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FeedA direct marketer’s directory of apple varieties
Richard Lehnert
| Harvest date* | Variety | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| 8/20 | Zestar! | Crispy, juicy, nice sweet/tart balance, good flavor for an early apple, firm slices |
| 8/20 | Dandee Red | High acid, good keeper for its season |
| 8/20 | Sansa | Excellent sweet/tart balance and crunch, disease resistant |
| 9/1 | Ginger Gold | Stores into late January/TD> |
| 9/3 | Gala | Sweet, mild, crisp, slices stay firm/TD> |
| 9/15 | McIntosh | Mix with other varieties to improve sauce/TD> |
| 9/15 | Crimson Crisp | Crisp, juicy, moderately tart, higher acidity than Honeycrisp, stores well, disease resistant (PRI Co-op 39) |
| 9/20 | Autumn Crisp | Was NY 674. Good flavor, texture like Honeycrisp, does not drop, nonbrowning, good sweet-tart balance |
| 9/20 | Early Fuji | Sweet, mild, firm, and stores well |
| 9/20 | Honeycrisp | Supremely juicy, crisp |
| 9/20 | Empire | Moderately subacid, can be nonbrowning |
| 9/20 | Macoun | Excellent dessert apple, very white flesh. Drops, bruises easily |
| 9/23 | Acey Mac | Tart, like McIntosh, keeps better, better color, firmer |
| 9/23 | Cortland | Nonbrowning |
| 10/3 | Topaz | Tart! Unique flavor. Apple from Czech Republic. Very firm, stores very well, disease resistant |
| 10/5 | Jonagold | Yellow flesh, nice sweet/tart balance |
| 10/5 | Red Delicious | Do eastern Red Delicious taste better? |
| 10/15 | Crispin (Mutsu) | Crisp |
| 10/15 | Golden Delicious | Yellow flesh. Mix with tart apples in pies, sauce< |
| 10/15 | Fortune | Better pie apple than Northern Spy (parentage: Spy x Empire)! Spicy, susceptible to bitter pit |
| 10/17 | Suncrisp | Tastes like spicy Golden Delicious (parentage: Golden Delicious x Melrose) |
| 10/20 | Cameo | Firm, flavorful, spicy sweet/tart blend |
| 10/21 | Candy Crisp | Mild, sweet apple, susceptible to bitter pit and black rot. Grows like Red Delicious, needs site with good air drainage |
| 10/21 | Snapp Stayman | Very flavorful. High acid, very late maturing |
| 10/24 | Braeburn | Tart, firm, keeps well. May be too late maturing for western New York |
| 10/30 | GoldRush | Great keeper. Sweet. Almost too late for western New York |
| *For western New York State Adapted from a presentation by Alison DeMarree, Williamson, New York
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