Apples Guide


Brock: Fruit is large and pinkish red over cream in color. Flavor is mildly sweet but sistinctive.	Cameo: A modern sweet variety, reminiscent of Red Delicious	Empire: One of the best McIntosh-style apples, with a good sweet vinous flavor, and easy to grow.

Fuji: Developed in Japan, but an all- American cross of Red Delicious and Ralls Janet. A very attractive modern apple, crisp, sweet-flavored, and keeps well.	Golden Delicious: Undoubtedly one of the most important apple varieties of the 20th century, both as a commercial variety in its own right, and as breeding stock for many other varieties. Very good flavor when home-grown.	Honey Crisp: Sometimes marketed as Honey Crisp, this is a crisp, and predominantly sweet, modern variety from the USA. It was developed by the University of Minnesota specifically for growers in cold climates, and is one of the most cold-hardy of apple varieties.

Jonagold: A very popular commercial variety, with a good flavor. Inherits many of the good qualities of its parents Jonathan and Golden Delicious.	Macoun: Another McIntosh style apple variety from the famous Geneva Research Station, and considered one of the better ones.	Melrouge: Redder sport of Melrose with more intense flavor. An excellent flavored dessert apple. Size is large and roundish flat. Very good for cooking. Stores well.

Mutsu: A versatile dual-purpose apple, sharp but still pleasant to eat fresh. Also known as Crispin.	Spartan: Attractive, crunchy, sweet, easy to grow, and with the characteristic delicate wine-like “vinous” flavor of the McIntosh family of apples.	Staymen Winesap: An old American dual- purpose apple variety, popular in Virginia. Descended from Winesap, and in most respects an even better apple.