Twenty Ounce Apples have thick, tough greenish-yellow skin flushed with deep red. Inside, they have coarse, tender, juicy off-white flesh with a tart taste. The tree starts bearing fruit while still young. The apples ripen in September or October, depending on location. They don’t all ripen all at once. Not the same as Twenty Ounce…
American Apples
Twenty Ounce Pippin Apples
Twenty Ounce Pippin Apples are similar in almost all respects to “Twenty Ounce Apples”, including size, coloration and tree habits, but they are considered to be of lesser quality both for cooking and eating. History Notes Twenty Ounce Pippin Apples were introduced a bit later than “Twenty Ounce Apples”, about 1850.
Vandevere Apples
Vandevere are medium to large-sized apples, with yellow skin covered with flushes of pale red. Inside, they have tender, firm (even hard), juicy yellowish flesh with a sweet taste. The flesh is so firm that one of the apple’s names became “Grindstone.” The fruit ripens from October onwards. Cooking Tips For cooking, cider. Storage Hints…
Viking Apples
Viking are large to very large-sized apples. They have glossy, smooth, green skin more than half covered with a dark red, almost purple flush. Inside, they have finely-textured, semi-firm, off-white flesh with a somewhat watery core. The flesh is aromatic, but has a tart taste. If the weather turns hot, ripened apples need to be…
Virginia Beauty Apples
Virginia Beauty are medium to large-sized apples, often irregularly shaped. They have smooth, glossy greenish-yellow skin almost completely covered with very dark red or purple, and faint dots of russet. Inside, they have tender, juicy, finely-textured yellowish-green tinged flesh, which is sweet but not overwhelmingly so. The flavour ranges from spicy to hints of cherry…
Virginia Gold Apples
Virginia Gold Apples have waxy, greenish-yellow skin with a pink flush. Inside, they have aromatic, crisp, firm, juicy white flesh. The flavour is mildly sweet, slightly tart and sprightly. The flavour balance gets even better on storage after a few months. The fruit ripens in October in Virginia. Cooking Tips For fresh-eating, applesauce, pies, baking,…
Virginia Limbertwig Apples
Virginia Limbertwig Apples have purple skin with large white dots. Inside, they have juicy flesh with a rich flavour. The tree has drooping branches typical of Limbertwig apple trees. Cooking Tips For fresh-eating. Storage Hints Stores well.
Virginia Winesap Apples
Virginia Winesap are medium-sized, somewhat heart-shaped apples with deep red skin. Inside, they have firm, crisp white flesh, which is aromatic with a spicy flavour. The fruit ripens late October. The tree’s pollen is sterile. Cooking Tips For fresh-eating. Storage Hints Stores well. Flavour improves in storage, though the skin turns a bit waxy, and…
Wagener Apple
Wagener Apples have thin, smooth, glossy skin that is a pale with red and pink blushes. Inside, the yellowish-white flesh is fine-grained, tender, crisp and juicy. The apple is round, slightly flattened and medium to large-sized. Cooking Tips Good for fresh-eating, or for use in applesauce or cider. History Notes In 1791, a man named…
Waltana Apples
Waltana Apples are medium to large-sized apples with green skin with a red flush on it. Inside, they have firm, crisp, juicy flesh with a sweet taste. The fruit ripens from October to November, depending upon locale. They are best harvested after the first frost. Cooking Tips All-purpose apples. Particularly good for cooking. Storage Hints…
Wealthy Apple
Wealthy Apples © Denzil Green Wealthy Apples have pale, yellowish-green skin with bright red flushes. Inside, the apple’s flesh is coarse and soft, and very fragrant. Cooking Tips In season, it is good as a fresh-eating apple. It makes good juice; some even like to use it for cider. Many people swear by it for…
Westfield Seek-No-Further Apple
These medium-sized apples have thick, smooth skin that is yellow or yellowish-green with red blushes.Inside, the dense flesh is fragrant and crisp. Good flavour with many notes to it. The tree prefers cooler summers to produce well. Cooking Tips A fresh-eating apple that is not generally good for cooking, though it does make very good…
White Limbertwig Apples
White Limbertwig Apples are conical-shaped, with pale yellowish-green skin. The fruit ripens in October. Cooking Tips Good for apple butter.
Wickson Crab Apples
Wickson Crab Apples grow to be 1 1/2 to 2 inches (4 to 5 cm) wide. They have yellow skin with a red flush. The flesh has a spicy, tangy, very sweet taste: it has a sugar content up to 25%. The fruit ripens mid-October. Patented. Cooking Tips Good for cider, both hard cider and…
William’s Favorite Apples
William’s Favorite are medium to large-sized, conical apples.They have smooth, yellowish skin covered with bright red flushes and stripes. Inside the apples have tender, somewhat juicy yellowish-white flesh tinged red at the core, with a sweet but mild flavour. Ripens in July. Cooking Tips For fresh-eating or cooking. History Notes William’s Favorite Apples were discovered…
William’s Pride Apples
William’s Pride are medium-sized apples. They have yellowish-green skin, flushed with red. Inside, they have off-white, firm, crisp, juicy flesh. The flesh has a concentrated, rich flavour with a hint of spice in it. The tree blossoms last a long while. Late August harvest. Cooking Tips For fresh-eating. Storage Hints Stores well if picked right…
Winesap Apples
Winesap Apples range from small to medium-sized to large apples. The tough, coarse skin is yellow on the shaded side, deep red elsewhere, with almost a violet hue. Sometimes there is some russeting. Inside, the crisp, juicy flesh is yellow with red-tinged veins. Some feel the taste almost has a red-wine flavour; to others, it…
Winter Banana Apples
Winter Banana Apples are fresh-eating apples. The tough, smooth, waxy skin is yellow with pink or light red blushes on the side exposed to the sun. Inside, the cream-coloured flesh is firm, coarse, juicy and tender. The apples are very fragrant, even in a bowl on the table, Some people feel the flavour tastes a…
Wodarz Apples
Wodarz are medium to large-sized, knobbly-shaped apples. They have yellow skin with a red flush. Inside, the flesh is white, firm, juicy and sweet. The fruit ripens in late September. The tree is hardy. Cooking Tips For fresh-eating. Storage Hints Stores well. History Notes Wodarz Apples originated at the R. L. Wodarz apple orchard in…
Wolf River Apples
Wolf River Apples are very large apples, often weighing 1 pound (450g) or more, ranging anywhere from grapefruit to small cantaloupe size. The shape is often somewhat irregular. The pale, dull-red skin has patches of pale yellow. The coarsely-textured flesh is tender, soft, juicy and cream-coloured. The flavour is a bit tart. Cooking Tips Can…
Yates Apples
Yates are small-sized apples. They have pale yellow skin covered with dark red blushes and stripes and small grey dots. Inside, they have tender, firm, juicy, yellowish-white flesh sometimes stained red under the skin. It is aromatic, with a spicy taste. The fruit on the tree needs thinning to get the size of the apples…
Yellow Bellflower Apples
Yellow Bellflower are medium to large-sized apples. They are tall, sometimes lopsided, and often ribbed. They have lemon-yellow skin with white dots or some russetting, and a pinkish blush on the sides of the apples where they got a lot of sun. Inside, they have crisp, white, finely-textured, firm, tender flesh, which is aromatic and…
York Imperial Apple
York Imperials are medium to large-sized apples. The skin is light red, with patches of greenish-yellow dotted with russetting. Inside, the flesh is yellow, coarse but crisp, and juicy with a mildly tart flavour. The core of the apple is smaller than usual for an apple. Can be used as a fresh-eating apple or as…
Zestar Apples
Zestar are medium to large-sized, round but blocky-shaped, apples. They have greenish-yellow skin with bright red flushes. Inside, they have grainy, white, crisp, juicy flesh, which is slightly sweet with a hint of spice to the taste. The fruit ripens in late August, early September in Minnesota. The tree starts bearing while still young. US…