Here’s a look at the different varieties of apples grown at our farm, along with some of the best uses for each type of apple. Interested in some delicious recipes? Check out our blog! Every week we publish healthy recipes you can easily make at home.

Pristine: (Early Summer – Yellow Apple)

A beautiful lemon yellow colored apple with a tender skin and perfect finish. This high quality apple is very productive and is a good keeper for an early apple. It is crisp and sweet and has essence of pear and lemon flavor. Parentage: McIntosh and Golden Delicious.

Uses:

  • Uses: Eat fresh
  • Flavor quality: Very good
  • Harvest period: Early season
  • Use / keeping: 1-2 weeks

Redfree: (Late Summer – Red Apple)

Medium size, glossy fruit with 90% bright red color. Smooth, waxy,
russet-free skin. Light flesh is crisp and juicy.   Parentage: Johnathan, Melba and Raritan.

Uses:

  • Uses: Eat fresh
  • Flavor quality: Very good
  • Harvest period: Early season
  • Use / keeping: 2-3 weeks

 Liberty (Early Fall Red Apple) 

Sounds like an heirloom variety, but actually a modern American apple variety, developed specifically for disease resistance. Parentage: Macoun.

Uses:

  • Uses: Eat fresh (Dessert apple)
  • Flavor quality: Very good sub acid
  • Harvest period: Late season
  • Use / keeping: 3-4 weeks 

GoldRush: (Late Fall Yellow Apple)

GoldRush is an attractive smooth-skinned modern dessert apple.  The flavour is excellent and typical of Golden Delicious but with a bit more acidity.  Parentage: Golden Delicious.

The variety is derived from Golden Delicious as the seed parent, with crosses from several other research varieties including Winesap, Melrose, Rome Beauty and Malus floribunda – the latter being a well-known source of the Vf scab-resistant gene.

Uses:

  • Uses: Eat fresh
  • Uses: Cooking / Pies
  • Uses: Juice
  • Uses: Hard cider
  • Flavor quality: Very good
  • Flavor style: Sweeter
  • Harvest period: Very-Late season
  • Storage: 3 months or more

Enterprise: (Very Late Fall – Red Apple)

A late-season apple with a crisp, tart and spicy flavor with excellent keeping qualities. Parentage: includes McIntosh, Golden Delicious, and Rome Beauty. The skin is quite thick and tough but although Enterprise is good for eating fresh, it is perhaps better as a cooking apple where its tart flavor and firmness is an advantage.

Uses:

  • Uses: Eat fresh
  • Uses: Cooking / Pies
  • Flavor quality: Very Good
  • Flavor style: Sharper
  • Harvest period: Very-Late season
  • Storage: 3 months or more

Ready to pick up some delicious, naturally grown, healthy apples for your next refreshing meal? Contact us to pick up some apples or visit our local retailers.

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