Apples come in a wide variety of shapes, sizes,
colors, textures and tastes. To help you select the apples most appropriate
for your use, please consult the chart below. Also available in a downloadable
printable Acrobat PDF format. (Red name denotes available
at Bauman Orchards/Scenic Ridge.)
|
Variety
(Availability)
|
Flavor
/Texture
|
Eating
|
Salads
|
Sauce
|
Pies
|
Baking
|
Freezing
|
Characteristics
|
|
Blushing
Gold
(Mid Sept)
|
Sweet
/Firm
|
Ex
|
Ex
|
Ex
|
Gd
|
Gd
|
Slices
& Sauces
|
Smooth deep yellow skin blushed with orange-red. |
Cortland
(Sept –Nov) |
Spicy
/Tender
|
Gd
|
Ex
|
Ex
|
Ex
|
Ex
|
NR
|
Red, flat-shaped apple with white flesh, which remains white when
siced. |
Earligold
(August) |
Mildly
Tart
/Tender
|
Fr
|
Gd
|
Ex
|
Ex
|
Gd
|
Slices
& Sauces
|
Yellow, mildly tart apple. |
Empire
(Oct –June) |
SweetTart
/Crisp
|
Ex
|
Ex
|
Gd
|
Gd
|
Gd
|
Sauce
|
Similar to McIntosh, but firmer with more red color on green background. |
Fuji
(Nov –June) |
Sweet
/Hard
|
Ex
|
Ex
|
NR
|
Ex
|
Ex
|
Slices
|
Light
green to burnt orange appearance.
Juicy apple which stores well. |
Gala
(Sept –June) |
Sweet
/Firm
|
Ex
|
Ex
|
NR
|
Ex
|
Ex
|
Slices
|
Similar to Golden Delicious in flavor with 50% and more red color
with yellow background color. |
Ginger
Gold
(Aug –Sept) |
Tart/Crisp
|
Ex
|
Ex
|
Fr
|
Fr
|
NR
|
NR
|
Greenish-yellow
apple with smooth finish. |
Yellow
Delicious
(Sept –June) |
Rich
/Semi-Firm
|
Ex
|
Ex
|
Gd
|
Gd
|
Ex
|
Slices
& Sauce
|
Pale
green to light yellow apple with slight russeting or freckles. |
Granny
Smith
(Oct –June) |
Tart
/Hard
|
Fr
|
Ex
|
Fr
|
Ex
|
Ex
|
Slices
|
Pale green tart sweet apple with a red-blushed cheek. |
Grimes
Golden
(Mid Sept) |
Tart
/Tender
|
Gd
|
Gd
|
Ex
|
Ex
|
Ex
|
Slices
& Sauces
|
Green
round apple. |
Honeycrisp
(Sept –Oct) |
Sweet
/Crisp
|
Ex
|
Ex
|
Fr
|
Ex
|
NR
|
Slices
|
Light
red color over yellow background color. |
Ida
Red
(Oct –May) |
Mildly
Tart
/Firm
|
Ex
|
Ex
|
Gd
|
Ex
|
Ex
|
Ex
|
Red
colored apple. |
Jersey
Mac
(End of Aug) |
Mildly
Tart
/Tender
|
Gd
|
Ex
|
Gd
|
Gd
|
Gd
|
NR
|
Red and green
color.
|
Jonagold
(Oct –June) |
Sweet
/Tangy
|
Ex
|
Ex
|
Gd
|
Ex
|
Ex
|
NR
|
Light
red color over yellow background color. |
Jonathan
(Sept –June) |
Tart-Spicy
|
Ex
|
Ex
|
Gd
|
Ex
|
Ex
|
Slices
|
80%
and more red color on light green background, may have slight russeting
around the stem. |
Law
Rome
(Oct –June) |
Mild
/Firm
|
Gd
|
Fr
|
Gd
|
Ex
|
Ex
|
Slices
|
90%
and more red color, slight speckling on skin. May show slight pink
flesh. Excellent storage apple. |
Lodi
(Mid July) |
Tart
/Tender
|
Fr
|
Fr
|
Ex
|
Ex
|
NR
|
Slices
& Sauces
|
Green, tender
apple.
|
McIntosh
(Sept –March) |
Spicy
/Tender
|
Ex
|
Ex
|
Gd
|
Gd
|
Gd
|
Sauce
|
40%
red color, white flesh, flat-shaped apple. |
Melrose
(Oct –April) |
Mild
/Crisp
|
Ex
|
Ex
|
Ex
|
Ex
|
Gd
|
Slices
& Sauce
|
50%
red color on rough-skinned green to yellow background color. |
| Mutsu
(Crispin) (Oct - May) |
Spicy
/Firm
|
Gd
|
Gd
|
Fr
|
Ex
|
Ex
|
Slices
|
Large
green apple with slightl y blushed cheek |
Ozark
Gold
(End of Aug) |
Sweet/Firm
|
Ex
|
Ex
|
Gd
|
Gd
|
Gd
|
Slices
|
Yellow
with pink cheeks |
Paula
Red
(End of Aug) |
Spicy
/Tender
|
Gd
|
Ex
|
Ex
|
Ex
|
Ex
|
Slices
& Sauce
|
Red blush
over a yellow-green background.
|
| Red
Delicious (Sept –June) |
Sweet
/Rich
|
Ex
|
Ex
|
NR
|
Fr
|
Gd
|
NR
|
90%
and more red color with a slightly elongated appearance. A very sweet
Ohio apple. |
Transparent
(End of July) |
|
Fr
|
Fr
|
Ex
|
Ex
|
NR
|
Slices
& Sauce
|
Yellow-green
round apple. |
WineSap
(Oct –July) |
Spicy
/Firm
|
Gd
|
Ex
|
Gd
|
Gd
|
Ex
|
Slices
& Sauce
|
70%
red color on rough skin surface. An excellent storage apple. |
