What's It Like?
  • Large red apple with green patches.
  • crispier than a Mac but softer than a red delicious
  • medium tartiness

Best Uses
  • Excellent for sauce, cooking, baking and pies
  • Good for eating, salads and freezing

 

Savor the old-fashioned goodness of baked apples, especially Ida reds, which hold their shape perfectly and look beautiful on the table. Developed in Idaho, it's a cross between two old time apples, Jonathan and Wagener, first raised in Penn Yan in 1791.

Special Hint
  • Ida reds make a beautiful pink applesauce. Cook the apples with the skins on and strain the sauce to get the best pink color.

Availability
  • October through August