Apple Descriptions

Gingergold Apples are the first apples we pick each August. Gingergolds are attractive, aromatic and has a gingery-sweet to mildly tart flavor. Ginger Gold apples are bright golden-green with flesh that is fine-textured, crisp and creamy white. This apple is great for snacks, salads, sauce, and especially baking in pies.

Honeycrisp apples have a crisp flesh is exceptionally aromatic. A balanced content of sugar and acid gives Honeycrisp apples a pleasant sweet-tart flavor that varies in strength depending on maturity of the apple. They’re the prefect eating apple! Also great for cooking and makes a chunky apple sauce.

McIntosh apples are sweet, juicy, and tart with a bit of spice to the flavor. They are good for eating and cooking. They are well known as a dessert apple that breaks down quickly and requires a shorter cook time than most others.

Gala apples have a golden yellow and red exterior with a slightly yellow interior color. They have a mildly sweet flavor and crisp texture. Known as a good snacking apple they are also good for baking, juicing and freezing.

Cortland apples are bright red, with a crisp white flesh that is incredibly juicy with a sweet-tart flavor. The Cortland apples are best used for eating, baking, and cooking.

Empire apples are a sweet apple with a crisp, crunchy taste, and a bright white flesh. Empire can be roasted, baked, or sautéed and are great for drying.

Golden Delicious apples are a large, yellowish-green skinned cultivar and very sweet to the taste. It is a favorite for eating plain, as well as for use in salads, apple sauce, apple butter and it also is a great apple for drying.

Jonagold apples a very large, sweet apple with a tangy aftertaste. You can also get hints of a honey-like smell due to its parent, Golden Delicious. It has a nice balance of sweet and tartness. It's a very juicy apple with a tough, yet smooth skin. Great for eating or baking in pies.

Fuji apples are crunchy and low in acid, creating a mild and balanced, sweet-tart flavor with notes of honey and citrus. Are best suited for eating and used as salad toppings.

Red Delicious apples are sweet but very mild flavor. The flesh is juicy and has a light crispness and the skin can be quite tough. They’re good as an eating apple, in salads, and makes wonderful apple butter.

Ambrosia apples are crisp and juicy with a sweet, honeyed flavor. Ambrosia apples are delicious when eaten raw but they also bake up beautifully in pies, cakes, and many savory dishes. They also store in the refrigerator fabulously!

Red Rome apples have all red thick skin, sweet and smooth when freshly picked. It tastes mealy over time. It is mostly used for baking. Tart enough for making pies. They are also a great apple to make apple butter with.

Mutsu apples a cross between Golden Delicious and Indo. It was developed in Japan in the 1930's and arrived in the United States in the late 1940's. The crisp, white flesh is juicy and has a touch of tartness, for an excellent dessert apple.

Cameo apples is described as sweet and mellow and hovers towards the medium range on the sweet vs. tart scale. They have a beautiful striped appearance, and they are perfect for eating and in salads.

Granny Smith apples are tangy and tart. This is THE baking apple of choice as it has a deep dense texture that allows for longer cooking. It is a great choice for pies and cobblers and even baked on its own.

Stayman Winesap apples have a firm yellow flesh; crisp, coarse texture; and its tart, rich wine-like taste makes it memorable. Some say it smells like cinnamon. Best used for baking and making apple sauce and apple butter.

Candy Crisp apples are one of our newest varieties and it certainly lives up to its name. It is a very sweet and juicy apple and is excellent as an eating apple and in salads.

Arkansas Black apples are notable for its extremely dark color. The taste is sweet, tart, and crunchy on the inside. Although the Arkansas Black is great for baking, it doesn't hold shape when cooked. However, you can use it for cider-making and cheese pairings.

Mountain Pippin apples are crisp, juicy yellow flesh tart apple. Good eaten fresh but also a good choice as a cooking apple as it holds its shape well.

Evercrisp apples have a blushed rosy red over cream colored skin, crisp & firm flesh. Sweet & juicy, combines best of its parents Honeycrisp and Fuji. Intense candied-apple sweetness with a slight tang. Very versatile apple, stores well & maintains sweetness & firmness like no other. Great for snacking or baking.

Braeburn apples have a deep red skin with pops of pale yellow. Crisp flesh is creamy yellow and juicy. Perfect balance of sweet and just slightly tart with subtle hints of pear and cinnamon. Sweet-tart flavor mellows slightly when cooked. Slow to brown when it’s cut, great for fresh preparations. When raw, their flavor and crisp texture are best when the apple is slightly chilled.

Pink Lady apples have a light red skin with greenish-yellow spots. Crunchy texture with white flesh that is juicy and crisp. Pink Lady has a tart taste with a sweet finish. Ideal for snacking, but also retains its shape when baked or poached. Slow to oxidize when cut, making it good for fresh preparations.

For 2023 our apple prices are $8 for a half peck, $13 a peck, $29 a bushel box. Except Honeycrisp which are $9.50 a half peck, $15.75 a peck, and $50 a bushel.

We offer free apple slice samples in our produce area so customers may taste apples before purchasing them. Just ask our friendly produce employees and they’ll be happy to help!