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Varieties
available at Borden's Orchard |
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Variety: |
Harvest: |
Origin: |
Note: |
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Apples: |
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Red Melba |
Early Aug |
sport of Pate( a Canadian variety) |
Early tart |
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Pristine |
Mid Aug |
"Disease Resistant" early yellow apple |
Exc.flavor & texture |
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Summer Treat |
Mid-Late Aug |
Mollie's Delicious cross from New Jersey |
Delicous-type |
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Redfree |
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"Disease Resistant": parents incl.Rome, Jonathan, Melba |
Exc.& firm |
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Empress |
Late Aug |
Jonamac X Vista Bella: NY Exp.Stat. 1988 |
Empire look-alike |
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Ginger Gold |
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early Golden Delicious type |
Exc. Flavor |
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Paulared |
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Discovered in Michigan |
Exc.all around |
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Gala |
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from New Zealand: Gold.Del. & Cox Orange Pippin |
Unique tartness |
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Niagara |
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Mac X Carlton: NY Expt.Stat. 1962 |
Mac-type |
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Milton |
Early Sept |
Mac X Yellow Transparent: NY Expt.Stat. 1923 |
Mac-type |
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McIntosh |
Early-mid Sep |
Chance Seedling from Ontario, Canada, about 1870 |
Most popular Northeast apple |
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Ozark Gold |
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Golden Delicious cross from Missouri Expt.Stat. |
early Gold.Del. |
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Honeycrisp |
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Macoun X Honeygold from Minnesota |
"Explosively crisp!" |
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Macoun |
Mid Sept |
Mac X Jersey Black: NY Expt.Stat. 1923 |
Firmer than Mac |
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Liberty |
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"Disease Resistant" Macoun cross: NY Expt.Stat. 1974 |
Firm, unique flavor |
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R.I.Greening |
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Chance seedling; prob. near Newport R.I. @ 1700 |
Green; cooking fav. |
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Spartan |
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Mac X Newtown: Expt.Stat. in British Columbia |
Exc.color, firmness |
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Cortland |
Late Sept |
Mac X Ben Davis: NY Expt.Stat. 1915 |
Exc.Baked, salad (slow to brown) |
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Red Delicious |
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Chance seedling from Peru, Iowa @ 1800 |
Eating favorite |
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Empire |
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Mac X Red Delicious: NY Expt.Stat. 1966 |
GREAT NY Apple! |
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Jonagold |
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Jonathan X Golden Delicious: NY Expt.Stat. 1968 |
Dual purpose |
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Fortune |
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Red Spy X Empire from NY Expt. Stat. |
Large dual purpose |
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Idared |
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Wagener X Jonathan: Idaho Expt.Stat. 1945 |
Firm, good keeper |
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Pound Sweet |
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Old New England variety (also called Pumpkin Sweet) |
Green, sweet!, exc.baked |
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Golden Delicious |
Early Oct. |
Chance seedling from West Virginia @ 1916 |
Yellow: mild flavor |
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Spigold |
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Northern Spy X Golden Delicious: NY Expt.Stat. 1962 |
Large, Juicy, Exc.flavor |
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Northern Spy |
Mid Oct. |
Chance Seedling from East Bloomfield, NY, @ 1800 |
Large, Tart, Exc. cooking, eating |
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Rome Beauty |
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Chance seedling from Ohio in 1848 |
Firm, cooking |
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Winter Banana |
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Chance seedling from Indiana in 1876 |
Unique aroma; waxy, yellow finish |
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Granny Smith |
Late Oct. |
Chance seedling from Margaret Smith in Australia @ 1870 |
Popular green cooking apple |
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Pears: |
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Bartlett |
Early-Sept |
Chance seedling from Berkshire, England |
Exc. canning & eating |
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Flemish Beauty |
Late Sept |
from Belgium about 1810 |
short neck, very sweet |
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Bosc |
Early Oct. |
Seedling from Lourain, Belgium |
Long neck, russeted, sweet! |
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Anjou |
Early Oct. |
Seedling from Angers, France |
Short neck, good keeper |
