| Variety |
Description |
Best
Uses |
Special
Hints
|
Availability
|
McIntosh |
- Sweet
with a tart tang
- Very
juicy
- Tender,
white flesh
|
- Excellent
for eating and sauce
- Good
for salads and pies
|
McIntosh's
tender flesh cooks down quickly.
Add a thickener if
making
a pie.
|
|
Ida Red |
- Large
red apple with green patches.
- crispier
than a Mac but softer than a red delicious
- medium
tartiness
|
- Excellent
for sauce, cooking, baking and pies
- Good
for eating, salads and freezing
|
Ida
reds
make a beautiful pink applesauce. Cook the
apples with the skins on and strain the sauce to
get the best pink color.
|
|
Empire |
- A
wonderful blend of sweet and tart
- Juicy
- Very
crisp, creamy white flesh
|
- Excellent
for eating and salads
- Good
for sauce, baking, pies and freezing
|
Small
Empires are great for school lunches. Kids love Empire's
sweet-tart taste and super crunchy texture.
|
|
Golden Delicious |
- Mild
sweet flavor
- Juicy
- Crisp,
light yellow flesh
|
- Excellent
for eating, salads and sauce
- Good
for pies, baking and freezing
|
You
can cut down the sugar in pies and sauces made from
Golden Delicious apples.
|
|
Royal
Gala |
- Mild
sweet flavor
- Juicy
- Crisp,
creamy yellow flesh
|
- Excellent
for eating and salads
|
Galas'
size, mellow flavor and thin skin make them a perfect
choice for kids.
|
|
Elstar
Cream coloured flesh is firm and flavour is
sweet-tart |
- Medium to large size, round to conic
shape,
with yellow skin mostly striped with light red or
reddish-orange.
- Firm, crisp, creamy white flesh with
outstanding flavor.
|
|
Great for snacking as it retains it flavour
|
- October
through September
|
Russet |
- medium sized apple
- distinctive greenish yellow to golden brown skin color
- The yellow flesh is firm and cream colored providing a
sweet juicy flavor
|
- Good
for fresh eating, drying, & cider
|
most
noted for making cider because of it's high sugar content
|
|
|
Cortland
|
- Sweet
with a hint of tartness
- Juicy
- Tender,
snow white flesh
|
- Excellent
for eating, salads, sauce, pies and baking
- Good
for freezing
|
Cortland
apples are wonderful for kabobs, fruit plates and garnishes
because they don't turn brown quickly when cut.
|
|
|
Jona
Gold
|
- Honey
sweet with a hint of tartness
- Juicy
- Crisp,
creamy yellow flesh
|
- Excellent
for eating, salads, sauce and baking
- Good
for pies and freezing
|
Jonagolds
make great fried apples. Simply sauté in a little butter
and add a little cinnamon. No sugar needed!
|
|
|
Red
Delicious
|
- Sweet
& Juicy
- Crisp,
yellow flesh
- Deep
red
skin with 5 bumps
on bottom
|
- Excellent
for eating and salads
|
Red
Delicious apples look great for a long time so they are the
favored choice for holiday centerpieces and wreaths.
|
|
Mutsu/Crispen |
- Sweet
yet very refreshing
- Very
juicy
- Super
crisp
|
- Excellent
for eating, sauce, baking and freezing
- Good
for salads and pies
|
Try
Crispins for roasting whole apples or thick slices. They're
a wonderful accompaniment for your favorite roast.
|
|
Honey
Crisp |
- Skin color is distinctive mottled red
over a yellow background
- Surface has shallow
dimples and numerous, small lenticels (dots)
- Its flesh is cream colored and coarse
|
- Fresh eating
- pie, sauce
- freezing
- baking
- dehydrating
|
The
outstanding flavor and texture can be maintained for at least six months
in refrigerated storage without atmosphere modification |
|
Spy |
- The
fruit is large
- there
is a clear-yellow shade with bright-red tints, distinctly
streaked with the yellow under-colour
- very
juicy, crisp, tender and sweet with a rich, aromatic subacid
flavor
|
- "Spys
for pies!" says Nan, the pie baking champion of Central
Lake.
- Good
for sauce, baking, pies and freezing
|
the best
cooking apple
|
|
