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About Our Apples

As stated on the Home Page we have a very nice crop of apples this year.
The new tree which we planted the spring are new varities and are all on dwafting root stock. These tree have to be staked for support. We are using a two wire trellis system with individual metal conducts for each tree and wood posts between every 5 trees. Each planting has 15 trees per row.
By using a biological insect control ,Click here for details we can stop using insecticide sprays in mid June.
We start picking our first apple in late June and the last apple is picked in early November.
List of our Apples
Call for apple availability.
| No. | Name | Ripening Date | Taste | Usage |
| 1 |
lodi |
july |
tart |
apple sauce |
| 2 |
wms pride |
late july |
tart |
pies |
| 3 |
red free |
early august |
mild |
eating |
| 4 |
paulared |
early august |
mild |
all purpose |
| 5 |
imperial gala |
late august |
crisp, mild |
all purpose |
| 6 |
red cortland |
early september |
mild |
all purpose |
| 7 |
jonathan |
early september |
tart |
eating, baking |
| 8 |
liberty(Mcintosh) |
mid september |
mild |
eating |
| 9 |
sir prize |
mid september |
sweet |
eating |
| 10 |
red delicious |
late september |
sweet |
eating |
| 11 |
grimes golden |
late september |
mild |
eating, pies |
| 12 |
golden delicious |
late september |
sweet |
all purpose |
| 13 |
empire |
late september |
mild |
eating |
| 14 |
mutsu |
early october |
sweet |
premium eating |
| 15 |
melrose |
mid october |
mild |
eating |
| 16 |
idared |
mid october |
mild |
eating |
| 17 |
stayman winesap |
mid october |
tart |
eating |
| 18 |
newtown pippen |
late october |
tart |
eating |
| 19 |
red fuji |
early november |
mild |
eating |
| 20 |
granny smith |
early november |
mild |
all purpose |
These are the new cultivars which we planted this spring. They are all on dwafting root stock which will be easy to prune and pick. They will become apart of our future U-Pick orchard.
List of our New Apples
These apples will be availability in 2010.
| No. | Name | Ripening Date | Taste | Usage |
| 21 |
Zestar |
august 5 |
mild |
eating |
| 22 |
LindaMac |
august 25 |
mild |
eating |
| 23 |
Golden Supreme |
september 1 |
sweet |
eating |
| 24 |
Snow Sweet |
september 15 |
mild |
eating |
| 25 |
Rising Sun Fuji |
october 1 |
sweet |
eating |
| 26 |
Gold Rush |
october 20 |
sweet |
eating |
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