PLEASE CHECK IN TO SEE WHAT CULTIVARS ARE IN SEASON.
AVAILABILITY WILL VARY DEPENDING ON A NUMBER OF FACTORS,
INCLUDING, SELLING OUT, WEATHER, PESTS AND
DISEASE.
We
have more then 25 different cultivars in varying degrees of
of production at this point.
These are cultivars
that we currently have in varying degrees of
production,
Red Astrachan- Mid-summer (Aug 1) tart apple with
lots of complex flavor. We currently have one tree, so are
not offering these commercially but will be adding them to
our lineup in future.
Prima - scab resistant cultivar (no
fungicide used on it). Late summer apple (end of Aug). Like
most summer apples, these do not keep well. This was
planted in our orchard when a very new variety, but it is
not winter-hardy enough for our location, and perhaps
because of this is a pest magnet. We likely will not be
keeping this variety. We use it mostly in early season
sweet cider blends.
Liberty -scab resistant cultivar (no
fungicide used on it) sweet, juicy, softer, general purpose
dessert apple. 3rd week Sept.
Cortland - wonderful dessert apple, great
in salads and for apple sauce. Scab-prone, so commercial
availability varies year by year with scab pressure. Oct
1st.
Freedom - little known scab resistant
cultivar (no fungicide used on it). One of our customer
favorites. Similar to Liberty, but often firmer, slightly
more acid (tarter but not a tart apple),sweet, juicy,
fruity. They store well, to mid winter. Very late Sept.
Delicious (red) - Older striped variety,
not the Washington state hard as a rock supermarket kind.
We use these mostly in cider blends.
Golden Delicious - excellent heirloom
local cultivar, not your supermarket variety! Strong
tendency toward biennial bearing (fruits every other year)
and since they fruited heavily last year we will only have
enough for cider blending in 2009. Honey, spice, and
vanilla flavors, ideal for drying with thin skins and sweet
flesh. Oct 1st.
Macintosh - Classic New England apple.
Very scab susceptible, hard for us to grow organically and
we are phasing it out. Used now in our cider blends.
Northern Spy - excellent late fall apple,
stores well, complex, sweet, and acid flavors, very
stubborn to try to get to fruit. It prefers abundant
vegetative growth. Late Oct.
These
cultivars ARE NOT IN PRODUCTION NOW, they have been planted
or grafted over in the last few years. They will be coming
into production in the next few years (2-5 years),
Honey Crisp - Crisp sweet desert apple.
Mid Sept.
Sweet Sixteen - Highly Flavored, nutty,
spicy, even vanilla, sweet.
Fameuse - (Snow Apple)- Old French
Canadian apple, sweet, crisp, fruity, parent of Macintosh.
Late Sept.
Chenango Strawberry - Another old variety,
heavy aroma,tender, fruity. Early Sept.
Williams Pride - Fine flavored summer
apple, scab resistant. August
Golden Russet - Sweet, honey taste. Good
keeper. Scab resistant. Great cider apple. Mid October.
Wealthy - Late Sept.
Frostbite - Exciting new cultivar that
some say almost doesn't resemble an apple, tropical in
flavor, orange flesh. Can't wait to try it!
Baldwin - Sweet, fruity, crisp. Stores
well. Mid October. Was the classic New England apple prior
to lead arsenate sprays and the dominance of MacIntosh.
Esopus -Spitzenburg - Fruity, acid,
complex. Thomas Jefferson's favorite apple, supposedly
grows here than in Virginia. Stores well. Oct 1st.
Cox's Orange Pippin - Rich, complex,
highly aromatic, spicy, one of the best, an old variety.
scab resistant. Stores ok. Late Sept.
Summer Rambo - great flavored summer apple
Calville Blanc- French baking
apple
Harrison - Excellent old American cidering
apple
Bitter Bannana- cidering cultivar in testing, from
Quebec.
Douce de Charlevoix - cidering cultivar in
testing, from Quebec.
Biladeau - cidering cultivar in testing,
from Quebec.
We also have a number of other seedling apples that
we are testing.