Apples

Jonamac

Attractive apple, thin skinned, red with green ground, peels easily; cross between McIntosh and Jonathan.

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Ginger Gold

Sweet but midly tart; fine texture, crisp, cream-colored flesh. Slow to brown. Discovered as a chance seedling at orchards of Clyde & Ginger Harvey in VA.

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Gala

Mild sweet, juicy apple, bright yellow-red color, crisp, creamy yellow flesh.

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Crab Apple

Excellent source of pectin, primary use in jelly and spicing. Rootstock used for most standard apple trees.

Liberty

Oblate in shape, mostly red stripe over yellow ground, flesh crisp, juicy, springy; highly disease-resistant.

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Empire

Excellent flavor, uniform size, flesh juicy moderately sub-acid. Cross between McIntosh and Red Delicious.

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McIntosh

Medium-sized, symmetrical in shape, thick-skinned, peels easily. Tender, cooks quickly, highly aromatic.

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Jonathan

Very aromatic, mildly tart, crispy, juicy, small to medium. Discovered in NY 1800.

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Jonagold

Yellow with red blush; cross between Jonathan and Golden Delicious.

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Honeycrisp

Juicy, honey-sweet with a touch of tart; very crispy, yellow flesh. Developed from a cross of Macoun and Honeygold at University of Minnesota.

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Cortland

Somewhat flat and oval in shape, flesh firm and snow white, skin thin, excellent for salad, slow to darken. A cross of McIntosh and Ben Davis, with good qualities of both parents.

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Macoun

Crisp, icy hard, bruises easily; very-fine texture. Cross between McIntosh and Jersey Black.

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Red Delicious

Sweet, juicy, skin smooth, 5 knobs on blossom end, low acid. Most popular apple in the country.

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Golden Delicious

Elongated shape, skin may be russetted, flesh is yellowish, fine-grained, mildly aromatic, sweet.

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Stayman Winesap

Tart, full rich flavor, excellent keeper. Chance seedling 1866.

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Granny Smith

Very flavorful, hard, and distinctive; bright greens kin. Chance seedling Australia 1800.

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Fuji

Very sweet, hard, and crisp. Pinkish red skin. Long storage life.

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Braeburn

Late season apple developed in New Zealand. Very firm and crisp.

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Cameo

A late season apple found as a chance seedling near Dryden, WA in 1987. A sweet, red apple with fine texture; very crisp and aromatic.

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Suncrisp

Developed in New Jersey as NJ#55, a cross of Golden Delicious and Cox Orange Pippen. A golden color with an orange blush.

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Pink Lady

Golden-pink apple with crispy, tart flavor. Developed in Australia.

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