Apple Acres Farm / Varieties of Apples


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	Maine has the perfect climate and soil (aka granite) for growing the most delicious, healthy apples in the world...of course we are a little biased. Our apple trees love the cold winters, short summers and the crisp cool days of fall. We produce over 10 varieties of New England favorites.

	Macintosh	The most popular New England apple. If harvested and stored well, it is tender-crisp and a delicious mixture of sweetness and tartness, good for eating and cooking. We have these available for shipping in gift packs from the middle of September until we run out of apples sometime in the spring. The McIntosh is a chance seedling that originated about 1796 on the farm of John McIntosh in Dundela, Ontario.
	Cortland	A favorite cooking apple which is also excellent for fresh eating. A red apple, it has very white flesh that is slow to brown and so is a good choice for salads. Available in gift packs starting the last week in September, and until we run out in midwinter. The Cortland is a Ben Davis x McIntosh cross which was named in 1915 by the New York State Ag. Experiment Station in Geneva, New York.
	Macoun	A real treat with many fans. Extra crisp and sweet. An excellent all purpose apple but so good to eat that we can never seem to spare any for cooking. Dark purple with corners. Available in gift packs from the end of September until we run out in early November. Macoun is a selection from a McIntosh x Jersey Black cross and was named in 1923 by the New York State Agricultural experiment Station at Geneva, N. Y.
	Red Delicious	Hard and sweet. The apple with the 6 bumps on the bottom. Because it's taste improves in storage, it seems to be at its best in time for Christmas. Good for fresh eating and salads. Not recommended for cooking. Available in gift packs from early October until we run out sometime in January. Delicious originated as a chance seedling in Iowa in the late 1800s and was named in 1895.
	Golden Delicious	Sweet and juicy with some tartness. An excellent all purpose apple. Available in gift packs from mid-October until we run out around Christmas time. Golden Delicious originated in West Virginia as a chance seedling. It was introduced by Stark Brothers Nurseries in 1916.
	Northern Spy	A fine older variety with a slightly tart flavor. A traditional pie apple, but many like to eat it fresh. We have a very few of these for sale in our retail store. Northern Spy originated as a chance seedling around 1800 (some say 1874) in an orchard in East Bloomfield, N. Y.
	Mutsu/Crispin	An excellent, dense, juicy eating apple maturing in late October. Greenish yellow with a faint reddish blush when ripe. A very large apple that is hard to put into gift packs because of its size. The Mutsu is a Golden Delicious x Indo cross named in 1948 by the Aomori Apple Experiment Station, Kuroishi, Japan.
	Paula Red	Good for fresh eating, pies and sauce. It's ready a week after Jersey Mac. An early maturing red fall apple. It has a tart flavor and keeps well. We can ship this apple in gift packs until early October. Paulared was a chance seedling that was discovered in Sparta, Michigan, and introduced in 1967.
	Early Mac	White, tender flesh with pleasant flavor. Good for home and local markets.
	Spencer	Spencer is a McIntosh and Red Delicious cross. McIntosh contributed its crisp and juiciness and combines with Delicious to give Spencer its unique sweet-tart flavor. Enjoy this apple in the fall because it loses many of its characteristics in storage. Although this should be enjoyed as an eating apple, Spencer can be used in pies and sauce.
	Honey Crisp	A sweet, exceptionally crisp-textured apple rated superior to McIntosh and Delicious for fresh eating. Excellent keeper.
	Baldwin	Once one of the largest selling commercial varieties in the northeast, Baldwin was replaced by McIntosh and other varieties when several million Baldwin trees were killed by a series of bitter winters beginning in 1918. Discovered as a seedling in 1740 by John Ball in Lowell, Massachusetts, it soon became immensely popular in New England. Fruit is medium to large in size with tough yellow skin nearly covered with dark red and crimson. The yellowish-white flesh is firm, crisp, and juicy. Ripens September in warmer regions, November in colder areas. Very limited supply To find out more check out the US Apple Association



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