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APPLE

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BEACON

Description: A juicy bright red, medium-sized apple that is wonderful for eating. Flesh is mildly acid. Hardy, heavy bearing tree. Short storage life. Ripens randomly throughout the tree, requires several pickings.

Information sources: University Of Minnesota, Baileys Nursery

Nursery Sources: Bailey's Nursery

CHESNUT CRAB

Parentage / Origin : Malinda open pollinated 1949

Description: This apple is one of Minnesota's best kept secrets. It has a rather homely appearance, red stripes on a yellow background accompanied with the typical russet. Sweet and "nutty" flavor, it is the best tasting apples in its season.

Information sources: U of Minnesota

Nursery Sources: Cummins Nursery

CONNEL RED

Parentage / Origin : Naturally occurring red sport of Fireside.

Description: Deep red color on Large dense sweet apples. Long keeper if harvested at maturity before frosts. Distinctive aroma that it shares with Fireside, its striped commercial "brother"

Information sources: Get a detailed description from Minnesota Harvest Orchard

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CORTLAND

Parentage / Origin : New York State Experiment Station, 1898

Description: A McIntosh type with sweet vinous flavor, but not all of Mac's aromatics. Tart and tangy white crisp flesh; one of the best salad apples because it doesn't brown quickly. Hangs on the tree better than McIntosh, and more crisp in hot weather. Vigorous, long-lived tree is annually productive and starts bearing early.

Other Characteristics : Very Hardy, consistent producer. This is one of the very few varieties that we grow in Minnesota that does not ever show trunk damage from winter injury.Hardiness zones: 3,4,5,6,7,8,9

Information sources: Trees of Antiquity

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DOLGO CRAB

Parentage / Origin : Russia, 1879

Description: Siberian crab that was imported from Russia by the plant breeder, Hansen of South Dakota, and introduced in 1897. Dolgo in Russian means long and refers to the shape of the fruit. The highly-flavored crimson fruit is about 1-inch in diameter, is olive-shaped and rich in pectin. The vigorous tree grows upright with spreading willowy branches and has reddish-green, dense foliage. Excellent Crab apple jelly crab with a beautiful purple/crimson color. The apples high acidity make for great flavor!

Information sources: Vintage Virginia Apples

Nursery Sources: Vintage Virginia Apples

DUCHESS

Parentage / Origin : Origin: Russia, 1700, introduced into England c. 1815

Description: Good cooking apple, fair eating apple. Beautiful, medium to large sized greenish yellow with bright red stripes, splashes and russeted dots. Flesh fine, firm and juicy. flavor is tart, brisk and refreshing, first class. Keeps for only a few weeks.

Information sources: All About Apples, Trees of Antiquity

Nursery Sources: Trees of Antiquity

EMPIRE

Parentage / Origin : Origin: Mcintosh x Red Delicious New York 1966

Description: McIntosh type apple with better color and flavor. Dark red with heavy, waxy bloom and crisp, juicy flesh with some aromatic quality. Good fresh. Fruit hangs on tree longer than McIntosh. Very consistent annual producer. Excellent Salad apple. Marginally hardy on Minnesota

Information sources: Trees of Antiquity

Nursery Sources: Trees of Antiquity

FIRESIDE

Parentage / Origin : University of Minnesota 1943

Description: Very large fruit with sweet flavor and fine-grained flesh good for fresh eating, salad, and baked apples. Tree is vigorous and weeping. Late picked fruit develops a waxy/sticky film on the skin. Firreside and Connell Red (the Red colored sport of Fireside) have a unique apple aroma.

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GOLDEN DELICIOUS

Parentage / Origin :West Virginia 1890

Description: This widely adaptable golden apple is an ideal pollinizer because it blooms mid- season and has three different sets of blooms. Mild, sweet, distinctive flavor. Hight quality fruit of multi-purpose. The heavy crop can be picked over a period of time. Self Fertile

Other Characteristics : Good for all uses. Hrdiness zones: 5,6,7,8,9

Marginally hardy in Minnesota, not recommended for planting here, the tree may survive, but it will not bear fruit well.

Information sources: Trees of Antiquity

Nursery Sources: Trees of Antiquity

GOLDEN RUSSET

Parentage / Origin : New York 1845

Description: This is one of the "homeliest" apples we grow. The "champagne" of old-time cider apples, also delicious for eating and drying. Grey-green to golden bronze with a coppery orange cheek; heavily splotched with light brown russet. Crisp, highly flavored, fine-textured, yellow flesh makes very sugary juice. Shows some resistance to scab and cedar apple rust.

Other Characteristics : Good for all uses. Hrdiness zones: 4,5,6,7,8,9 Pollination required

Information sources: Trees of Antiquity

Nursery Sources: Trees of Antiquity

GRIMES GOLDEN

Parentage / Origin : West Virginia 1832

Description: This is a variety I grew in Pennsylvania, it was always easy to sell. More complex flavor than its offspring Golden Delicious. Rich, spicy, tangy, sweet flavor with light yellow flesh. Best grown in warmer climates. Direct marketers seek out this fruit due to its superior dessert quality. Excellent pollinizer.

Information sources: Trees of Antiquity

Nursery Sources: Trees of Antiquity

HARALSON

Parentage / Origin : Malinda x Wealthy from Minnesota 1922

Description: Firm texture with a complex tart flavor. Good for fresh eating and cooking. Especially good pie apple. The fruit will store for 4 to 5 months. Tree is of low vigor and easily trained. Tends to be biennial bearing. Fruit may be prone to watercore and russeting. Introduced in 1922.

Information sources: Visit this page at Minnesota Harvest Orchard

Nursery Sources: AppleJack Orchard, Delano, MN

HONEYCRISP

Parentage / Origin : Keepsake; (MN447 x Northern Spy) x unknown

Description: CRISP, coarse textured, Sweet/tart complex flavor that appeals to more people that any other apple, I know.! Excellent keeper. Better eaten fresh than baked. Medium to large. 2-3/4" to 4" or larger. King fruit thinning may be useful to reduce size in some situations. Color: 60-90 percent dappled red over yellow in cool climates. May not color as well in warmer climates. Other factors critical for high color are good sun exposure and avoiding excess nitrogen.

Information sources: U of Minnesota

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HONEYGOLD

Parentage / Origin : Golden Delicious x Haralson 1970

Description: Golden to yellow-green fruit that is sweet, crisp, and juicy. Excellent for fresh eating and also good for cooking. The fruit will store for 2 to 3 months. Tree is easy to manage but susceptible to fire blight. Wait for yellow background and pronounces lenticles on the fruit for the best flavor. It's worth the wait.

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IDARED

Parentage / Origin : Idaho 1942 Jonathon x Wagener

Description: Large, solid, strikingly bright red fruit. White, crisp, fine-grained, aromatic flesh with fine processing qualities. Blooms early, but ripens late. Excellent keeper, improves in storage.

Information sources: Trees of Antiquity

Nursery Sources: Trees of Antiquity

JAPAN GOLD (MUTSU, CRISPEN)

Parentage / Origin :Japan 1948 Golden Delicious x Indo

Description: Vigorous hybrid with large fruit. Skin green, maturing to yellow, sometimes blushed orange. Flesh yellow-white, firm, juicy, crisp but coarse; slightly aromatic. All-purpose apple, Excellent flavor. Highly resistant to frost injury. Prone to bitter pit. Multiple calcium sprays help reduce bitter pit.

Information sources: Trees of Antiquity

Nursery Sources: Trees of Antiquity

JERSEY MAC

Parentage / Origin : New Jersey - New Jersey x Brunswick

Description: Mcintosh hybrid. apples are very round, and have red skin with yellow patches. The greenish-white flesh inside is firm, fragrant and fine-grained. The taste is a good balance of sweetness and tartness. Does not store well, but it has great "McIntosh flavor for an early apple

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JONATHON

Parentage / Origin : Woodstock, NY 1862

Description: Jonathan apple arose on the farm of Philip Rick, Woodstock, Ulster County, New York, USA. Believed to be an Esopus Spitzenburg seedling. A medium sized apple. Oblong to round-conical shape, ribbed and slightly five-crowned. Half to three-quarters flushed bright crimson with scattered broken red stripes on pale yellow. White flesh, slightly green tinged. Crisp, juicy and sweet with plenty of refreshing acidity. A dual purpose apple, good for pies and sauces. A weeping tree of moderate vigour. Good cropper. Prone to mildew.

Information sources: The Keepers Nursery

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KEEPSAKE

Parentage / Origin :University of Minnesota 1978

Description:Very hard and crisp with yellow flesh and an exotic sweet, spicy flavor. Good for fresh eating and cooking. The fruit will store for 6 months. Tree is of medium vigor and easy to manage. Fruit tends to be small to medium in size. Pick when color is fully developed, apples will sweeten in storage. Earlier picked fruit will keep the full 6 months and be sweet and crisp. It is one of the last varieties that we pick at Applejack Orchards

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LIBERTY

Parentage / Origin :Geneva, New York 1962

Description: Resistant to apple scab and mildew. Some class this as anScab immune variety. A handsome red apple of the McIntosh type with a wonderful sweet/tart balance. Crisper, keeps better and more heat tolerant than other McIntosh hybrids. Fruit tends to be smaller in size (lunch box size) Consistent producer

Information sources: Trees of Antiquity

Nursery Sources: Trees of Antiquity

MACOUN

Parentage / Origin : New York 1950 McIntosh x Jersey Black

Description: A McIntosh type apple, dark purplish-red blush over green background. Flesh is white, richly flavored, aromatic with very excellent fresh eating quality. One of the best mid- season apples. Keeps well. Drops quite a few before they are ripe. Very winter hardy.

Information sources: Trees of Antiquity

Nursery Sources: Trees of Antiquity

McINTOSH

Parentage / Origin :Ontario Canada 1789

Description: Fruit beautiful deep red color, size variable. Flesh white, firm, tender, very juicy, flavor characteristically aromatic, perfumed, subacid. One of the best flavored apples, makes aromatic cider. Precocious, that is, bears fruit when young. Not a good keeper when grown in warmer climates. Subject to early fruit drop, but displays good resistance to cedar apple rust and fireblight. Bruises Easily

Information sources: Trees of Antiquity

Nursery Sources: Trees of Antiquity

MUTSU (JAPAN GOLD, CRISPEN)

Parentage / Origin :Japan 1948 Golden Delicious x Indo

Description: Vigorous hybrid with large fruit. Skin green, maturing to yellow, sometimes blushed orange. Flesh yellow-white, firm, juicy, crisp but coarse; slightly aromatic. All-purpose apple, Excellent flavor. Highly resistant to frost injury. Prone to bitter pit. Multiple calcium sprays help reduce bitter pit.

Information sources: Trees of Antiquity

Nursery Sources: Trees of Antiquity

APPLE

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APPLE

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PAULA RED

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QUINTE

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RED BARON

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RED DELICIOUS

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ROME BEAUTY

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REGENT

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SNOW SWEET

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Description: Sweet with a slight tart balance and rich overtones. Flesh is very slow to oxidize when exposed to air  High fruit quality & cold hardiness.

I call it the "designer Connel Red" - fruits are consistent 3" range and they ripen evenly.

Information sources: University of Minnesota

Nursery Sources: Boyer Nurseries & Orchards, Inc.

Bailey Nurseries, Inc.

Adams County Nursery, Inc.

STAYMAN WINESAP

Parentage / Origin : Kansas 1875

Description: Tart, rich, wine-like flavor; Excellent firm cooking apple with spicy taste. The fruit is medium to large, soft red bloom over greenish base, striped red in less highly-colored fruit. Flesh yellowish, firm, tender, juicy, pleasantly subacid. Produces well in cool coastal climates. Triploid. Displays resistance to scab, cedar apple rust and fireblight.

This apple is the warmer climate version of a Haralson - the premier late season tart all purpose "winter" storage apple of Minnesota. Makes great pies. (In my unbiased opinion)

Information sources: Trees of Antiquity

Nursery Sources: Trees of Antiquity

STATE FAIR

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SUMMER RAMBO

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SWEET 16

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APPLE

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APPLE

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VIKING

Parentage / Origin :Purdue Rutgers, Illinois 1969

Description: Aromatic, white fleshed. Good early baking apple. Great flavor when fully colored. Loses firmness after 1 week. Require several pickings whicn can be an advantage for the home owner.

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VISTA BELLE

Parentage / Origin :Melba, Starr, Williams, Sorona

Description: The Vista Bella is a Canadian apple that is a cross between the Melba, Starr, Julyred, Williams, and Sonora apples. It has white juicy flesh. It has a sweet aromatic taste with an essence of raspberries. It is great eaten fresh and is excellent cooked. Short storage life.

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WEALTHY

Parentage / Origin : Unknown x Duchess; Minnesota, 1861

Description: Excellent dessert and multi-use apple, picked a few weeks early for cooking. Beautiful fruit ripens to bright red across the surface. Crisp, juicy flesh. Refreshing, sprightly, vinous flavor. Get detailed History of this apple, the apple that made apple growing possible in Minnesota, USA

Information sources: All About Apples.com, Trees of Antiquity

Nursery Sources: Trees of Antiquity

WELLINGTON

Parentage / Origin : Origin: Cortland x Crimson Beauty

Description: Large, striped red. Tart and juicy. Excellent cooking apple.

Information sources: All About Apples.com

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WILLIAM'S PRIDE

Parentage / Origin : PRI 1018-101 x NJ 50; PRI (Purdue, Rutgers, Illinois Co Op), 1988

Description: Fruit is medium in size slightly conic in shape with a rich aromatic flavor. Apples are 70-80% red with excellent eating quality. Let these hang on the tree until they just begin to fall to get the best flavor.

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WINESAP

Parentage / Origin: USA, 1878

Description: Gets its name from its spicy, wine-like flavor and aroma. Top quality, multi-purpose apple noted for the crisp, very juicy yellow flesh and its blend of sugar with high tartness. Deep red fruit of medium size, smaller than Stayman Winesap. A heavy producer that is adapted to a wide range of soils and climates. Displays resistance to cedar apple rust and fireblight. Similar texture to Haralson. Good keeper.

Information sources: Trees of Antiquity

Nursery Sources: Trees of Antiquity

WINTER BANANA

Parentage / Origin : Indiana 1876

Description: A gorgeous apple. The fruit is large, clear pale yellow, waxy finish, one side usually blushed with a delicate pink. Flesh moderately firm, a little coarse, tender, mild, subacid, characteristically aromatic. Good quality. Better eating than cooking.

Information sources: Trees of Antiquity

Nursery Sources: Trees of Antiquity

WHITNEY CRAB

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Description: A large crabapple (1 1/2-2"with yellow skin overlaid with red blush red striping. One of the few crabapples that is great for eating out of hand. This crab apple tastes good until the Chesnut Crabs get ripe a few weeks later. Very hardy. Self Fertile

Information sources: Trees of Antiquity

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APPLE

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YELLOW TRANSPARENT

Parentage / Origin : Russia 1870

Description: Yellow Transparent- Also known as the White Transparent, this is a Russian heirloom. This is the most famous summer apple and is crisp juicy and sweet. Many people prefer them green. It is excellent for all cooking and is often used in apple wine. Great applesauce apple for the homeowner

Information sources: Adams County Nursery

Nursery Sources: Adams County Nursery

ZESTAR!

Parentage / Origin : State Fair x MN 1691, U of M, 1999

Description: Best tasting Early Apple The most outstanding feature of a Zestar!® Apple is its sprightly sweet-tart taste with a hint of brown sugar. And, unlike other early season apples that are often soft or mealy, Zestar!® is juicy with a light, crisp texture.

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