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Apple Varieties

 

What’s your favorite kind of apple? There are nearly 100 varieties grown in the United States, but 15 popular varieties account for more than 90 percent of production. Here are the apple varieties you will find at Brant Apple Farm. You can also download a printer-friendly version of the apple varieties available at Brant Apply Farm. (PDF)

Alphabetical List of American Apple Varieties and Characteristics 

20 Ounce

• Pale yellow flesh
• Firm, tender, juicy and tart
• Excellent for cooking
• Best for pies, apple sauce and baking
• September to November

 

Cortland

• A Ben Davis/McIntosh cross
• large flat, dull red apple with a purple hue and soft, white flesh
• Less aromatic than McIntosh
• Good keeper.
• Very good in salads.
• Mid season

 

Crispin/Mutsu

• Light green to yellowish white
• Sweet, rich, full flavor
• Firm, dense texture
• Best for: eating fresh
• Mid - late season

Empire

• Unique sweet/tart taste
• Crisp and juicy
• Flavor and texture acclaimed worldwide
• Best for fresh eating and salads

 

Ida Reds

• Sweetly tart
• Juicy
• Firm pale yellow-green flesh, sometimes tinted rosy pink
• Excellent for sauce, cooking, baking and pies
• Good for eating, salads and freezing
• October through August

 

Jonagold

• A cross of Jonathan and Golden Delicious.
• Best for: eating, sauce, pies, salad, baking  
• Mid season

 

Jonathan

• Crimson red
• Blushed with green highlights
• Crisp and spicy
• Available mid season
• Makes great applesauce

 

Liberty

• An attractive bright red blush apple
• A highly disease-resistant introduction from Geneva New York. 
• Liberty has superior dessert quality, similar to one of its parents, Macoun
• Best for: eating, sauce, salad
• flavor improves in storage
• late season

 

McIntosh

• Popular in America since 1811
• Best for: eating, sauce, salad , good as part of a blend for applesauce
• Sweet, mild flavor

 

Macoun

• Extra sweet and aromatic
• Very juicy
• Tender, snow white flesh
• Excellent for eating
• Good for sauce and salads
• October through November

 

Northern Spy

• Large, high quality fruit
• Good for storage 
• Mid-late season

 

Red Delicious  

• WAS the most popular apple variety in the world! for December ades (now being replaced by Fuji and Gala)
• Best for: eating, salad, very good  as a base apple for applesauce
• Thin bright red skin with a mildly flavored fine-grained white flesh. 
• Bruises easily and does not keep well.
• Early to mid season
• There are many, many varieties of red delicious, so there is a range of properties.  Not all red delicious are the same!

 

Red Rome

• Mildly tart
• Firm, greenish white flesh
• Excellent for sauce, baking and pies
• Good for salad and freezing
• Late October through September

 

Spartan

• Small
• Sweet apple
• A favorite with children
• A McIntosh variety, with bright red skin and white flesh
• Crisp and juicy

 

Winesap

• Rich red color with white flesh
• Crisp texture and juicy
• Best for cooking
• Mid to late season

 

Information taken from PickYourOwn.org and New York Apple Association.

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