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Red Delicious
Late August
Sweet
The world's most widely planted apple. It has a thin bright
red skin with a mildly flavored fine-grained white flesh.
Excellent for eating as a snack or in salads. |
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Golden Delicious
Late August
Sweet
An apple with a firm white flesh which retains its shape
and rich mellow flavor when baked or cooked. The skin
is so tender that it does not require peeling for most
recipes. This apple is the one that will stay white longer
when cut and therefore is great for salads. |
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Gala
Late August
Sweet
Gala apples are usually medium to smaller in size with
a distinctive red and yellow striped heart-shapped appearance.
They have a noticeably sweet flavor and aroma and are
excellent for kids as a snack. |
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Cameo
Late August
Sweet-Tart
The Cameo has a pleasantly sweet-tart flavor and firm
texture. It is colored with a red stripe over a creamy
background. Excellent both cooked and fresh—a wonderful
dessert apple. |
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Empire
Early September
Tart, Sweet
Empire is a McIntosh type apple with longer shelf life
and better color and flavor. Aromatic and crisp with creamy
white juicy flesh. |
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Jonathan
Early September
Tart
A Medium-sized apple with a thin, tough skin. A good keeper. |
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Jonagold
Early September
Tart
A medium- to large-sized apple with cream-colored, juicy,
firm, crisp, fine-textured flesh. Almost aromatic, rich,
honeyed; award-winning dessert apple. |
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Honey Crisp
Early September
Sweet
A sweet, exceptionally crisp-textured apple rated superior
to McIntosh and Delicious for fresh eating. Excellent
keeper. |
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King Luscious
Late September
Tart
A dark-red apple discovered in Hendersonville, North Carolina,
in 1935, and patented by William Dalton. King Luscious
is a cross between the older Stayman and the Wolf River. |
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Rome
September
Tart
The ulitmate baking and cooking apple, also good for fresh
eating. It is a very smooth red apple with a slightly
juicy flesh. The flavor of this variety grows richer when
baked in your favorite recipe. |
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Pink Lady
October
Sweet-Tart
Attractive pink blush over yellow undertone and sweet-tart
flavor. Pink Lady is medium to large with ribbing, or
bumpy skin and crisp, firm, cream-colored flesh that resists
browning. |
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Hoover
September
Sweet-Tart
A dark-red apple ripening mid to late season. Large and
slightly conical with firm, tender yellowish flesh. A
very good keeper. |
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Mutsu/Crispin
September
Tart, Crisp
Crispin/Mutsu apples are light green to yellowish white
in appearance. This juicy apple has a sweet, rich, full
flavor. Its tecture is firm and very dense. Crunchier
and tarter than Golden Delicious.
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Stayman
October
Tart
These apples have a juicy cream-colored to yellowish flesh
with a tart, wine-like flavor. They hold up well in storage
and are often used as cooking and cider apples as well
as for fresh snacks. |
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Arkansas Black
October
Tart
Medium size. The yellow flesh is firm, fine-grained, crisp,
moderately juicy, and sprightly subacid in flavor. Best
keeper. |
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Fuji
October
Sweet
Fuji is a newer variety with exceptionally sweet flavor.
It is becoming a favorite for oth fresh eating and desserts.
Known for holding up well in storage. |
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Winesap
October
Tart
Winesaps are of medium size with crisp, firm and very
juicy yellowish flesh with a distinctive , characteristic
flavor similar to Staymans. |
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Cortland
September
Tart, Sweet
Cortland is a medium-sized apple with smooth yellowish
skin, mostly covered with dark red. The fine-grained flesh
is very juicy and takes longer to brown when exposed to
air. |
