(Apple, Eating Apple, Honeycrisp Apple)

This cultivar, 'Honeycrisp,' is a large, very juicy, very sweet apple, with yellow skin overlain by red. It has little tartness and a mild apple flavor, which becomes stronger the longer fruits are left on the tree. Bred at the University of Minnesota, which is located in a cold northern climate, 'Honeycrisp' is a hardy deciduous tree with a somewhat spreading habit, but can be trained to a central leader (one trunk). It bears early, so the fruits should be removed from a young leader to keep it...

(Apple, Honeygold Apple, Yellow Eating Apple)

Introduced by the University of Minnesota Horticultural Research Center in 1970, this hybrid of 'Golden Delicious' bears apples like those of its parent on trees that are much hardier.

Ripening in early fall, the medium to large, somewhat pear-shaped fruits have greenish-yellow skin blushed pale red. The creamy yellow flesh of this dessert or cooking apple is crisp, smooth, juicy, and sweet. The fruits store well. This cultivar is relatively susceptible to fireblight and other apple diseases....

(Antique Apple, Apple, Dessert Apple)

Originating near Concord, Massachusetts, in the late 17th century, 'Hunt Russet' is still prized for its highly flavorful, long-keeping apples.

Ripening in mid-autumn, the small to medium, oblong to conical fruits have thin, rough golden-brown skin with reddish blushing. The fine-textured yellowish flesh of this dessert, cooking, or cider apple is tender and juicy with a buoyant pear-like flavor. The fruits keep for many months, with flavor becoming milder in storage. The upright spreading trees...

(Early Apple, Jersey Mac Apple, Red Eating Apple)

Introduced in 1971 by the New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station, this hybrid of 'July Red' is valued for its early-ripening apples.

Ripening over several weeks in early to midsummer, the medium to large, spherical, slightly flattened fruits have tough yellowish red-blushed skin. The greenish white flesh of this dessert or cooking apple is firm, crisp, juicy, and somewhat bland. The fruits store poorly. The upright, spreading trees produce reliably every year, and resist cedar apple rust....

(Antique Apple, Apple, Dessert Apple)

Originating in Hollis, New Hampshire, in the early eighteenth century, 'Jewett Red' bears handsome, tasty apples on cold-hardy trees.

Ripening in early fall, the spherical to conical fruits have tough thin yellow skin heavily overlaid with a red, blue-dusted blush. The fine-textured yellow flesh of this dessert apple is tender, juicy, fragrant, and flavorful. The fruits keep well for up to 4 months. The slow-growing, small, sparsely branched trees bear only modest crops. Plant 'Jewett Red' near...

(Apple, Jonafree Apple, Red Eating Apple)

Introduced in 1979 by Purdue University, Rutgers University, and the University of Illinois, 'Jonafree' bears 'Jonathan'-like apples on disease resistant trees.

Ripening in late summer and early fall, the medium-sized, spherical to slightly conical fruits have tough, yellow, heavily red-blushed skin. The somewhat grainy, yellowish flesh of this dessert or cooking apple is firm, crisp, and juicy, with a flavor that is less acid than that of 'Jonathan'. The fruits keep well for 2 or 3 months....

(Apple, Eating Apple, Jonagold Apple)

A hybrid of two prized apples, 'Golden Delicious' and 'Jonathan,' 'Jonagold' combines the qualities of both. The fruits are medium to large-sized, juicy, crisp, tart and aromatic, excellent for eating out of hand.

Like all domestic apples, 'Jonagold' is descended from a species of deciduous tree native to southwestern Asia that has been in cultivation for thousands of years. A medium-sized tree, 'Jonagold' blooms in spring with fragrant,white flowers that are much-visited by bees and yields heavy...

(Apple, Jonamac Apple, Red Eating Apple)

The 'Jonamac' apple is crisp, firm, tart, and aromatic. The tree is outstandingly hardy (to -50F) and comes from a cross between McIntosh and Jonathan. Like all domestic apples it is descended from a species native to southwestern Asia.

The fruits are medium in size and red underlain by green. The flesh is white, tart and aromatic. The tree blooms heavily with white flowers in spring and the harvest starts in early fall. The apples store well in cold, humid conditions, if unbruised. They are...

(Apple, Haralred® Apple, Lautz Apple, Red Eating Apple)

This cultivar, Haralred®, is a medium-sized red apple with tart, juicy, firm flesh. It is a smallish, hardy deciduous tree that bears its fruits in clusters, with harvest coming in early autumn and the apples keeping three to five months in cold storage. The tree is precocious (starts fruiting young) and can fall into a pattern of bearing a heavy crop one year and a small crop the next. To even out the harvests, remove all but one or two of the apples in each cluster while they are still young and...

(Apple, Cooking Apple, Lodi Apple, Yellow Cooking Apple)

This cultivar, 'Lodi,' produce distinctive green-skinned apples that are large, high-quality, and very early. These are versatile apples, good for eating fresh and for cooking and superb for applesauce. They are crisp, tart, acidic, and slightly sweet. It is a medium-sized, hardy deciduous tree that matures its fruits in mid-summer. It needs another variety of apple nearby for pollination to produce full crops.

Like most domestic apples, ‘Lodi’ grows and fruits best in full sun in average, well-drained...