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Apple Varieties for Summer / Fall 2006
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Ginger Gold®
»Early Season. Excellent Dessert Apple.
Discovered as a chance seedling on the orchard of Clyde and Ginger Harvey
of Lovingston, VA, this Golden Delicious-type apple ripens six weeks ahead of Golden Delicious and can be harvested the first weeks of August at our orchard.
Ginger Gold® exhibits all the qualities of a fall variety and ripens three weeks before McIntosh. The highest quality
early season yellow dessert apple available.
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Gale Gala®
»Mid Season. Very Crisp and Sweet.
One of the new generation of super red Gala sports. Gale Gala® was discovered by Wally Gale in his
Malaga, Washington Royal Gala® orchard. This outstanding sport develops a 90-100% full red color with deep red striping
allowing harvest in one or two pickings. Fruit size, firmness, and eating quality is equal to other Gala sports.
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HoneycrispTM
»Early Season. Very Crisp. Excellent eating. Long Keeping.
This exceptional new variety was developed from a Macoun x Honeygold cross at the University of Minnesota. The fruit is mostly orange-red
with a yellow background. This crisp, juicy, sweet apple has a rich flavor that has made it #1 in taste panels. The fruit averages 3" and up, matures ten
days before Red Delicious, has a two week harvest window, and stores well. Outstanding winter hardiness gives this variety excellent potential for roadside
markets like Bramble Ridge.
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Royal CortlandTM
»Mid season. Mac variety. Crisp. Great Salad Apple.
A McIntosh x Ben Davis cross that inherited the good qualities of both parents. Fruit is a beautiful red, very large, with pure white flesh.
Crops heavier than most varieties and considered an annual bearer. Picked seven to ten days after McIntosh.
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Spartan
»Mid season. Red with Creamy White Flesh. Excellent Dessert Apple.
A very firm McIntosh-type apple. Picked seven days after McIntosh, fruit shows deep red color, creamy white flesh with excellent
dessert quality. Tree exhibits vigorous growth habit.
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Golden Delicious©
»Long picking season. Pollinator. Great Taste.
A russet resistant selection of the original Golden Delicious. One of the most widely planted apple cultivars worldwide. Fruit is
firm, medium to large with the classic Golden Delicious flavor. The tree is spreading, productive, and easy to manage.
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Grimes Golden©
»Mid season. Spicy…Tangy. Sweet. Yellow Flesh.
An old favorite, suitable for fresh use, cider, and cooking. This variety is medium in vigor, productive, and an excellent pollinizer.
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