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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