(Antique Apple, Apple, Dessert Apple, Late-season Apple)

Originating in Amherst County, Virginia, in the late eighteenth century, 'Ralls' (also known as 'Ralls Janet') was once a favorite dessert apple in the Upper Southeast and Lower Midwest United States. The medium-sized, flattish to rounded fruits are pale greenish-yellow with a pink blush and rose-red striping and mottling. The yellowish-white, firm, crispy flesh of this dessert apple is juicy, aromatic, and tangily sweet. Ralls is a good keeper, lasting many weeks in storage. The twiggy, fireblight-prone...

(Apple)

Originating in Thompson, Connecticut, around 1840, 'Ramsdell Sweet' is still prized for its handsome, sweetly flavored apples. The medium to large, oblong fruits are dark red with yellow undertones. The yellowish-white, firm, fine-grained flesh of this dessert apple is juicy, tender, and very sweet. Ramsdell Sweet apples ripen in late summer to early fall and are relatively good keepers, lasting in storage until early winter. The vigorous trees bear light to modest crops annually, but the fruits...

(Antique Apple, Apple, Late-season Apple)

Originating more than 200 years ago, 'Red Canada' is still the among the most flavorful dessert apples. The medium to large, flattish, cylindrical fruits are dark red with yellow-green undertones and conspicuous gray "freckles." The yellowish-white, firm, fine-grained flesh of this dessert apple is juicy, tender, aromatic, and very flavorful. Red Canada apples ripen in early fall and are relatively good keepers, lasting in storage until early to midwinter. The moderately vigorous trees tend to bear...

(Apple, Cooking Apple, Red Eating Apple, Red June Apple)

This heirloom variety from the Southeast United States is still popular for its flavorful, early-ripening apples. The small, oblong fruits are dark purple-red with yellowish undertones. The white, firm, fine-grained flesh of this dessert, cooking, and cider apple is juicy and tender with a spritely flavor. Carolina Red June apples ripen in early summer and last in storage for several weeks. The trees tend to bear heavily in alternate years, and often produce a second smaller crop in fall. Plant 'Carolina...

(Antique Apple, Apple, Cooking Apple, Late-season Apple)

Originating in Newport, Rhode Island, before 1700, 'Rhode Island Greening' is still unsurpassed as a cooking and dessert apple. The large, spherical to flattish fruits are waxy grass-green with yellow undertones and a faint burgundy-red blush. The yellowish, firm, medium-grained flesh of this dessert and cooking apple is juicy and tender with a distinct, full, piquant flavor. Rhode Island Greenings ripen in late summer and early fall and keep well in storage for several months. The trees tend to...

(Apple)

This renowned, flavorful English apple originated in Yorkshire in the late seventeenth century and is still widely grown. The medium to large, spherical fruits have smooth, greenish yellow, red-blushed skin with purple-red stripes. The yellowish-white, firm, medium-grained flesh of this dessert and cooking apple is juicy, very crisp, and aromatic with a distinct, robust, spicy flavor. The fruits ripen in late summer and early fall and keep well in storage for a month or more. The trees bear reliably...

(Apple)

America's oldest apple variety, 'Roxbury Russet' originated in Massachusetts around 1650 and is still valued as a cider and eating apple. The medium to large, oblong to spherical fruits have greenish-yellow skin with rough yellow-brown "russeting." The yellowish or greenish-white, firm, medium- to coarse-grained flesh of this dessert and cider apple is juicy and tender with a lively tangy-sweet flavor. The fruits ripen in late summer and early fall and keep well in storage for a several months. The...

(Apple)

An all-American heirloom apple, ‘Salome’ was first discovered by Elias C. Hathaway in 1869 while he was cleaning out an area of an old plant nursery he had obtained in Ottawa, Illinois. He initially cut the parent plant down, but when sprouts sprang from the base he propagated a few. The resulting trees were first introduced as ‘Salome’ when Hathaway presented them to the Illinois State Horticultural Society in 1878. It is most admired for its consistently abundant crops of small to medium sized...

(Early Apple, Red Eating Apple, Sansa Apple)

The flavorful apples of this 1988 introduction ripen 2 weeks earlier than those of 'Gala.' Selected by the Morioka Research Station, Iwate, Japan, 'Sansa' resulted from a 1969 New Zealand cross between 'Gala' and 'Akene.'

The small to medium, conical to spherical fruits are greenish-yellow with a reddish blush and bright red streaks. The greenish-white, firm flesh of this dessert apple is juicy and tender with a tangy-sweet flavor. The fruits ripen in mid- to late summer and last a few weeks...

(Apple)

An antique apple variety rarely grown today, this presumed seedling of 'Fameuse' originated in Vernon, Michigan, sometime before 1850. It produces modest to heavy crops of medium to large, flattish apples with red-blushed, carmine-streaked, pale yellow skin. The white, crisp, fine-textured flesh of this dessert apple is juicy and tender with a full, slightly tart flavor. The fruits ripen in early to mid-fall and keep until early winter. This variety typically produces large crops in alternate years....