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Canadian Apples

Adanac Apples

Adanac Apples are fresh-eating apples. They are medium-sized apples, up to 2 ½ inches (6 cm) wide. They have yellowish-green skin striped with red flushes, and a greenish-white coarsely-textured flesh. The Adanac Apple tree is winter hardy, and a reliable producer. Cooking Tips For fresh-eating. Storage Hints Adanac Apples do not store well. History Notes…

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Ambrosia Apples

Ambrosia Apples © Denzil Green Ambrosia is a medium-sized, fragrant apple. The skin has a creamy white background, with a pink/red blush and stripes over it. The flesh is very sweet, with not much tartness, and almost no grittiness to the texture. Cooking Tips The flesh is very slow to brown when cut open, and…

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Anaros Crab Apples

Anaros Crab Apples are round, and about 1 ½ inches (4 cm) wide. They have yellow skin with a red flush. Inside, the yellowish, crisp flesh has a good, tart flavour. The fruit ripens late September / early October. Cooking Tips Good for canning, jelly, juicing. History Notes Anaros Crabapples were developed by Agriculture Canada…

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Bancroft Apples

The eating quality of Bancroft Apples improves in storage. The tree starts bearing fruit while still very young. Storage Hints Stores well. History Notes Bancroft Apples were developed in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada in 1935 from a cross between McIntosh and Forest Red Late apples.

Bedford Crab Apples

Bedford Crab Apples grow to be 1 ¼ to1 ⅜ inches (3 to 3 ½ cm) wide, with ribbing. They have thin, yellow, waxy skin, flushed with pale red. Inside, the flesh is yellow, firm, crisp, and juicy, with a tart taste. The fruit ripens in September. Cooking Tips Rated okay for fresh-eating and general…

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Belmac Apple

Medium to large apple, with a size of 2.5 inches by 3 inches (6 cm x 7.5 cm), and an average weight of 5 oz (140g.) It looks like a McIntosh apple in colour, size and shape. The shiny skin is smooth, thick and tough. It is red with green stripes. The flesh is white…

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Canada Red Apples

Canada Red are medium to large-sized apples. They have smooth but tough yellow skin flushed with deep red, and speckled with dots. Inside they have aromatic, crisp, juicy, finely-textured whitish flesh with tinges of green or yellow in it. Cooking Tips Fresh-eating apples History Notes Canada Red Apples were probably first identified in western New…

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Crimson Beauty Apples

Crimson Beauty Apples © Denzil Green Crimson Beauty Apples have skin tinged with red streaks when fully ripe. Some people think they occasionally detect a hint of raspberry in the tart flavour. The apples ripen late July, early August. Cooking Tips For cooking, particularly for sauce. Makes a red applesauce. History Notes Crimson Beauty Apples…

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Dawn Crab Apples

Dawn Crab Apples are quite round, growing to be 1 ¾ to 2 inches (4 to 5 cm) wide. They have thin pale yellow skin covered with pale red. Inside, the off-white flesh has good flavour and a mild, tart taste. The fruit ripens late July / early August. Cooking Tips For fresh-eating and cooking….

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Early Red Bird

Early Red Bird is a medium-sized apple with red skin. The flesh inside is white, with red veins on the side that gets the most sun. It ripens very early, in June or July. Cooking Tips Good for eating fresh. Also is good for frying and makes a good, pink applesauce. Storage Hints Does not…

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Geneva Crab Apples

Geneva Crab Apples are medium-sized Crab Apples with red skin. They have red flesh with a very tart taste. The fruit ripens late August / early September. The leaves on the tree are red / purplish. Cooking Tips Good for cider, jelly, and as part of a juice blend. History Notes Geneva Crab Apples were…

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Golden Nugget Apples

Golden Nugget Apples are somewhat conical shaped, with yellow skin with orange blotches, and occasionally with some russetting. Inside, they have juicy, crisp flesh with a rich, mellow, sweet flavour. Cooking Tips For fresh-eating or cooking. Storage Hints Does not store well. History Notes Golden Nugget Apples were developed from a cross between Cox’s Orange…

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Goodland Apples

Goodland Apples are round, and grow up to 3 inches (7 ½ cm) wide. They have greenish yellow skin flushed with red. Inside, the white flesh is crisp, juicy, tender and aromatic. The fruit ripens mid-September. The tree is winter hardy if it is in a sheltered area. Open-pollinated. Cooking Tips For fresh-eating and sauce….

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Kerr Applecrabs

Kerr Applecrabs grow to be 4 cm (1 ¾ inches) wide. They have yellow skin flushed with crimson red, and dusted with a bluish tinge. Inside, they have yellow, crisp, firm, juicy flesh tinged with red. The taste — tart with a bit of sweet to it — improves in storage, particularly by Christmas. Many…

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Mantet Apples

Mantet are medium to large-sized, fairly evenly-round, apples. They have yellow skin covered with bright red flushes and stripes. Inside, the white flesh is juicy and aromatic, with a sweet taste. The fruit ripens in mid-August. The tree is hardy, but it does not like excessive summer heat and is sometimes is a biennial bearer….

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McIntosh Apples

McIntosh Apples

McIntosh apples are, as of 2020, still the most well-known, ubiquitous apple in North America, though their popularity has been under attack for several decades from many other apple varieties. McIntosh trees are very hardy; oftentimes, they are the only ones in an orchard left standing after a bad storm. Note that despite being “mc’s”,…

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Melba Apples

Melba are medium-sized apples.They have pale yellow skin covered with pale crimson flushes and stripes, and a white bloom. Inside, the white flesh is crisp, firm and juicy. It has a sweet taste; some people think they detect peach notes in the taste. The tree starts bearing when young, and blossoms early in the springs….

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Moira Apple

Moira Apples have dark red blushes over greenish-yellow skin. The flesh is pale cream coloured and coarse. The apples are medium-sized. They are ready for harvesting late in the season. Cooking Tips To be eaten fresh or used for juice. History Notes A Macintosh cross developed by Government of Canada in Trenton, Ontario. Released in…

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Norland Apples

Norland are medium-sized apples, growing up to 2 ½ inches (5 cm) wide. They have pale green skin covered with red stripes. Inside, they have off-white, slightly coarse, juicy flesh with a sweet taste. The tree is a hardy, heavy bearer and starts bearing fruit while still young. The fruit ripens early August. Cooking Tips…

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Norson Applecrabs

Norson Applecrabs grow up to 2 inches (5 cm) wide. They have greenish-yellow skin flushed with red. Inside, they have off-white, crisp, juicy flesh with a flavour that many people comment favourably on. The fruit ripens late August, early September. Cooking Tips For fresh-eating, cooking. Storage Hints Store for up to 4 months. History Notes…

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Nova Easy Gro Apples

Nova Easy Gro are large-sized apples with greenish-yellow skin covered in red. Inside they have crisp, firm white flesh, somewhat juicy, with a somewhat sweet taste. September / October harvest. Cooking Tips For fresh-eating, salads, cooking. Storage Hints Stores okay in cold storage. History Notes Nova Easy Gro Apples are from a cross done by…

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Nova Spy Apple

Nova Spy are large-sized apples. The smooth skin is greenish yellow with red blushes and a small bit of russeting. The yellowish flesh is finely-grained, firm, crispy and juicy. The tree needs thinning to produce large fruit that can weigh up to 7 oz (200g.) The tart flavour is a bit more grown-up than Northern…

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Novamac Apple

Novamac Apples are medium-sized apples that are pretty similar to McIntosh apples. The thin skin has a pale greenish-yellow background with red blushes. Inside, the finely-textured, tender flesh is a pale-cream colour, and somewhat crisp and juicy. The Government of Canada is saying that this may become a “strain of choice”; other reviewers with no…

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Ontario Apples

Ontario are medium to large-sized apples, with green skin covered with red blushes and stripes. Inside, they have off-white, crisp, finely-textured, juicy flesh, that is aromatic with a brisk, sweet taste. The fruit ripens in October. The tree starts bearing when young, and is a good bearer, but it can be biennial. The blossoms are…

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