Apple Varieties
First Kiss
An early variety from the U of M is typically ready in mid to late August. This medium-sized bright red fruit has a very crisp texture, decent juice content, and sweet flavor. Great eating apples.
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Paula Red
Very similar to the well-known McIntosh this is a late August variety. It features dusty darker skin with light spots. It is a soft apple with a sweet flavor great for eating and a favorite for applesauce.
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Zestar
The first offspring of the Honeycrisp, it’s a great eating apple as well as a great choice for cooking or baking. This medium to large size fruit has almost pastel red and green colors.
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Chestnut Crabapple
Small apples will be ready around the first week of September. It has a rough skin, less juice than most, and a refreshing nutty flavor.
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Ginger Gold
Ginger Gold is a beautiful, scrumptious apple. Discovered by Ginger Harvey in 1969 as a chance seedling brought in by Hurricane Camille in Virginia. It combines the best features of the Harvest Apple and the Golden Delicious. This large fruit is bright yellow, crisp & juicy, thin-skinned, has fine-textured flesh, and is sweet with a hint of spice. It is excellent for eating, baking, and sauces.
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SweeTango
Another U of M crowd favorite! Ready in early September this apple is a hybrid of the Honeycrisp and Zestar. This large fruit has bright red and yellow colors, a yellow flesh, the crunch of Honeycrisp and it’s juicy enough to need a napkin to eat.
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Sweet 16
A medium to large fruit ready in late September. Try it alongside the Honeycrisp. This is a hidden gem of sweet flavor and firm texture. A great eating apple as well as a great baking choice.
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Cortland
Ready in late September this apple is easily spotted by its crimson color on the tree from a wax-like coat. A medium to large fruit, it has a slightly crisp, with white flesh, and tart flavor. The premier fruit salad apple. Great for pies and applesauce.
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Honeycrisp
The one that took the world by storm! Considered the best-eating apple. It has a vibrant color, a super crunch, a great sweet flavor, and an explosive amount of juice. Find this crowd favorite in mid to late September.
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SnowSweet
This apple is good for everything. Sweet flavor for an eating apple, it also is great for cooking. On the tree there is a wax coat that makes the colors dull, it’s bright red and green when polished. It is a firm apple and has a good amount of juice with white flesh that stays white when cut. Usually ready in the last week of September or early October.
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Liberty
This smaller darker red apple is a late September variety. With a firm texture and tart flavor, it is the closest to Haralson, great to eat for the tart apple fan, and great for baking.
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Honeygold
This is a softer apple great for fresh eating with a mild sweet flavor. The spotted skin ranges from a pale green to a bright yellow with hints of red from sun exposure. The soft texture makes it a good candidate for applesauce. Ready towards the end of September.
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Haralson
The best available for baking and the crowd-favorite tart-flavored apple. This medium to large fruit is a staple of the Minnesota varieties. It is the firmest and tartest out there. Find this one ripe in early October.
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Regent
Ready in early October this is the jack-of-all-trades apple. With a firm texture close to Haralson and a flavor that can be tart or sweet based on when it is picked. Medium-sized, it keeps well, great for eating, cooking, and baking.
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Fireside\Connell Red
Almost identical except in size. They are juicy, firm, and sweet. Find these apples ready in early October. Good eats apples, very large making it a good pie maker. The milder flavor also lends itself to use in a salad.
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Keepsake
A late October variety this one is another all-around useful apple. Small to medium size, very firm with a sugar cane flavor. As the name implies it will stay fresh in storage for longer than any other apple with reports of up to a full year.
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Coming Soon?
The orchard is constantly changing. As old trees make way for new, some varieties stay, and some get replaced. Keep an eye out for the Triumph apple. In a few short years it will be ready for picking with the Zestar!