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Russell Stafford
(Antique Apple, Apple, Cooking Apple, Mid-season Apple)
This old-time New England apple is excellent for baking, stewing, and cider-making. Ripening in late summer, the large rounded fruits are yellow-green with a rough brownish overlay ("russeting"). The yellowish-white, firm, coarse flesh of this cooking apple is tender, juicy, and sweet. Pumpkin Russets are poor keepers. The relatively large, vigorous, disease-resistant trees tend to bear in alternate years. Plant 'Pumpkin Russet' near other apple varieties to insure cross-pollination and fruiting....
Russell Stafford
(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...
Russell Stafford
(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...
Russell Stafford
(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...
Russell Stafford
(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...
Russell Stafford
(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...
Russell Stafford
(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...
Jessie Keith
(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...