Sharon Apples have yellow skin with red stripes. Inside, they have soft, firm, juicy flesh with a sweet flavour. Occasionally, the apple can lack any balancing tartness, and to some people’s tastes, taste “woody.” The tree is a reliable bearer, and is hardy down to -50 F (-45 C.) Cooking Tips For fresh-eating. History Notes…
American Apples
Shockley Apples
Shockley are small to medium-sized, slightly conical apples. They have tough, smooth, pale yellow skin mostly covered with bright red, and faint yellow dots. They have a deep, russetted cavity at the stem end. Inside, they have off-white juicy, crisp flesh with a sweet, rich flavour. The fruit ripens October to November, depending on location….
Skinner’s Seedling Apples
Skinner’s Seedling are large-sized apples. They have greenish-yellow skin with pale red or pink stripes. Inside, they have white, finely-textured, tender, juicy flesh with good flavour. Cooking Tips Good for fresh-eating, sauce or other cooking. History Notes Skinner’s Seedling Apples originated in Santa Clara, California. Introduced 1887. The apple was grown commercially in Northern California…
Smith’s Cider Apples
Smith’s Cider are medium to large-sized apples. They have tough, smooth, yellow skin, flushed with pale red and whitish dots, and russetting at the bottom. Inside, they have white to yellowish, finely-textured, tender, crisp, juicy flesh. Cooking Tips For cider, or fresh-eating. Storage Hints Does not store well. History Notes Smith’s Cider Apples originated in…
Smokehouse Apples
Smokehouse are large-sized, somewhat flattened apples. They have greenish-yellow skin flushed with red and speckled with russet dots. Inside, they have firm, crisp, tender, yellowish, very juicy flesh. The flesh has spicy, good flavour, and is almost cider-like in taste. The tree starts bearing fruit when young, and is a heavy bearer. It needs pruning…
Smoky Mt. Limbertwig Apples
Smoky Mt. Limbertwig are medium to large-sized apples. They have yellow skin flushed with dark red, and inside, aromatic, yellowish, crisp, juicy flesh with good flavour. The fruit ripens September to October, depending on location. The tree has drooping branches typical of Limbertwig apple trees. It was grown at higher altitudes in the American South….
Sops of Wine Apples
Sops of Wine are medium to large-sized apples with yellowish-green skin flushed with red stripes. Inside, they have finely-textured, tender, yellowish flesh, often with pink stains. The flesh is aromatic but not overly juicy. There is a hint of liquorice in the taste. The fruit ripens late June / July in the American South (later…
Spigold Apples
Spigold are large to very large-sized apples. They have smooth tender green skin ripening to yellow covered with reddish and bronze stripes. Inside, they have firm, finely-textured, very juicy, crisp yellowish flesh. The flesh is aromatic, with a spicy, sweet flavour with a balance of tartness. The tree needs 600 hours of cold weather in…
Starr Apples
Starr Apples can grow to be up to 10 to 12 inches (20 to 25 cm) wide (sic.) They have pale greenish-yellow skin flushed with a faint red. Inside, they have tender, crisp, very juicy, yellowish flesh which is aromatic with a sprightly, tart taste. The tree starts bearing fruit when quite young, and is…
State Fair Apples
State Fair are medium-sized appes, up to 3 inches (7 ½ cm) wide. They will be round to conical in shape. They have yellow skin 90% covered with bright reddish-orange flushes. Inside, they have firm, juicy off-white flesh which is aromatic, with a sweet taste with balancing tartness. The fruit ripens all at the same…
Stayman Apples
Stayman are medium to large-sized apples. The smooth, thick greenish-yellow skin is covered with flushes of red and dark red, which itself is covered with light russetting. The stem cavity often has heavier russetting. Inside, it has firm, tender, finely-textured juicy, crisp yellowish-green flesh with a tangy, spicy taste. The tree blooms later in the…
Summer Champion Apples
Summer Champion are medium to large-sized, slightly conical-shaped apples. They have yellow skin covered in pink and red stripes. Inside, they have crisp, juicy yellowish flesh. The fruit ripens in July. Cooking Tips For fresh-eating. History Notes Summer Champion Apples were developed by a Wellington (Wirt) Waller of Lincoln, Arksansas around 1897. Wellington was the…
Summer Limbertwig Apples
Summer Limbertwig are medium-sized apples. They have bright, pale yellow skin covered with pink and red flushes, and patches of russet. Inside, they have tender, juicy white flesh which is aromatic, with a tart taste. The tree has weeping branches, typical of Limbertwig apple trees, but the branches are a bit sturdier, and don’t droop…
Summer Rose Apples
Summer Rose are medium-sized, slightly flattened apples. They have waxy but smooth, pale, greenish-yellow skin covered with red flushes on the side that got the sun. Inside, they have finely-textured, tender, crisp, juicy white flesh with a sweet, sprightly, mildly tart taste. The tree is an abundant bearer, and blooms late enough in the spring…
Sutton’s Beauty Apples
Sutton’s Beauty are medium-sized apples with waxy greenish-yellow skin flushed with crimson. Inside, they have crisp, firm, juicy, finely-textured white flesh with a yellowish tinge to it. The tree blooms very early in the spring. It is an abundant bearer, but tends to bear every other year. The fruit ripens in September. Cooking Tips For…
Sweet Bough Apples
Sweet Bough are medium to large-sized apples. They have smooth skin, in colour anywhere from whitish to pale yellowish-green, occasionally with a pale red flush, and with dots. Inside, they have tender, crisp, juicy white flesh with a very sweet taste. The fruit ripens June to July depending on location. The tree is hardy, and…
Sweet Sixteen Apples
Sweet Sixteen are slightly conical-shaped, medium to large-sized apples, weighing up to 16 oz (450g) each. The skin is green covered with bronzey-red. Inside, the apples have crispy, finely-textured, juicy, off-white flesh which is aromatic, with a nutty, complex flavour that is sweet, with balancing tartness. Some say they detect a hint of anise or…
Sweet Winesap Apples
Sweet Winesap are medium to large-sized, slightly conical apples. They have smooth but tough greenish-yellow skin, flushed with light and dark red. Inside, they have firm, crisp, juicy, finely-textured white flesh with very sweet, good flavour. The fruit ripens in October. No actual relation to other Winesap apples. Cooking Tips For fresh-eating or baking. Storage…
Swiss Limbertwig Apples
Swiss Limbertwig are medium-sized apples, with purplish maroon skin covered with dots. The flesh has very good flavour. The tree has weeping branches typical of Limbertwig apple trees. Cooking Tips For fresh-eating. History Notes Swiss Limbertwig Apples originated in the Cumberland Mountains (southern section of the Appalachian Mountains) in America, possibly with Swiss who settled…
Terry Winter Apples
Terry Winter are medium-sized apples, with thick, tough yellow skin flushed with red and dark red. Inside, they have crisp, juicy white flesh. The fruit ripens in November in Georgia. Cooking Tips For fresh-eating. Storage Hints Stores well. History Notes Terry Winter Apples originated in Fulton County, Georgia, USA in the 1850s on the farm…
Thornberry Apples
Thornberry® are medium-sized apples with translucent yellow skin. Inside, they have pink flesh with a tart, sprightly, berry-like flavour. The flesh doesn’t tend to be mealy like other some pink-fleshed apple varieties. The fruit ripens in October in California. The tree has very ornamental purplish-pink blossoms in the spring. Cooking Tips For fresh-eating. History Notes…
Tolman Sweet Apples
Tolman Sweet apples are medium to large-sized apples. They have pale greenish-yellow skin with some light russetting and often with a faint red blush. Beach’s “Apples of New York” says”: “Skin tough, often marked by a suture line extending out from the cavity, sometimes reaching even to the basin; color pale clear yellow or whitish-yellow,…
Tompkins County King Apples
Tompkins County King are large to very large-sized apples, somewhat flattened in shape, with some ribbing. They have waxy yellow skin flushed with red and dark red, speckled with white or russet dots, and russetted in the stem cavity. Inside, they have coarse, crisp, tender, juicy yellowish flesh which is aromatic, with good rich flavour…
Turley Apples
Turley are medium to large-sized apples with green skin mostly covered with a dull-red. Inside, they have firm, juicy off-white flesh tinged with green, which is aromatic with a tart taste. The fruit ripens in early October. The tree’s pollen is sterile. Cooking Tips Good for cooking. Storage Hints Stores well, up to 5 months….