growers, who have to pick their apples early to allow for their ripening in trucks and boxes, we can give attention to each individual apple, making sure it is picked at the perfect time.
So come share with us in the joy we call apples.
Our Apples
Our Top 21S = Sweet
T = Tart
ST = Sweet/Tart
E= Excellent
G= Good
F= Fair
Pristine (Purdue/Rutgers/Illinois) is excellent quality for an early summer apple, around the 20th of July, with a beautiful, smooth, pale yellow, thin skin. It stays firm in the refrigerator for up to 6 weeks. Tart in flavor, it is an excellent sauce and pie apple.
Flavor: T
Pie: G
Baking: E
Sauce: E
Eating: F
Harvest Date: Jul 17-22
Zestar! (Minnesota) has an inviting pinkish red blush over a cream background, ripening slightly before Gala, this apple has a very distinct flavor and texture. It has a sweet yet tart that does a little jig in your mouth. Best eating out of hand and salads.
Flavor: ST
Pie: E
Baking: G
Sauce: E
Eating: E
Harvest Date: Aug 4-10
Ginger Gold (chance seedling)is the harbinger of the Fall Season. This apple ripens to a pale clear gold on the tree around the 12th of August in our location. Delightfully crisp, clean and sweet-tart in flavor, this apple is best described as very refreshing. Not developed out of an apple breeding program, this apple was instead discovered as a chance seedling. It keeps well for at least two months.
Flavor: ST
Pie: E
Baking: E
Sauce: E
Eating: E
Harvest Date: Aug 12-18
Gala (Kidd’s Orange Pippin x Yellow Delicious) ripens just about the time the school bus begins to roll for the new school year, just in time for those lunch boxes. Sweet, yet with a slight hint of tartness, this apple appeals to a huge audience. Its iridescent pink/orange blush over a pale yellow background reminds one of a peach in appearance. It keeps up to five months in common refrigeration.
Flavor: ST
Pie: E
Baking: G
Sauce: E
Eating: E
Harvest Date: Aug 17-28
Swiss Gourmet (Ida Red x Golden Delicious) is a red blushed apple, slightly conic, crisp, pleasantly sweet/tart. This apple is one of Europe’s most popular varieties. Swiss Gourmet ripens with, or just after, Gala.
Flavor: ST
Pie: E
Baking: E
Sauce: E
Eating: E
Harvest Date: Aug 18-30
Jonamac (Jonathan x MacIntosh) is a large, oblate apple with a purple/red blush over a pale green background. This variety really appeals to the New England crowd who love their Macs. It is intensely “appley” with a very white, fine grained aromatic flesh that is best described as sweet tart. It is our absolute favorite apple in our kitchen for pies, sauce and apple butter. Jonamac ripens around Labor Day and keeps two months in the cooler.
Flavor: ST
Pie: G
Baking: F
Sauce: E
Eating: E
Harvest Date: Sep 1-12
Honey Crisp (Macoun x Honey Gold) is the most recent variety to be added to our orchard and is rapidly winning the hearts of customers. It is a large orange/red striped apple over a yellow background. This dynamite apple can be described as explosively crisp, sweet-tart, and is the juiciest apple you will ever sink your teeth into; its memorable texture is attributed to its very large cell size. It was developed for its winter-hardiness at the University of Minnesota. Honeycrisp ripens right after Jonamac and keeps seven months in the cooler.
Flavor: ST
Pie: E
Baking: E
Sauce: E
Eating: E
Harvest Date: Sep 8-12
Sweet Sixteen (Minnesota Malinda x Northern Spy) has very complex and unique flavor, hints of tropical fruit and nuts, delicious. It is a medium large conic apple with red striping over green,firm, juicy, cream colored flesh.
Flavor: S
Pie: G
Baking: E
Sauce: E
Eating: E
Harvest Date: Sep 8-16
Crimson Crisp (Purdue/Rutgers/Illinois) is a striking dark mahogany red apple with an equally striking tart taste and crisp texture. If you like Jonathan, you will love Crimson Crisp.
Flavor: ST
Pie: G
Baking: F
Sauce: E
Eating: E
Harvest Date: Sep 1-12
Pixie Crunch (Purdue/Rutgers/Illinois) is a dark red, medium small apple, unlike any apple you have ever tasted, yet with a wide appeal. it keeps for two months in the refrigerator.
Flavor: ST
Pie: E
Baking: E
Sauce: E
Eating: E
Harvest Date: Sep 15-30
Daybreak Fuji (Pennsylvania Fuji Sport) is an early sport of Fuji that ripens 6 to 8 weeks before traditional Fuji. It is a large oblate pinkish red apple, sweet off the tree, providing early satisfaction to Fuji lovers.
Flavor: S
Pie: G
Baking: E
Sauce: E
Eating: E
Harvest Date: Sep 15-21
Jonagold (Yellow Delicious x Jonathan) is a favorite variety developed at the New York Agricultural Experimental Station, released in 1968. This large, attractive apple, superior in flavor and juiciness to its parents, has a huge following. A red blushed apple over a cream background, this sub acid apple lends itself a variety of uses as well as eating out of hand. Best used within two months.
Flavor: ST
Pie: E
Baking: E
Sauce: E
Eating: E
Harvest Date: Sep 20-27
Golden Russet (England, 18th Century) never judge an apple by its cover! One of our most flavorful varieties, tart off the tree, entertainingly coarse textured, it sweetens on storage. Good keeper. It has a fully russeted skin, bronze to green undertones.
Flavor: ST
Pie: —
Baking: —
Sauce: —
Eating: E
Harvest Date: Oct 7-14
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Flavor: S
Pie: G
Baking: E
Sauce: E
Eating: E
Harvest Date: Sep 20-27
Melrose
Melrose (Ohio Jonathan x Red Delicious) is medium tart with exceptional flavor, juiciness, and crispness, excellent storage, if you like Jonathon you will love Melrose. It is a large, red blocky apple.
Flavor: T
Pie: E
Baking: E
Sauce: G
Eating: E
Harvest Date: Sep 25-30
Splendour (New Zealand Chance Seedling) is richly perfumed, sweet flavor, favored by those preferring little acid, early alternative for Fuji followers. A large, pinkish red apple with occasional russeting.
Flavor: S
Pie: G
Baking: E
Sauce: E
Eating: E
Harvest Date: Oct 1-10
Suncrisp (Golden Delicious x Cox x Cortland) is yellow, tender skinned, and very crisp. This variety is pleasantly but not overwhelming tart, sweet enough to appeal to a wide audience. Suncrisp ripens the second week of October, it keeps up to 4 months.
Flavor: ST
Pie: E
Baking: E
Sauce: E
Eating: E
Harvest Date: Oct 5-15
Pink Lady (Australia Lady Williams x Golden Delicious) is a stunning pink red apple with a zesty tart/sweet flavor, that keeps 4 months in the refrigerator.
Flavor: T/S
Pie: E
Baking: E
Sauce: E
Eating: E
Harvest Date: Nov 9-13
USES FOR OUR APPLES
From baking to crafts and more, our apples have a variety of uses depending on the type and season. Click the button below to explore these uses.
