Comparison Chart of Apple Varieties Grown [Reference: Old ... · Texture Uses Eat Keep Cook Dry Cider Bearing Tendency Horse Old favorite. Many old farm sites have a Horse apple tree

Comparison Chart of Apple Varieties Grown [Reference: Old Southern Apples, Creighton Lee Calhoun, Jr.]

Variety

Description, History, and

Orchard Opinion

Origin

Date Apple Color

Disease

Resist. Ripen

Flavor /

Texture Uses Eat Keep Cook Dry Cider

Bearing

Tendency

May (Yellow

June,

Origin: Europe, Middle ages,

very old apple. Valued for

Early Ripening. 1300 Yellow Good

May-

June Soft. Very Tart. Cook x Medium

Anna

Origin Israel. Extremely

young bearer. Good taste

and stores well for an early

apple. Good for deep South.

Blooms Early. Planting Anna

and Dorsett together works

well. Gold Delicious

parentage. Most popular

variety in Florida. <1959

Green-

Yellow-Red Very Good

June-

July

Crisp. Sweet to

mildly tart.

Eat, pies,

sauce x x Heavy.

Early Harvest

Yellow-green. Eat, cook,

sauce. Possibly, earliest

Apple in inventory. Heavy

bearer, good disease

resistance, grows well in

many climates including the

South on many soil types.

Juicy, crisp, somewhat tart to

tart. Grown around many

old farms and valued for it's

early ripening time. <1800 Yellow Very good

June-

July

Somewhat

firm/crisp. Tart

to somewhat

tart.

Eat,

sauce,

pies x x Very Heavy

Pristine

Yellow. Heavy producing,

great tasting early apple.

Very crisp with tart-sweet

complex flavor. My favorite

eating early apple. Makes

many great tasting apples for

me every year. Heavy bearer. 1950

Green-

Yellow

Good.

Considered

no spray

variety.

June-

July

Crisp. Tart to

sweet. Eat, dry. x Very heavy.


Variety


Orchard Opinion

Origin

Date Apple Color

Disease

Resist. Ripen

Flavor /


Bearing

Tendency

Red Astrahan

(Abe Lincoln)

Red. Crisp, tart. Eating and

cooking. Old Southern

nurseries sold more of this

apple than any with exception

of Winesap. The most widely

distributed apple in the world

in the 1900's. Was said to the

best of the early apples by

some. Great pie apple. <1800 Red

Can be

susceptible to

Apple Scab.

June-

July Crisp, tart.

Eat, cook,

pies. x x

Can be

light.

Dorsett

Origin Bahamas. Good taste

and stores well for early

apple. Good for deep South.

Blooms Early. Good

pollinator. Descendant of

Golden Delicious. Planting

Anna and Dorsett together

works well. Fruits extremely

early (2 yrs). Self-fertile. 1950 Yellow-red Good

June-

July

Crisp. Sweet to

mildly tart. Eat, cook. x x Heavy

(Carolina) Red

June

Origin South Carolina. Widely

planted and depended on by

Southerners in the past. It was

the early apple Southerners

depended on for several reasons

including: good eating for an

early apple, ripens over a month

period, keeps several weeks

(good for an early apple),

relatively resistant to diseases

(exception - apple scab, CAR).

Has unique quality of

occasionally blooming a second

time and producing a second

harvest of apples in the fall.

Grows well on/in variety of soils

and climates. Heavy producer. <1800 Red Good

June /

July

Tender. Mild

tart.

Eat, cook,

sauce x x Very heavy.


Variety


Orchard Opinion

Origin

Date Apple Color

Disease

Resist. Ripen

Flavor /


Bearing

Tendency

Striped June

(Margaret)

Striped red. Crisp, tart but

very flavorful for an early

apple. Sold for many years in

South by old Southern

Nurseries. Striped red.

June-

July

Crisp, tart,

flavorful. Eat

Hollow Log

Origin North Carolina. Name

derived from fact that it was

seedling found growing near

Hollow Logs. Late bloomer,

heavy producer, strong

grower. Crisp, aromatic,

sweet-spicy. One nursery

claimed that wherever known

this apple is considered to be

the best in cultivation. Good

for eating and cooking. <1920 Yellow Good

Jun-

Aug

Crisp. Sweet-

spicy. Eat, cook. x x Heavy

William's

Favorite

Origin Massachusetts.

Adaptable to most growing

conditions. Resistance to fire

blight. Bright red summer

apple that resembles Red

Delicious. 1750 Red

Very Good.

Fire Blight

resistant. July

Firm. Mildly

sweet. Eat, cook. x x

Aunt Rachel

Origin North Carolina. Ripens

over several weeks in July.

Wide angled limb structure

making it easy to train. One

of the best early apples.

Yellow-red

stripes. Good. July Mildly tart. Eat, cook. x x Medium


Variety


Orchard Opinion

Origin

Date Apple Color

Disease

Resist. Ripen

Flavor /


Bearing

Tendency

Horse

Old favorite. Many old farm

sites have a Horse apple tree.

Widely planted and depended

on by Southerners in the past.

Good pollinator. Unique

taste. Versatile apple with

many uses: eating, cooking,

cider, vinegar. Must have

apple for a Heritage Apple

Orchard. Origin: Possibly VA

before 1763. <1763 yellow Good.

July-

Aug Soft. Very tart.

Cook,

cider,

vinegar,

eat x x x Heavy.

American

Summer

Pearmain

Origin: Probably New Jersey

origin. Very good eating early

apple and apple sauce apple.

Grew throughout South on

variety of soils. 1817 Red-Green.

Fair

(susceptible

Fire Blight)

July-

Aug

Crisp, juicy,

aromatic.

Mostly sweet

to mild tart.

Eating,

cooking

Sauce,

dry. x x x Heavy

Hackworth (All

Summer)

Yellow with heavy red.

Aromatic. Apples ripen over

a long period of summer

providing ripe apples

potentially every day of

August. A great eating

summer apple. Origin

Alabama.

Yellow-heavy

red.

Jul-

Aug Aromatic. Eat. x

Mary Reid

Origin North Carolina. Good

eating, cooking and dries

well.

<1945

? Red-green. Good

Jul-

Sept Tart.

Eat, cook,

dry. x x x Medium


Variety


Orchard Opinion

Origin

Date Apple Color

Disease

Resist. Ripen

Flavor /


Bearing

Tendency

Ginger Gold

Origin Virginia. Known as the

apple that hurricane Camille

brought forth as it was found

when cleaning up from the

flooding. Parentage includes

Golden Delicious and

Albemarle. One of the mostly

popular varieties in the US.

Will last several weeks in

refrigeration. Considered one

of the best early season

apples. 1960? Yellow Good. Aug

Crisp/crunchy

Tart-Sweet Eat, cook. x x Heavy

Mollies Delicious

Very productive. Good

pollinizer. Low chill apple.

Not related to Red Delicious.

Very good sweet-tart taste.

Very resistant to CAR. 1900? Red Good Aug

Crisp. Sweet-

tart.

Eat, cook,

can. x x Heavy

Cauley

Origin Mississippi. One tree

was said to produce more

than 1 ton of apples every

year. Great eating, drying,

and cooking apple. Large

fruit weighing well over 1 lb

in some cases. Fire blight

resistant when mature. Spur

bearer. <1860

Yellow-red

striped. Good

Aug-

Sept

(mid

July

cook)

Crisp. Mild

sweet.

Dry, Eat,

Cooking x x x Very Heavy.

Hewe's Crab

Origin Virginia. Widely

considered the best cider

apple grown in the South

yielding a dry cider of

unsurpassed flavor that will

keep all winter. Thomas

Jefferson grew and used

Hewe's Crab for cider. <1717 Red Striped Good

Aug-

Sep

Firm.

Astringent. Cider x Heavy


Variety


Orchard Opinion

Origin

Date Apple Color

Disease

Resist. Ripen

Flavor /


Bearing

Tendency

Golden Delicious

Origin: West Virginia. Great

tasting, great pollinator, very

heavy bearer. Must have

apple for any Orchard. The

taste of this apple picked at

just the right time (a little

early is better) is hard to

match. It tastes nothing like

a purchased version of the

apple. Thought to be a

seedling of Grimes Golden.

Progenitor of many other

great apples. Good disease

resistance. Just a great apple. 1914 Yellow Very good.

Aug-

Sept

Crisp. Sweet

Spicy Eat, cook. x x Very Heavy

Hunge

Origin North Carolina. Wide

adaptability even growing in

coastal areas. Bears young.

Highly thought of apple in the

past that was almost lost as it

is thought to have been only

1 tree in existence as of 1987. 1700 red Very good.

Aug-

Sept

Crispy.

Sweet/tart/

hint of wine.

Eating,

cooking

drying,

brandy. x x x Heavy.

Red Jonathon

Origin Michigan? Bright red,

crisp, tart but well-balanced.

Great eating apple. Also good

for ciders, juices, sauces, pies,

and freezing. Partially self

fertile. Widely adaptable to

soil types. Zones 4-8. Grows

well in South but considered

Heritage mid west apple. 1826 Bright Red Very Good

Aug/

Sept

Crisp. Sweet to

tart.

Eating,

cooking,

cider. x x x Very heavy.


Variety


Orchard Opinion

Origin

Date Apple Color

Disease

Resist. Ripen

Flavor /


Bearing

Tendency

Red Rebel

Origin Virginia. Very

productive and disease

resistant. Beautiful apples

described as the prettiest

apple by some. Excellent

eating apple. 1850 Red Very good.

Aug-

Sept

Crisp. Mild

sweet. Eating x Very heavy.

Summer Banana

Origin South Carolina. Great

tasting apple. Hint of banana

flavor. 1890 Yellow Good.

Aug-

Sept

Firm. Very

sweet.

Eat and

cook. x x

Burgundy

Crisp, tangy-sweet. Burgundy

color. Great eating apple. Burgundy

Aug-

Sep

Crisp, tangy-

sweet. Eat. x

King David

Red. Crisp, tart. Good for

eating, cider, cooking. Very

disease resistant. Red. Very good.

Aug-

Sep Crisp, tart.

Eat, cider,

cook. x x x

Summer Rambo

Red-green. Crisp, juicy.

Excellent for juice, cider,

eating, sauce. One of the first

apple trees grown in America

as early as 1767. 1535 origin

France. 1535 Red-Green

Aug-

Sep Crisp, juicy.

Eat, juice,

cider,

cook. x x x

Magnum Bonum

Origin North Carolina. Grown

from seedling of Hall Apple.

Per Calhoun on everybody's

list of Top 10 greatest

Southern apples. Sets

standard as a fall apple.

Widely adaptable to growing

condition. Commercial apple

at one time. Susceptible to

CAR. Excellent dessert apple,

good eating apple, good

keeper. 1828 Light red.

Good

(susceptible

to CAR)

Aug-

Oct

Crisp. Mildly

sweet. Eat, cook. x x Heavy.


Variety


Orchard Opinion

Origin

Date Apple Color

Disease

Resist. Ripen

Flavor /


Bearing

Tendency

Carters Blue

Green-yellow with

purple/blue stripes. Crisp,

juicy, aromatic, mild tart-mild

sweet. Widely grown in

South the at one time.

Vigorous and productive tree.

Origin AL.

Green-

yellow,

purple/blue

stripes. Sep

Crisp, juicy,

aromatic, mild

tart - mild

sweet. Eat. x Heavy.

Tolman Sweet Yellow. Sweet. Cider apple. Yellow. Sep Cider. x

Huntsman

Yellow. Juicy, aromatic and

flavorful. Widely grown in

Missouri in 1800's. Very

productive and good eating

apple. 1800 Yellow. Sep

Juicy, aromatic,

flavorful. Eat. x Heavy.

Pitmason

Pineapple

Yellow. Tender, sweet-

pineapple flavor. Considered

a fine eating apple. Yellow. Sep

Tender, sweet-

pineapple

flavor. Eat. x

Guyandotte

Pippin

Red. Moderately crisp-

crunchy, tangy sweet. Red. Sep

Crisp-crunchy,

tangy-sweet. Eat. x

Dula Beauty

Origin North Carolina.

Originated from Limbertwig

seeds. Adapted to all growing

conditions from mountains to

coast, strong and vigorous.

Bears heavily. Large fruit.

Possibly same as Coffey

Seedling which originated

from seeds of Red

Limbertwig.

late

1800's Red Good Sept

Crisp. Mildly

sweet to mildly

tart. Eat. x Heavy


Variety


Orchard Opinion

Origin

Date Apple Color

Disease

Resist. Ripen

Flavor /


Bearing

Tendency

Empire

Origin New York. Red

DeliciousxMcIntosh

parentage. Disease resistant

to Blight and Rust. Popular

commercial variety. Good

eating apple. Keeps well until

March. 1945 Red Good. Sept Crisp. Sweet.

Eating,

cooking x x Heavy.

Esopus

Spitzenberg

Origin: New York. Thomas

Jefferson's favorite apple.

Outstanding eating apple but

susceptible to apple scab,

collar rot, fire blight. It won

many apple tasting contests. <1800 Red Poor. Sept

Crisp. Mildly

sweet to mildly

tart. Eating. x Medium.

Gala

Origin: New Zealand. One of

the most widely grown

varieties. Ranked #2 most

popular US apple in 2006.

Can be grown in South (600

chill hours). Cross between

Kidd's Orange and Golden

Delicious. Fresh Gala apples

are much better than the

store bought version. 1930 Red Good. Sept Firm. Sweet. Eat. x Heavy

Graniwinkle

Origin: New Jersey. Named

for the farmer that first

cultivated it. Good for fresh

eating, cider, and cooking. 1817 Red. Good Sept

Crunchy.

Sweet.

Eating,

cooking

cider. x x x Heavy.


Variety


Orchard Opinion

Origin

Date Apple Color

Disease

Resist. Ripen

Flavor /


Bearing

Tendency

Grimes Golden

Origin: West Virginia. So great is this apple that a granite

monument exists in West Virginia to honor it. Considered an all time American best. Good keeper, heavy bearer, good disease

resistance, tastes great. Widely grown. Thought to be a progenitor of the great Golden Delicious. A must have variety. Self-fertile. Excellent pollinizer.

Many say the Grimes has a better flavor than the Golden Del. 1790 Yellow Very Good. Sept

Firm. Sweet,

spicy.

Eat, cook,

Dry,

Cider. x x x x x Heavy

Honeycrisp

Origin: University of

Minnesota. Parents include

Keepsake and Golden

Delicious. Keeps until April.

Commercial variety. Great

tasting apple. 1960 Red - yellow Good Sept

Crisp/crunchy

Sweet.

Eating,

storage x x

Jonafree

Origin Illinois. Disease

resistant, heavy bearer,

vigorous. Keeps 10 weeks. 1965 Red Very good Sept

Crisp. Sweet to

tart.

Eat,

cider. x Heavy

Liberty

Origin New York. Heavy

bearer, great tasting, good

pollinator. Many say this is

the most trouble free variety.

A truly great apple and tree.

Stores well. At TCO Liberty

has produced year after year

without spraying. 1955 Red

Very

Good/Best Sept

Firm/crunchy.

Sweet, winey

flavor.

Eat.

Cider.

Cooking x x x x

Extremely

heavy.


Variety


Orchard Opinion

Origin

Date Apple Color

Disease

Resist. Ripen

Flavor /


Bearing

Tendency

Limbertwig,

Victoria

Origin Tennessee. Weeping

type. Rated as top apple for

fresh eating. Stores 1-2

months. <1860 Red Very good. Sept Crisp. Sweet.

Eating,

cider,

cook,

sauces,

pies. x x x Heavy.

Cripps Pink (Pink

Lady)

Origin Australia. Cripps Pink

is an apple cultivar from

which apples meeting certain

standards can be sold as Pink

Lady. Parents are Lady

Williams x Golden Delicious.

Pink Lady is trademarked

Apple from a Cripps Pink

apple tree variety. Cripps

Pink requires a very long

growing season. Good

storage apple. 1973

Pink-green

undertones. Good Sep

Crisp. Sweet -

slightly tart.

Eating,

keeping,

cooking,

sauces. x x x Heavy.

Sops of Wine

Origin: England. Grows well

in South. Early apple. Annual

bearer. <1855 Red-yellow. Good Sept

Firm.

Aromatic, Mild

sweet.

Eat, cook,

cider. x x x Heavy.

Winesap,

Stayman

Origin Kansas. Another

progeny of Winesap.

Stayman came from seeds of

the Winesap. Good tasting,

disease resistant, keeps well. 1866 Red Very good. Sept

Firm/crisp.

Mildly tart,

tangy.

Eat, cook,

cider,

juice. x x x x Heavy.

Jonagold

Red-green. Crisp, sweet to

tart. Winner of many taste

contests. Red-green. Sep

Crisp, sweet to

tart. Eat. x

Razor Russet

Golden. Crisp, rich

sweet/spicey flavor. Very

productive. Great eating

apple. Golden Sep

Crisp, rich

sweet/spicey

flavor. Eat. x Very heavy.

American Beauty

Yellow-red. Tender flesh,

mild tart and aromatic. Yellow-red. Sep

Tender, mild

tart, aromatic. Eat. x


Variety


Orchard Opinion

Origin

Date Apple Color

Disease

Resist. Ripen

Flavor /


Bearing

Tendency

Smokehouse

Origin: PA. Green/yellow

striped red. Crisp, mild sweet

to sweet-spicey. Eating,

cooking. Grows well on clay

soils. Original tree grew

beside a smokehouse. <1836

Green

/yellow,

striped red. Sep

Crisp, mild

sweet to sweet-

spicey. Eat, cook. x x

Myers Royal

Limbertwig

Red to yellow. Crisp, sweet-

spicey. Great eating and

cider apple. Largest

Limbertwig Apple. Origin

Cades Cove.

Red to

yellow. Good. Sep

Crisp, sweet-

spicey.

Eat,

cider. x x

Spigold

Crisp. Red-bronze. Very high

quality and taste. Fair

keeper. Red-bronze.

Sep-

Oct Crisp. Eat, cook. x x

Blacktwig

Origin: Arkansas or

Tennessee. Much

controversy surrounded

origin. Most likely another

Winesap seedling. Grows

well on any soil type. Very

good fresh eating apple.

Keeps well. Resistant to fire

blight and Cedar Apple Rust.

Very good all purpose apple

for eating, drying, cooking or

cider. 1800 Red-Green. Good.

Sept-

Oct

Firm, juicy.

Mildly tart to

mildly sweet.

Eating,

cooking,

cider. x x x Medium


Variety


Orchard Opinion

Origin

Date Apple Color

Disease

Resist. Ripen

Flavor /


Bearing

Tendency

Buckingham

Origin: uncertain (likely

Virginia). Planted for two

hundred years all over the

South. Settlers spread the

tree widely due to it's good

traits and it's tendency to

sprout. Widely planted and

depended on by Southerners

in the past. A great all

purpose apple used for

eating, cooking, drying and

cider. Calhoun calls it the

"quintessential southern

apple". 1777?

Yellow-red

striped.

Good

(susceptible

to Cedar

Apple Rust)

Sept-

Oct

Crisp. Sprightly

sub acid.

Eating,

cooking,

drying,

cider. x x x x Heavy

Dixie Red Delight

Origin Alabama. Very

popular in early 1900 sold

widely. Sweet, crisp, good for

fresh eating, good keeper.

Probably originated from

seed of a Yellow Transparent.

Vigorous. Referencing

Calhoun fire blight may be a

problem.

early

1900's Red

Good

(possibly

susceptible

fire blight)

Sept-

Oct

Crisp. Mildly

Sweet. Eating x Heavy.

Kinnaird's Choice

Origin Tennessee. Grows in

South well.

LimbertwigxWinesap cross.

Origin TN. Dessert and cider

apple. A pie bakers favorite.

Said to be the finest apple

grown in Tennessee at one

time. 1843 Red Very good.

Sept-

Oct

Firm. Mildly

tart to sweet.

Eating,

cooking. x x x Heavy


Variety


Orchard Opinion

Origin

Date Apple Color

Disease

Resist. Ripen

Flavor /


Bearing

Tendency

Mutzu

Origin Japan. Cross Indo and

Golden Delicious. Bears

abundant crops. Great

tasting, spicy. Origin Japan.

Keeps well. Good for

cooking. 1949 Green Good

Sept-

Oct

Crisp. Sweet-

tart. Spicy.

Eating,

cook. x Heavy.

Red Delicious

(Hawkeye)

Origin Iowa. The progenitor

of the well known Red

Delicious. The Hawkeye

delicious is a seedling from a

Yellow Bellflower. It is

immensely more flavorful

than the store bought sport.

Because of its beauty, fine

eating qualities, hardiness

and productiveness, this

variety displaced almost all

the other commercial apples. <1870 Red. Good

Sept-

Oct Crisp. Sweet. Eat. x Heavy.

Roxbury Russet

Origin Massachusetts. A

russet apple. Widely grown

across the South. Widely

known as a great Cider apple.

The oldest American Apple

said to have arrived with the

Pilgrims in Roxbury,

Massachusetts. <1649

Dull green /

russeted. Very Good.

Sept/

Oct

Firm/mild

sweet.

Eating,

cider,

cook. x x x

Heavy.

Annual.

Allum

(Rockingham

Red)

Green-purplish blush. Crisp,

mild tart. Highly valued for

its keeping ability.

Green-

purple blush.

Sept/

Oct Crisp, mild tart.

Keeping,

eating. x x


Variety


Orchard Opinion

Origin

Date Apple Color

Disease

Resist. Ripen

Flavor /


Bearing

Tendency

White Winter

Pearmain

Green-yellow. Crisp, mild

sweet. Called the best tasting

apple by some in old reviews.

Widely sold by Old Southern

nurseries.

Green-

yellow.

Sept/

Oct

Crisp, mild

sweet. Eating. x

Ben Davis (Red

Streak)

Red. Very crisp, mild tart-

sweet. Cook, store, and eat.

1800's most important

commercial variety in the US.

Keeps extremely well and is

very tough. Said to keep

until May. Grows rapidly.

Adapts to many climates and

soils. Red.

Sept/

Oct

Very crisp, mild

tart to mild

sweet.

Keep,

cook, eat. x x x

Black Ben Davis

(Gano)

Crimson. Crisp, rich tangy

mild sweet flavor. Stores

well. Considered better

eating apple than the Ben

Davis.

Sept/

Oct

Crisp, tangy

mild sweet

flavor.

Keep,

eat. x x

Virginia Beauty

Origin Virginia. Excellent

eating apple. Grows well on

poor soils including clay.

One of the most beautiful

apples. Adapted to much of

the South. 1810 Red

Good

(resistant to

fire blight)

Sept/

Oct

Mild sweet to

sweet.

Eating,

cooking. x x Medium

Mattamuskeet

Origin North Carolina.

Legendary keeper that is said

to have been stored outdoors

and last until May or June.

Considered the best winter

apple for the low county.

May hang on tree till

November. <1888 Red

Good

(susceptible

to CAR)

Sept

/later

Firm. Slightly

tart improving

in storage.

Keeper,

cooking,

eating. x x x Heavy


Variety


Orchard Opinion

Origin

Date Apple Color

Disease

Resist. Ripen

Flavor /


Bearing

Tendency

American Golden

Russet

Origin New Jersey or New

York. Good keeper. Delicious

eating apple with complex

sweet-tart flavor. Old

American Apple. High sugar

content makes it a good cider

apple . Good drying apple. <1800

Russet-

Green

/Yellow

Good

(susceptible

CAR)

Sept-

Nov

Crisp-

crunchy/firm.

Very sweet.

Cider,

Eat, dry. x x x x x

Moderate.

Tip bearer.

King of Pippin

Gold/yellow. Almond like to

vinous flavor. Good eating

and cider apple. Gold/yellow. Oct

Almond like

vinous flavor. Eat x

Shockley

Red. Crisp. Mild sweet to

sweet. Great all purpose

apple: eat, cook, keep, cider,

dry. Legendary keeper.

Heavy bearer. An apple

settlers planted widely and

depended on. One of the

great Southern apples. Red. Oct

Crisp, mild

sweet to sweet.

Eat, cook,

keep,

cider,

dry. x x x x x

Domine (Winter

Rambo)

Red. Firm, mild tart-sweet.

Widely grown in the South

before 1900. Very heavy

bearer and very rapid grower. <1900 Red. Oct

Firm, mild tart-

sweet. Eat. x

Heavy

bearer.

Kidd's Orange

Yellow-red. Firm, complex-

sweet. Considered a great

eating apple. New Zealand. Yellow-red Oct

Firm, complex-

sweet. Eat x

Bentley Sweet

Red. Crisp, sweet. Incredible

storage apple keeping until

May. Good eating and

storage apple. Red Oct Crisp, sweet. Eat, keep. x x

Arkansas Sweet

Dark red. Crisp-crunchy,

sweet. Fair keeper and good

eating apple. Dark red. Oct

Crisp-crunchy,

sweet. Eat. x


Variety


Orchard Opinion

Origin

Date Apple Color

Disease

Resist. Ripen

Flavor /


Bearing

Tendency

Doctor Matthews

Yellow/pale red. Crisp/mild

sweet. Great eating apple.

Yellow, pale

red. Oct

Crisp, mild

sweet. Eat. x

Sweet Coppin

Pale yellow. Soft, pure sweet.

Cider apple. Pale yellow. Oct

Soft, pure

sweet. Cider. x

Virginia Gold

Origin Virginia. Cross

Albemarle Pippin and Golden

Delicious (two all time

greats). Store for a few

months for peak distinctive

flavor. Great for pies.

Becoming popular rapidly

because of distinctive taste. 1976 Yellow

Good

(susceptible

CAR) Oct

Crisp. Tart to

mild sweet.

Eating,

cooking,

cider. x x x

Enterprise

Great tasting extremely

disease resistant apple.

Parents include McIntosh,

Golden Delicious, and Rome

Beauty. Store 3-6 months in

refrigeration. Has been

called a disease resistant

Winesap type apple. 1999 Red

Very Good -

never any

issues at TCO. Oct

Crisp/Firm.

Sweet to mildly

tart and mildly

spicy.

Eat,

storage,

cooking. x x x Heavy.

Goldrush

Pollinator. Modern disease

resistant variety. Disease

resistant (scab and mildew).

Tart tang sweetens with age.

Fruits early. Keep 8 months

in refrigeration. Derived from

Golden Delicious. 1999

Green-

Yellow

Good

(susceptible

CAR) Oct

Firm/Crisp.

Tart - sweet.

Eating,

cider,

keep. x x x Very heavy.

Johnson Keeper

Origin North Carolina. Good

eating and storage apple. red Very good. Oct Crisp. Tart.

Eating.

Storage. x x

Joseph Apple

Origin Yugoslavia. Beautiful

red disease resistant apple.

Good for eating, cooking.

Stores well. Red Very Good. Oct

Firm. Mild

sweet.

Eating,

cook. x x


Variety


Orchard Opinion

Origin

Date Apple Color

Disease

Resist. Ripen

Flavor /


Bearing

Tendency

Limbertwig, Black

Origin Georgia. Very

resistant to diseases. Prized

for cider and apple butter.

Good keeper. This is a great

tasting apple. <1914 Red-Green. Very good. Oct

Crisp. Sweet to

tart.

Eat, cider,

cook,

keeping. x x x Heavy.

Limbertwig, Red

Royal

One of best apples for fresh

eating, apple butter, and

cider. Keeps well. Red Very good. Oct Crisp. Sweet.

Eating,

cooking,

cider. x x x

Limbertwig,

Royal

Very good Limbertwig variety.

Grows well in South. Sold

widely by old Southern

nurseries. Good for apple

butter. Good eating. 1860 Green-Red Very Good Oct Firm. Sweet.

Eating,

apple

butter. x x Heavy.

Limbertwig,

Swiss

Origin Kentucky? Maroon

colored. Grown by Swiss

settlers. Very good taste,

extremely crisp.

Maroon-

green. Very good. Oct Crisp. Sweet. Eating. x Heavy.

Limbertwig,

Brushy Mountain

Origin North Carolina. Great

eating and keeping apple.

Will keep until June. A

commercial variety at one

time.

unkno

wn Red-yellow. Very good. Oct

Crisp. Juicy

unique

aromatic flavor. Eat, keep. x x Heavy


Variety


Orchard Opinion

Origin

Date Apple Color

Disease

Resist. Ripen

Flavor /


Bearing

Tendency

Newtown Pippin

(Albemarle

Pippin)

Origin England. Calhoun calls

this one of the truly great Southern apples. A very interesting history has this apple being sent to Benjamin Franklin while in London.

England developed such a taste for the apple that it became an important export. Susceptible to fire blight and bitter rot. Requires high fertility soil to do

well. Taste improves greatly in storage. Great keeper. Keeps until March in a cellar. <1666 Yellow Good Oct

Crisp.

Aromatic,

mildly sweet.

Eat,

storage,

cook,

cider x x x x Medium

Ralls Janet

Origin Virginia. Good eating,

good keeper. Said to do well

on clay soils. Bears heavily

every year. Often called

neverfail due to its blooming

late and escaping late frosts..

A parent of Fuji. It is

susceptible to fire blight.

Yellow-red fruit color. <1790 Yellow-red.

Good

(susceptible

fire blight) Oct

Crisp. Mild

sweet. Eat, keep. x x Very heavy.

Bramley's

Seedling

Green-red-striped. Tangy,

sharp flavor. Once

considered world's best

cooking apple. Great for

cider.

Green-red

striped.

Oct-

Nov

Tangy, sharp

flavor.

Eat, cook,

cider. x x x


Variety


Orchard Opinion

Origin

Date Apple Color

Disease

Resist. Ripen

Flavor /


Bearing

Tendency

Winesap, Old

Fashion

Originated New Jersey. A

favorite Old Fashion apple.

Widely planted and depended

on by Southerners in the past.

Excellent keeper. Excellent

eating. Excellent cider.

Excellent storage. Grows in

all soils including clays. Best

Winesap keeper. Important

commercial variety through

the 19th century. Flavor

improves in storage. A must

have apple for any orchard.

Not a pollinator. 1800 Dark red

Very good -

no issues at

TCO.

Oct-

Nov Firm. Sweet.

Eating,

cider,

keeper. x x x Heavy.

Limbertwig,

Kentucky

Origin Kentucky. Excellent

eating and keeper.

Limbertwig taste. Weeping.

unkno

wn

Green/yello

w-red. Very good.

Oct-

Nov Firm, Crisp.

Eating,

cooking,

keeping. x x x Heavy

Limbertwig,

Levering

Origin Southwest Virginia.

Smokey Limbertwig flavor.

Weeping habit. Excellent

keeper and cider apple. Red-yellow. Very good.

Oct-

Nov

Very firm,

crunchy.

Smokey

Limbertwig

flavor.

Eat, cider,

keeper. x x x

Granny Smith

Origin Australia. Pollinator.

Very heavy bearer. Good

keeper. Fresh grown much

better than store bought. 1868 Green Good

Oct-

Nov

Crisp. Tart-

sweet.

Sauce,

juice, eat,

storage,

cook. x x x Heavy.


Variety


Orchard Opinion

Origin

Date Apple Color

Disease

Resist. Ripen

Flavor /


Bearing

Tendency

Hall

Origin North Carolina. Said to

be progenitor of the Magnum

Bonum. An excellent keeper

keeping until May. Great

tasting apple. Both the tree

and fruit are small. The

combination of good fresh

eating and great keeper are a

rare combination in a

southern apple that made it

very popular at one time. <1800 Red Good

Oct

/Nov

Tender. Mild

sweet.

Eating,

storage. x x Heavy

Terry Winter

Origin Georgia. Adapted to

all growing conditions

including Southern

conditions. One of the best

keeping apples. Unique nutty

flavor. <1868 Red

Very good -

no issues at

TOC.

Oct-

Nov Crisp. Sweet.

Keep,

Eating x x Heavy.

Winesap, Virginia

Origin Virginia. Sport of

Winesap that is darker red.

See above description for Old

Fashioned Winesap. 1922 Red Very good.

Oct-

Nov

Firm. Sweet

with a twang.

Eating,

cider,

keeper. x x x Heavy.

York Imperial

Red. Crisp, sprightly subacid.

Important commercial variety

for many years. Most apple

sauce still comes from this

apple. Excellent eating,

cooking, and sauce apple.

Good keeper. Red

Oct-

Dec

Crisp, sprightly

subacid.

Eat, cook,

sauce. x x


Variety


Orchard Opinion

Origin

Date Apple Color

Disease

Resist. Ripen

Flavor /


Bearing

Tendency

Arkansas Black

Origin Arkansas. Hardy,

vigorous, heavy bearer.

Disease resistant (especially

Cedar Apple Rust)

(susceptible to Apple Scab).

One of the best keepers.

Thought to be Winesap

seedling. Rock-hard at

harvest, softening and

improving flavor in storage.

Another must have Heritage

Apple. 1870

Dark red

with Black

tendency.

Very Good -

never any

issues at TCO.

(others note

susceptible to

Apple Scab) Nov

Crisp / Firm /

moderately

juicy. Mildly

sweet to mildly

tart.

Eat, cook,

keep,

juice. x x x Heavy

Limbertwig, Red

(Old Fashioned)

Origin North Georgia. One of

oldest limbertwigs. Weeping

habit. Excellent keeper.

Good for pies, jelly and cider.

Very heavy bearer and very

good disease resistance. 1882

Red-

green/yellow

Very good -

never any

issues at TCO. Nov

Firm, crisp.

Sweet.

Pies, jelly,

cider,

eating,

keeping. x x x x Very Heavy.

Yates

Origin Georgia. Good

pollinator. Small, old favorite,

heavy bearer, easy to grow,

good wildlife apple, very good

keeper. Grows all regions

mountains to coast. Bears

young. Will keep to April.

Another must have old apple

variety. 1844 Red

Very Good -

never any

issues at TCO. Nov Tender. Sweet.

Keep, Eat,

cider. x x x Heavy.

Keener

Origin North Carolina. One of

the latest apples. Good

eating, cooking, drying and

keeper. Apples can hang on

the tree until December. <1880 Russet. Very good.

Dec -

Oct.

Crisp. Mildly

sweet.

Eat, cook,

storage. x x x x Very Heavy

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