by DLCadmin | Apr 16, 2015 | Apple Variety, Baking/Cooking Apples, Cider Apples, Eating Apples, Sharp
Ripens: Mid to late September Recommend Use: Eating/baking/cider Taste: Nutty Thought to be the oldest named American apple variety it was originally grown from a seed planted in Roxbury Massachusetts in the early 1600s. It was grown widely in the colonies including...
by DLCadmin | Apr 16, 2015 | Apple Variety, Baking/Cooking Apples, Other Apples at DLC
Ripens: Late in the season Recommended Use: Baking (pie) Taste: firm, very tart One of the oldest American apple varieties, the Rhode Island Greening has been known since the 1650s. This apple is tart and primarily used for pie-making.
by DLCadmin | Apr 16, 2015 | Apple Variety, Baking/Cooking Apples
Ripens: Mid-August Recommended Use: Cooking (pies and apple sauce) Taste: Great flavor An old apple variety from Denmark which remains popular in both Europe and North America due to its high quality flavor, the Red Gravenstein is a good eating and cooking apple with...
by DLCadmin | Apr 16, 2015 | Apple Variety, Baking/Cooking Apples, Cider Apples, Drying, Sweets
Ripens: Late October Recommended Use: Drying/cider/cooking (pies and apple sauce) Taste: Mild, very aromatic Thomas Jefferson’s favorite apple, the Newtown Pippin is not great for eating on its own but makes a lovely cider and keeps well. Tart at first, this apple...
by DLCadmin | Apr 16, 2015 | Apple Variety, Eating Apples, Other Apples at DLC
Ripens: Early September Recommended Use: Eating Taste: Sweet, juicy A small early season English apple popular in the Victorian Era, the Miller’s Red apple variety is a sweet and juicy eating apple.
