Apples Galore!

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Fall is the time of year to pick your own apples. Choosing your favorite to bring home is truly based upon how you want to enjoy them. Check out the many varieties below to get the most out of this year's apple season!

MCINTOSHThis is a crispy red apple with bright white flesh and a refreshing sweet flavor. It is the number I selling apple in the northeast. The apple is crispy and filled with juice making it the perfect snack for the fall.
McIntosh apples originated from Saint Lawrence valley of Canada
Introduced in 1820
Bright red skin with a bit of green and a bright white flesh
Fruit size is small, medium, and large
Great for fresh eating, and cooking
It will store for a month or more when kept cool
Harvest in mid to late season

CORTLAND
One of the more successful McIntosh off springs. Cortland has all the usual characteristics, including sweetness and marvelous flavor. Nice colorful apple that is crispy and filled with juice making it perfect for snacks for the fall. Cortland originated from Geneva, New York research center
Introduced in 1915
Bright red and yellow skin with white flesh
Fruit size is medium, and large
Great for fresh eating and cooking
Harvest mid to late season
Will keep for a month or more when kept cool

GOLDEN DELICIOUS
Undoubtedly one of the most important apple varieties of the 20th century, both as a commercial crop and in its own right as a breeding stock for many other varieties for good and flavorful fruit in the home grown market.
Golden Delicious originated in West Virginia
Introduced in 1890
Bright golden yellow skin with white to cream flesh
Fruit size is medium to large
Great for fresh eating and cooking
Harvest late in the season
Will keep for 4 to 6 weeks when kept cool

RED DELICIOUS
This is one of the most famous American Apple varieties, a sport of the Delicious apple known for its bright red color and unusual shape. The fruit is flavorful and crunchy when eaten fresh.
Originated in Madison County, Iowa
Introduced in 1880
Bright red skin with white to cream flesh
Fruit size is medium to large
Great for fresh eating and cooking
Harvest late in the season
Will keep for 4 to 6 weeks when kept cool

MACOUN
Another Mac apple style variety hybrid for flavor and considered one of the better American apples today. A firm apple, great for snacks and its Flavor is very unique and tasty.
Originated in Geneva, New York research station
Introduced in 1920
Bright red and yellow skin with white to light green flesh
Fruit is medium to large
Harvest late in the season
Great for fresh eating
Will keep for 4 to 6 weeks when kept cool

HONEYCRISP
HoneyCrisp is a crispy and predominantly sweet modern variety from the U.S. This apple is specifically grown for a cold climate market and cold northern states. It is the best apple for a cold climate. Good flavor, sweet to taste, and nice and juicy.
Originated in Minnesota by the University of Minnesota
Introduced in 1960
Red and yellow skin with white to cream color flesh
Medium to large fruit
Harvest mid to late in the season
Great for fresh eating
Will store for 4 to 6 weeks when kept cool

JONATHAN
A classic American Apple and widely regarded as one of the best. Jonathan is very Flavorful with good sweet and sharp tasting apple. The tree is precocious and productive tree in the U.S.
Originated in Connecticut
Introduced in 1808
Bright red and yellow skin with white flesh
Small to medium size fruit
Harvest in late season
Great for fresh eating and cooking
Will keep for 4 to 6 weeks when kept cool

NORTHERN SPY
This apple is widely grown, an American apple Heirloom variety with very large fruit and firm flesh. The apple is very aromatic and has high vitamin C content. Trees grow well in a cold climate. One of my favorite apples.
Originated in Rochester, New York
Introduced in 1840
Fruit is beautiful and streaked with bands of red and yellow
The flesh is white to cream in color
This is a big apple and fruit get very large
Great for eating fresh, cooking, juice or cider
Harvest late in the season
Keeps very well for 3 months or more when kept cool

BALDWIN
A very popular old American apple variety and widely grown for the culinary market. This is one of the original apples eaten by the colonies during the 1700's and it is a great winter storage apple. Great flavor and sweet tasting fruit come from this tree.
Origin is Boston, Massachusetts
Introduced in 1750
The skin of the fruit is red and yellow and the fruit is white to cream in color
The fruit is medium to large
Harvest late in season
Great apple for fresh eating, cooking and juice or cider
Keeps very well up to 3 months or more if kept cool

JONAGOLD
This apple is very good and popular apple for eating and commercial use. Its good flavor was inherited and its good qualities from its parents Jonathan and Golden Delicious. Eaten fresh it is sweet and sharp to taste.
Originated in Geneva, New York research center
Introduced 1943
The skin is bright red and yellow with white to cream flesh
The fruit size is large
Great for fresh eating, cooking, juice, and Hard Cider
Harvest late in the season
Good keeper 6 to 8 weeks when kept cool

EMPIRE
Empire is one of the best McIntosh hybrids apples, with a good sweet flavor and very easy to grow. Its parents are McIntosh and Delicious and Empire has all its best traits including taste.
Originated in Geneva, New York research center
Introduced in 1945
The skin is red and yellow with a nice white to cream flesh
The fruit is small to medium in size
Wonderful for fresh eating
Harvest late in the season

GRANNY SMITH
This is the most recognized apple in the world because of its shape and unique color. The Granny Smith apple is Perhaps Australia most famous export. It is also sold all over the world, no other apple can claim that.
Originated in Australia
Introduced in 1860
The skin is bright green and the flesh is white
The fruit size is uniform and medium
Eat it fresh, or cook with it to enjoy its sweet flavor
Harvest late in the season
It will keep 3 months or more when kept cool

GALA
One of the most widely grown apple variety that we have today and it has a sweet and pleasant flavor. It is one of the best winter keeper apples that we have today. If you never had one you should and it is the number 2 selling apple in the world. Gala is a cross between Golden Delicious and Kidd's Orange Red.
Originated in New Zealand
Introduced in 1940
The skin is red and yellow and the flesh is white to cream
The fruit is medium in size
Great for eating, and juice
Harvest mid to late in the season
A great keeper 3 months or more

COX ORANGE PIPPIN
This is the benchmark in apples and from a good tree, in a good year it can achieve exceptional flavor. This is one of the first apples from Europe to be brought into the U.S., also a good partner to use to produce new varieties of apples.
Origin is England
Introduced in 1825
The skin is yellow with red streaks and the flesh is white
The fruit is small to medium
Great for fresh eating, juice and hard cider
Harvest in mid to late season
It will keep for 6 to 8 weeks when kept cool

LADY APPLES
The lady apple is an old French apple variety with good aromatic flavor and many decorative uses as the fruit is small. The flavor is very good and has many uses in the kitchens. This is one of the oldest apples known to man.
Originated in Bretagne, France
Introduced 1628
The skin is red and green with pure white flesh
The fruit is small, less than 2 inches
Eat these apples fresh, cooking and juice and cider
Harvest in late season
Fruit will keep for 1 to 2 months when kept cool

FUJI
Fuji was developed in Japan but it's an all American cross of Red Delicious and Rolls Janet. A very attractive modern apple that is crisp, sweet, and full of flavor. One of the best eating apples we have today.
Originated in Japan
Introduced in 1962
The skin is red and yellow with white flesh
The fruit is medium in size
Eat fresh for its flavor
Harvest very late in the season
Fruit will keep for 3 months or more

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