Malus spp.
Fall. Very large round-conic apple, faintly red-striped or blushed orange-red. Firm slightly tart juicy flesh, best known for cooking but also good fresh eating. Z3.
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Malus spp.
Winter. Medium-small fresh-eating apple of unparalleled quality. Intense, aromatic, sharp & sweet. Good keeper. Scab-resistant. Z4.
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Malus spp.
Winter. Famous European cooking apple. Big blocky fruit patched with green and russet. Cooks and bakes beautifully. Keeps well. Z4.
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Malus spp.
Winter. Uniquely dark fruit with well-balanced flavor. Excellent pies and cider. Maine heirloom. Best eating late Dec. to March. Great keeper. Z4.
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Malus spp.
Fall-Winter. Medium to very large apple has a good balance of sweet and tart with hints of pear. All-purpose. Keeps until midwinter. Z4.
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Malus domesticaLate Summer. While most apple seeds do not grow true to type, the progeny of Duchess, or Duchess of Oldenburg, are very similar to...
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Malus spp.
Summer-Fall. Very hardy high-quality cooking apple. Large and glossy purplish-red roundish fruit. Firm juicy flesh. Good for fresh cider. Stores 2 months. Z3.
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Malus spp.
Fall. Juicy, distinctly tart, full-flavored fresh eating apple. Very popular at our Common Ground Country Fair taste tests! Keeps about a month. Z4.
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Malus spp.
Early Fall. Firm, crisp, juicy dessert crab excellent for fresh eating, pickles and sauce. Stores a month. Beautiful mid-late blooms. Z3.
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Malus spp.
Fall. A popular modern release with very firm, crunchy fruit. Tart, spicy and complex flavor wonderful for fresh eating. Keeps six months in storage. Z4.
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Malus spp.
Late Summer. From Russia, well before 1800. Known in New England as one of the very best pie apples! Extremely hardy. Scab resistant. Z3.
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Malus spp.
Fall-Winter. Medium-large, slightly tart, crisp and juicy. Thomas Jefferson’s favorite. Good acid source for cider. All-purpose. Good keeper. Z4.
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Malus spp.
Early Fall. Also called Snow. Ruby-red fruit with tender white flesh. Excellent fresh eating, sauce and fresh cider. Keeps until late December. Z3.
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Malus spp.
Fall-Winter. The most distinctive, complex, unusually flavored apple you'll ever try! Hardy, productive, reliable. A staff favorite. Z3.
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Malus spp.
Late Summer-Early Fall. Small to medium-sized deep red apple with prominent white dots. Tender, juicy, rich, aromatic dessert fruit. Z4-6.
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Malus spp.
Winter. Medium-sized russet apple. The champagne of cider apples, and excellent for eating. Keeps well into spring. Scab-resistant. Z4.
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Malus spp.
Winter. Medium-to-large dessert apple is hard, very crisp, juicy, tart. Keeps till May. Highly disease-resistant. Blooms midseason to late. Z4.
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Malus spp.
Fall. Iconic green tart fruit famous for apple pies. Develops a pink blush when grown in colder climates. Extremely durable and sweetens in storage. Z4.
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Malus spp.
Fall-Winter. Medium size, firm white juicy mildly tart flesh. Delicious distinct pear flavor. Keeps all winter. Annual bearer. Z4.
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Malus spp.
Fall. Medium-sized tart citrusy crisp dense firm fruit. Excellent for dessert and cooking. All-purpose. Good keeper. Annual bearer. Z4.
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Malus spp. Winter. MN 90 (Malinda × open-pollinated) U Minn, 1923. One of the first introductions from the Minnesota Horticultural Research Center...
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Malus spp.
Late Summer. These culinary crabapples are a tasty snack fresh off the tree, better after storage. Especially good for brandying. Keeps well. Z2/3.
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Malus spp.
Late Summer-Fall. Medium size, crisp white flesh. All-purpose. Keeps till late fall. Scab-immune. Annual bearer, begins at early age. Z4.
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Malus spp.
Summer. High-quality apple for fresh eating and sauce. Yellow fruit with dark red streaks and blotches. Fine-grained juicy tender aromatic creamy white flesh. Z3.
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Malus spp.
Fall. The most important apple in the Northeast. Delicious and aromatic. All-purpose. Annual bearer. Very susceptible to scab. Z4.
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Malus spp.
Winter. Famous heirloom apple. Very large, juicy, tender. Makes a great single-variety pie! All-purpose. Good keeper. Scab-resistant. Z4.
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Malus spp.
Fall. Modern apple bred for disease resistance, shelf life and flavor. Great fresh eating. Flesh stays white when sliced. Easy-to-grow annual producer. Z4.
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Malus spp.
Summer. The standard Maine summer cooking apple, especially pies. Medium-sized dark red fruit. Juicy subacid white flesh tinged with red. Z3.
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Malus spp.
Fall. Medium-large red-fleshed apple. Use for sauce, pies. Very sharp and bitter in cider. Two-toned flowers, bronze-red foliage. Z3.
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Malus spp.
Fall-Winter. Medium-large, sharp, crisp, rich, aromatic dessert apple. Also good in cider. Great fresh eating till January. Blooms midseason. Z4.
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Malus spp.
Winter. Medium-large, rich, spicy and juicy. A great late-winter dessert apple; good cooking. Stores until summer. Scab resistant. Z4.
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Malus spp.
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Malus spp.
Fall. Medium-sized apple. Sweet, nutty and spicy flavors. Fine-textured crisp flesh. Keeps till midwinter. Some resistance to scab. Z3.
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Malus spp.
Fall-Early Winter. One of the first American varieties. Unforgettably peculiar sweet flavor. Very low acidity. Truly all-purpose. Z4.
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Malus spp.
Summer. Size and shape of an egg. Crisp, crunchy with spicy sweet flavor. Exceptional fresh-eating! Precocious, annually productive. Z2/3.
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Malus spp. Late Summer. Thought to be Malus × adstringens (M. baccata × M. pumila). Europe, New York or New England, well before 1840. First known...
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Malus spp.
Fall. Medium-sized. Perfect texture and complex flavor. Famous all-purpose variety. Especially good pies. Small-med size tree. Z3.
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Malus spp.
Fall. Small but flavorful. Crisp, juicy, tart, tangy, spicy. Good in hard cider. Keeps until January. Bears young, heavily, annually. Z4.
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Malus spp.
Fall-Winter. Famous American heirloom apple. Large brilliant shiny yellow with a bright red blush. Best for fresh eating: aromatic, slightly crisp, juicy, mild. Good sauce. Z4.
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Malus spp.
Fall. Famous old-time apple. Huge fruit with firm but tender flesh. Aromatic tart flavor. Excellent cooking and drying. Scab-resistant. Z3.
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Malus spp.
Winter. Large firm crisp fine-grained juicy aromatic all-purpose apple does everything well, including keeping all winter. Blooms early-midseason. Z4.
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Malus spp.
Late Summer. Medium-sized, highly-flavored fruit. Good balance of acid/sweet. Crisp and juicy fresh-eating. Stores up to seven weeks. Z3.
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Malus spp. Fall. Bittersweet cider apple. Exceedingly rare, this classic English heirloom bittersweet probably originated in Herefordshire well...
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Malus spp.
Late Fall. Medium-sized, medium-bittersweet cider apple. One of the most popular cider varieties. Not for eating fresh. Annual bearer. Z4.
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Malus spp. Late Fall. Medium-bittersweet cider apple. Somerset, England. Featured in the London Horticultural Society’s 1842 catalog. Kernel in...
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Malus spp.
Late Fall. Full bittersweet cider apple. Lots of tannin. Light yellow fruit mostly covered with tan russet. Combine with other late varieties. Z4.
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Malus spp.
Fall. Bittersharp cider apple. Among the best red-fleshed varieties. Prized for its size, vigor, disease resistance and deep red juice high in anthocyanins and antioxidants. Z4.
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Malus spp. Late Fall. Bittersharp cider apple. Also called Neverblight. May have originated in Rodney Stoke or near Wedmore, Somerset, England. ...
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Malus spp.
Ornamental flowering crabapple with beautiful rose-like blossoms and bitter green fruit. Very high in tannin. Great for cidermakers! Blooms late. Z4.
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Malus spp.
Classic culinary crab. Still found in old Maine dooryards. Apricot-pink buds, large fragrant pure white single flowers. Great for canning, pickling, delicious sauce and flavorful ruby-red jelly. Z2.
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Malus spp. 15x15' (parentage unknown but thought to be a sterile hybrid of M. ioensis × M. coronaria var. angustifolia) Arnold Arboretum, MA,...
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Malus spp.
10 x 14'. Reddish-pink buds and 1½" brilliant white flowers. Masses of small elliptical bright red persistent fruit hang until January. Z4. ME Grown.
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Malus
Also called Bud 118 or B118. Semi-dwarf apple rootstock, similar in size to M111 (about 85-90% of standard). Space trees 20-25' apart. Z3.
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Fall. Very large round-conic apple, faintly red-striped or blushed orange-red. Firm slightly tart juicy flesh, best known for cooking but also good fresh eating. Z3.
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Late Fall. European heirloom. Crisp fine-grained flesh with bold citrusy pineapple flavor. Good for dessert, cooking and pressing. Stores well. Z4.
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Winter. One of the most famous of all 19th c. apples. Large, beautiful, red striped and blushed. Dry white flesh for eating, cooking and cider. Good keeper. Z4.
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Winter. Uniquely dark fruit with well-balanced flavor. Excellent pies and cider. Maine heirloom. Best eating late Dec. to March. Great keeper. Z4.
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Fall. A popular historic variety from the South. Great for fresh eating, cider and cooking. Reaches peak flavor in storage. Natural resistance to many pests and diseases. Z4.
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Fall-Winter. Very large fruit with fine-grained aromatic flesh. Sweet and crisp. Excellent for sauce. Good keeper. Vigorous tree. Blooms midseason. Z4.
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Fall-Winter. Small to medium-sized high-flavored russet apple. Excellent dessert quality. Tender, rich, crisp, flavorful. Also makes good cider. Stores till January. Z4.
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Summer-Fall. Very hardy high-quality cooking apple. Large and glossy purplish-red roundish fruit. Firm juicy flesh. Good for fresh cider. Stores 2 months. Z3.
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Fall. Juicy, distinctly tart, full-flavored fresh eating apple. Very popular at our Common Ground Country Fair taste tests! Keeps about a month. Z4.
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Fall. Full bittersweet cider apple. Very bitter yellow fruit with spots of pink and orange when fully ripe in mid-October. Intense tannins. Some specimens measured 21 brix. Heavy annual crops. Z4.
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Late Summer. Small fresh-eating crab about the size of a small plum. Tender crisp juicy flesh. Not sweet. Good in sauce. Highly scab resistant. Z2.
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Fall-Winter. All-purpose conic pink-striped apple. Rather tart with a hint of sweetness. Great for fresh eating, cooking & pies. Stores well. Z4.
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25x30'. Classic culinary crab. Apricot-pink buds, large fragrant pure white single flowers. Beautiful fruit makes flavorful ruby-red jelly. Z2.
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Early Fall. Medium bittersweet cider apple. Sweet, crisp and juicy. Soft, astringent, tannin. Useful for its early ripening. Midseason bloomer. Z4.
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Fall-Winter. Medium-large, slightly tart, crisp and juicy. Thomas Jefferson’s favorite. Good acid source for cider. All-purpose. Good keeper. Z4.
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Early Fall. Also called Snow. Ruby-red fruit with tender white flesh. Excellent fresh eating, sauce and fresh cider. Keeps until late December. Z3.
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Early Fall. Medium solid green fruit is refreshing, mild, incredibly juicy and very crisp. Texture reminiscent of an Asian pear or water chestnut. Keeps until Dec. No scab. Blooms midseason. Z4.
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Early Fall. Very high-quality and highly disease-resistant all-purpose apple. Juicy, firm, spicy flesh. Ripens early October, keeps until New Year. Productive and annually bearing. Z4.
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Late Summer. Golden Delicious seedling with classic Delicious shape. Juicy crisp flesh is a bit sharper, but still quite sweet for an early apple. Great for salads. Z4.
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Winter. Medium-to-large dessert apple is hard, very crisp, juicy, tart. Keeps till May. Highly disease-resistant. Blooms midseason to late. Z4.
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Late Fall. Newburgh, ME. Bittersharp cider apple. Large blocky fruit often must be cut to fit in grinder before pressing! Keeps well. Bitterness increases in storage. Z4.
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Fall-Winter. Likely a Mid-Atlantic heirloom. Juicy tart coarse hard flesh. Long storage capability. Used as acidic component in cider blends. Z4.
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Winter. A nearly perfect all-purpose apple for northernmost areas. Bright red fruit with white firm crisp juicy flesh. Very versatile. Keeps until March. Z3.
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Winter. A Golden Delicious for the north. Large golden-yellow bronze-blushed aromatic fruit has crisp and juicy yellow flavorful flesh. Keeps all winter. Z3.
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Late Fall. A very good fall dessert and cooking variety. Smallish red striped apple with dotted blush. Fine, tender, crisp, very juicy, aromatic, mildly subacid. Z4.
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Fall. Possible Red Delicious seedling with a similar shape but a superior eating experience! Crisp flesh and balanced sweet-tart flavor. Good fresh, great dried. Stores into winter. Z4.
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Fall-Winter. A very high-quality all-purpose apple. Medium-sized red fruit is firm, juicy, crisp, tender, aromatic and mildly tart. Stores all winter. Z4.
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Fall. Large, distinctive “cathead” shape. Mild, moderately crisp, moderately tart and subtle. All-purpose; excellent for cooking, especially sauce. Z4.
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Summer. One of the best varieties for summer fresh eating and cooking. Stays crisp long enough to use the crop. Disease and pest resistant. Very hardy. Z3.
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Summer. Bred from Yellow Transparent. Attractive, smooth skinned light green apple that appears to glow on the tree when ripe in mid summer. Very tart fresh eating. Great for sauce, summer pies. Z3.
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Summer. High-quality apple for fresh eating and sauce. Yellow fruit with dark red streaks and blotches. Fine-grained juicy tender aromatic creamy white flesh. Z3.
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Late Fall. Full bittersweet cider apple. Lots of tannin. Light yellow fruit mostly covered with tan russet. Combine with other late varieties. Z4.
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Fall-Winter. Exceptionally flavored juicy tart dessert apple! Vigorous large productive trees bear young & annually. Blooms mid-late season. Z4.
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Fall. Medium-large fruit is very juicy and sweet with a balsamic aroma. Potential for commercial popularity. Keeps into January. Blooms mid-late season. Z4.
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Fall-Winter. High-quality fruit for fresh eating and cooking. Mildly subacid and very flavorful. Great keeper. Large vigorous annually bearing tree. Z4.
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Fall. Fragrant white flowers. Small bright orange-scarlet fruit is surprisingly good for fresh eating. Feeds wildlife, too! Highly disease resistant. Z4.
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Fall-Winter. Excellent tart eating right off the tree in October and remaining excellent well into winter. Tender and juicy. Heavy blue bloom, like Blue Pearmain. Z4.
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Fall. Supremely flavorful dessert apple. Large brilliant deep red fruit. Crisp, sweet, tart and juicy. Best eaten fresh, but also considered a good cooking apple. Good keeper. Z4.
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Fall. Bittersharp cider apple. Among the best red-fleshed varieties. Prized for its size, vigor, disease resistance and deep red juice high in anthocyanins and antioxidants. Z4.
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Fall. Originally thought to be Calville Blanc but DNA profiling revealed it is unique. Good tart fresh eating and cooking apple. Name aptly describes unusual distinct ribbed shape. Z4.
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Fall. An offspring of Frostbite (MN 447). This russeted dessert apple is small, but packs a lot flavor. We eat them raw or baked whole rolled in cinnamon and sugar. Z4.
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Late Summer. Extremely hardy large cooking and dessert apple. Large hollow core sometimes fills with delicious juice. Uniquely shaped, beautiful and rare. Z3.
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Fall. Medium-small russet fruit with a longtime reputation as one of the very best dessert apples. Superb fresh eating. Keeps fairly well, still crunchy in January. Z3.
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Summer. Modern PRI-bred variety. Mildly tart, spicy and rich flavored. Great fresh eating quality. Disease-resistant, scab immune. Blooms mid-late season. Z4.
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Summer. The standard Maine summer cooking apple, especially pies. Medium-sized dark red fruit. Juicy subacid white flesh tinged with red. Z3.
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Fall-Winter. Medium-large, sharp, crisp, rich, aromatic dessert apple. Also good in cider. Great fresh eating till January. Blooms midseason. Z4.
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Early Fall. Medium-sized fruit is firm, sweet, mild. Excellent fresh eating and cooking. Similar to Mac. Keeps through the fall. Blooms midseason. Z3/Z4.
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Mid-Late Fall. All-purpose fruit for fresh eating, cooking and cider. Rich juice with high sugar makes an excellent base for blending. Keeps until late winter. Z5.
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Fall. Intro by N.E. Hansen, USDA plant explorer who searched the world for cold hardy plant material. Juicy tart flesh is good fresh and cooked into sauce. Z3.
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Late Fall-Winter. Relatively unknown dessert apple. Yellow fruit blushed with light scarlet red is crisp, firm, juicy and sweet. Decent keeper. Z4.
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Early Fall. High-quality flavorful dessert apple is light yellowish-tan. Crisp fine-textured creamy-white-yellowish juicy aromatic flesh has pear-like flavor. Z4.
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Summer-Fall-Winter. Seedling of Northern Spy. Sweet apple with no acidity; a good sweet component to hard cider. Can be eaten August to March, though best in October. Keeps extremely well. Z4.
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Summer. Super hardy Russian heirloom used as a parent in breeding projects for new cold hardy varieties. Mostly used for summer cooking. Blooms early. Z3.
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Summer. Early season eating and cooking apple. Ripens in August. Round-conic shape reminiscent of Red Delicious. Sweet flavor has hints of plum and pear. Blooms midseason. Z4.
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20x30' White single flowers on large somewhat weeping tree. Red-blushed roundish 1½-2" fruit good for cooking and cider ripens late summer. Z4.
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Summer. Medium-sized fruit with almost solid beet red flesh: a real eye popper! Very good and extremely tart. Good addition to cider and sauce. Z3.
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Fall-Winter. Famous American heirloom apple. Large brilliant shiny yellow with a bright red blush. Best for fresh eating: aromatic, slightly crisp, juicy, mild. Good sauce. Z4.
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Winter. Large firm crisp fine-grained juicy aromatic all-purpose apple does everything well, including keeping all winter. Blooms early-midseason. Z4.
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