With
the popular Red Delicious and McIntosh for parents, Empire
apples were destined to be a hit. It's a sweet-tart combination
that's great for everything. The New York State Agricultural
Experiment Station in Geneva introduced this new variety in
1966.
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What's
It Like?
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- A
wonderful blend of sweet and tart
- Juicy
- Very
crisp, creamy white flesh
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Best
Uses
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- Excellent
for eating and salads
- Good
for sauce, baking, pies and freezing
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Special
Hint
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The smell of fresh apple crisp wafting through the house is
a sure sign of Fall. Jonagolds make excellent baked goodies.
Jonagold is another success story from the New York State
Agricultural Experiment Station in Geneva. It's a cross between
mellow Golden Delicious and tart Jonathan.
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What's
It Like?
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- Honey
sweet with a hint of tartness
- Juicy
- Crisp,
creamy yellow flesh
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Best
Uses
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- Excellent
for eating, salads, sauce and baking
- Good
for pies and freezing
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Special
Hint
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If you haven't tried an Apple Country® Red Delicious, you
haven't tried Red Delicious. These popular mildly sweet apples
are grown across the country but our Red Delicious have the
slight tartness so characteristic of apples from New York.
Give our Apple Country® Red Delicious a try!
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What's
It Like?
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- Sweet
- Juicy
- Crisp,
yellow flesh
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Best
Uses
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- Excellent
for eating and salads
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Special
Hint
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Availability
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- October
through September
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Some people think that Golden Delicious is simply the yellow
cousin of the popular Red Delicious apple. But, in fact, they
are related in name only. This honey sweet apple is a special
treat all on its own.
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What's
It Like?
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- Mild
sweet flavor
- Juicy
- Crisp,
light yellow flesh
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Best
Uses
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- Excellent
for eating, salads and sauce
- Good
for pies, baking and freezing
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Special
Hint
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Availability
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Savor the old-fashioned goodness of baked apples, especially
Idareds, which hold their shape perfectly and look beautiful
on the table. Developed in Idaho, it's a cross between two
old time NY apples, Jonathan and Wagener, first raised in
Penn Yan in 1791.
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What's
It Like?
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- Sweetly
tart
- Juicy
- Firm
pale yellow-green flesh, sometimes tinted rosy pink
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Best
Uses
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- Excellent
for sauce, cooking, baking and pies
- Good
for eating, salads and freezing
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Special
Hint
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Availability
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Perfect fried apple slices sitting next to a pork chop are
probably Red Romes. These superb cooking apples retain their
shape beautifully as well as their tart flavor. This old time
variety originated in Ohio in 1816 but is widely grown in
New York State.
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What's
It Like?
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- Mildly
tart
- Firm,
greenish white flesh
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Best
Uses
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- Excellent
for sauce, baking and pies
- Good
for salad and freezing
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Special
Hint
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Availability
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- Late
October through September
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Wow! What a great snacking apple! Fuji apples have it all--super
sweet, super juicy and super crisp. This Japanese apple has
American parents, Red Delicious and Ralls Janet, an antique
apple that goes back to Thomas Jefferson in 1793. We're glad
this popular Japanese apple is grown in New York now!
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What's
It Like?
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- Very
sweet
- Very
juicy
- Very
crisp, cream colored flesh
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Best
Uses
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- Excellent
for eating and salads
- Good
for sauce
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Special
Hint
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- Fuji
applesauce needs little or no sugar.
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Availability
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Sometimes the name of an apple says it all. Honeycrisp apples
are honey sweet (with a touch of tart) and amazingly crisp,
some say "explosively crisp." It's easy to see why
this new variety continues to grow in popularity since its
1991 introduction in Minnesota. Supplies are limited for now
but more Honeycrisp trees are being planted every year.
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What's
It Like?
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- Complex
sweet-tart flavor
- Juicy
- Super
crisp yellow flesh
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Best
Uses
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- Excellent
for eating and salads
- Good
for sauce, baking & pies
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Special
Hint
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Availability
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- September
through February
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Don Baker Farm
183 Route 14
Hudson, NY 12534
518-828-9542
apples@valstar.net
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