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Apple Updates

 The Orchard 2011 apple season is now over.  We hope to have a much larger crop in 2012.  Check with us around July 10 for Golden Transparent Apples, the fabulous sauce apple. See below our major varieties and their approximate picking dates. 

 Last updated on November 09, 2011

Grimes Golden

 

People visit from miles away to pick this parent apple of the Golden Delicious. The Grimes Golden is ready to pick in mid-September. It's sweet, delicate flavor is prized for eating, cider and  jelly.  It makes particularly fine apple butter.

Rome Beauty

Rome Beauty

 

Rome is the classic pie apple - firm and tart, and holds its shape.  Our supply of Rome Beauties is limited. Romes are available in late-September.

Virginia Beauty

 

Locally this is the favorite!  With a tender fruit, a very heady apple taste, and aroma that deepens after it is picked and wrapped in newspapers for several weeks.  Its color is wine with gold russeting at the stem.  Locals make milk shakes from very ripe Virginia Beauties.  It is also good for cobblers, pan-fried apples, and extra-sweet eating. Available late-September.

Golden Delicious

Golden Delicious

 

 


 

 

Our Goldens have a red blush! This is because they are not picked before they are ripe and ready. This makes them crisp, sweet, and pungent - unlike most of those found in grocery stores.  They are great for snacking, and very fine for pies, cobblers and baked apples.  Golden Delicious hold their shape well when cooked. They are harvested in mid-September through mid-October.

Stayman-Winesap

Cooks and cider makers make annual visits to The Orchard to pick our Staymans (locally called Stayman-Winesaps.)  They are also the choice of people who like hard, crisp, medium tart eating apples.  No matter how many Stayman we are able to harvest, we always wish we had more. 

Available early to mid October.

York Imperial

York Imperials

York is lopsided with a dull skin, but has a fabulous flavor and firm texture that improves when kept months in a cool place.  It contributes heavily to the great taste of our late fall cider and apple butter. Fine for eating and all cooking purposes. This apple gets sweeter as you keep it. Available mid to late October.
King Lucious

King Luscious

The largest apple we grow (it's huge) is very juicy and sweet - fine for eating and for light cooking. The King Luscious are best picked in mid to late October.

Red Delicious

Red Delicious

Our "Red" Delicious is a favorite lunch box apple. It is a long lasting sweet eating apple.  We also grow a few of the old-fashion Stark Red, an historical version of Red Delicious.

Available mid to late October.

 

 

 

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