Apples on the Avenue ORCHARD
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Viking
Beautiful and aromatic
Ripening date: Mid to late August
Color: Dark maroon with white or light green background
Uses: Fresh eating, baking, sauce
Juicy and rich, with slight acidity, Viking apples retain their flavor when cooked. It was developed in Illinois.
Molly
Multi-purpose apple
Ripening date: late August
Color: Red with yellow background
Uses: fresh eating, baking, sauces
Mollies Delicious is a cross of Golden Delicious, Gravenstein, and two lesser-known varieties. It is sweet and firm. Some describe it as having an aromatic flavor.
Wealthy
An heirloom favorite
Ripening date: Labor day
Color: Red with green background
Uses: baking, multi-purpose
Wealthy is an old apple variety, selected from naturally crossed apples in Minnesota in 1860. It is believed to be the first commercial apple to survive in Minnesota.
It’s an excellent baker and makes pink applesauce. It is crisp and juicy with a complex, slightly tart flavor.
Honeycrisp
Everyone's favorite
Ripening date: early September
Color: Red with yellow background
Uses: fresh eating, baking
Honeycrisp is a very popular eating apple. It was developed in Minnesota. Both of its parent trees are growing in our orchard- Honeygold and Macoun.
Our own Honeycrisp trees are young and are just starting to produce, so you-pick customers may not find many on the trees. In our store we sell Honeycrisp apples which we harvest from another local orchard.
Cortland
Makes light pink sauce
Ripening date: Mid to late September
Color: Red
Uses: Eating fresh, baking, and sauce
The Cortland is related to the better known Macintosh apple and is crisp and has a nice balance of sweetness and tartness. It is known for its white flesh that is slow to yellow. It’s beautiful deep red skin makes a light pink sauce. The variety was developed in New York.
Honeygold
Like a Golden Delicious
Ripening date: Late September
Color: yellow with red blush
Uses: fresh eating, sauce, baking
Honeygold is one of the parent trees of the well-known Honeycrisp apple and was also developed in Minnesota. Honeygold is a cross between a Golden Delicious and Haralson. The apple is crisp and juicy with an excellent sweet flavor.
Red Sharon
A rare find
Ripening date: Late September
Color: Red Striped
Uses: Fresh eating
Sharon is a cross between Macintosh and Longfield. It was developed at the Iowa State Agriculture Experiment Station and was released in 1906. It is sweeter and firmer than Macintosh. It stores really well. We only have one Red Sharon tree, so it is usually available for only a short window in the fall.
Haralson
Cracks when you bite into it
Ripening date: early October
Color: Red striped
Uses: Baking, fresh eating, cider pressing
Haralson is a cross between Wealthy (also grown on our orchard) and Malinda apple varieties. It was developed by the University of Minnesota and introduced in 1913. It is a grandparent of Honeycrisp.
It is firm and juicy with a tart flavor. It bakes well and is a top choice for cider pressing. It also stores well.
Spartan
Is it a plum?
Ripening date: Mid-October
Color: Deep burgundy
Uses: Fresh eating, juice/cider, sauce
Spartan is a child of McIntosh. It was developed in Canada and introduced in 1926. It’s most distinctive quality is its color. If cooked with the skins on, it makes a beautiful deep pink applesauce. It is also a preferred variety for cider pressing.
Fireside
Big and delicious!
Ripening date: Mid-October
Color: Green with red blush
Uses: Fresh eating, baking, sauce, freezing
Fireside is offspring of the well-known McIntosh, and is a wonderfully sweet and crunchy eating apple. Customers also rate it highly for sauce and dehydrating, and it stores well. It is crisp and juicy with slightly yellow flesh. ireside was developed by the University of Minnesota and released in 1917.
Regent
Better than Honeycrisp
Ripening date: Mid-October
Color: Red
Uses: Fresh eating and baking
Regent is offspring of Red Delicious and was developed by the University of Minnesota and released in 1963.
It is crisp and juicy with a light, sweet flavor. We wait until we've had a hard frost to harvest it, because that seems to bring out the flavor. The fruit stores well over winter and is a great baking apple.
Rhode Island Greening
One of the oldest American apples
Ripening date: Mid-October
Color: Green
Uses: Baking
Rhode Island Greening is one of the oldest known American apples. It has been known of since the 1650s.
Baking brings out its full flavor. It is tart, but gets sweeter after it has been stored a while, making it a nice eating apple. It can keep for three months or more in the fridge. We just have two trees, so availability may be limited.
Northwest Greening
Locally Grown
Ripening date: Mid-October
Color: Greenish yellow
Uses: Pies and applesauce
Northwestern Greening originated in Wisconsin in 1872. It is considered to be an heirloom variety, because it resulted from a natural cross between two apple trees.
It has a balanced flavor that is slightly tart. It is a favorite for baking and makes very thick sauce.
We just have one tree, so availability may be limited.