Apples

The best apples for apple pie are firm, tart varieties with a complex depth of flavor that also hold their shape well when baked in…

The sweetest apples include Fuji, Kiku, Ambrosia, Gala, and Golden Delicious. These apples taste sweet because they contain more sugars relative to acids, especially when…

The best apples for applesauce are juicy varieties with fine flesh that cooks down quickly into smooth sauce. Golden Delicious, Fuji, Honeycrisp, McIntosh, and Gala…

Arctic® Apples is a brand that offers non-browning versions of popular heritage apple varieties. Arctic® Apples are genetically engineered with gene silencing to delay the…

Braeburn apples are known for their zesty flavor, crisp texture, and excellent baking characteristics. These apples are quite large and sport an attractive striped red…

McIntosh apples are known for their balanced tart flavor, fine tender texture, bright white flesh, and bright red & green bicolor peel. This variety was…

Pink Lady® is a specialty brand of apples that offers the very best fruits of the Cripps Pink variety. Pink Lady apples are known for…

Golden Delicious apples are popular, medium-sized apples with a crisp firm texture and juicy sweet flavor. These tasty apples have a creamy-white interior and a…

The Granny Smith apple is a popular tart variety with bright green skin and a distinct sour taste. Discovered in 1800s Australia, this beloved cultivar…

Green apples are specific varieties that remain green when ripe. Green apple varieties include heirloom favorites like Granny Smith, Rhode Island Greening, and Newtown Pippin,…

Fuji apples are known for their incredible sweet flavor, crisp texture, and soft-pink skin. Developed at the Tohoku Research Station in Fujisaki, Japan in the…

Ambrosia apples are known for their fantastic fresh flavor, ripe juiciness, and rosy blush peel. This newer variety also has an excellent shelf life and…

Envy™ apples are sweet, juicy specialty apples with classic red coloring and a rounded shape. The flavor is sweet, and the texture is crisp, providing…

Gala apples have a crisp texture, mildly sweet flavor, and classic, beautiful yellow/orange, fine textured skin with red striping. The first gala tree was bred…

Honeycrisp apples are a gourmet apple variety known for their juicy, crisp texture and well-balanced taste of sweetness and acidity. They have a rich golden-yellow…

September is generally the best time of year to pick apples. While different varieties of apples ripen at different times, and the climate varies the…

A small apple tree from the nursery will generally start producing a small crop of apples about three years after planting. Apple varieties grafted onto…