by DLCadmin | Apr 14, 2015 | Apple Variety, Baking/Cooking Apples, Cider Apples, Eating Apples, Sharp
Ripens: Mid to late September Recommended Use: Eating/baking/cider Taste: Nutty The “champagne” of old time cider apples. Crisp, highly flavored, fine textured, yellow flesh makes very sugary juice. Although the origins are not clear, the Golden Russet arose in...
by DLCadmin | Apr 14, 2015 | Apple Variety, Baking/Cooking Apples, Drying, Eating Apples, Other Apples at DLC
Ripens: Late in the season (last apple to ripen in orchard) Recommended Use: Eating/drying/baking (pies) Taste: Very tart (tartest in orchard) Tart and crunchy, this late season apple will sweeten with storage. Firm, and tart at first, Gold Rush do not brown quickly...
by DLCadmin | Apr 14, 2015 | Apple Variety, Baking/Cooking Apples, Cider Apples, Eating Apples, Sweets
Ripens: Early to mid-season Recommended Use: Eating/baking (good for pies) and cider Taste: Tart A very uniquely tart apple, the Grime’s Golden’s flavor rolls on your taste buds as you chew changing from a crisp, refreshing tartness to an unexpected nuttiness. This...
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, 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, 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.
