Description A new variety for the early season, Blondee is being offered under license from International Plant Management. It is a yellow-skinned Gala-type apple, ripening approximately 5 days before traditional Gala.

Description This selection of Gala is being offered under license agreement with Willow Drive Nursery, Ephrata, WA. The fruit of Brookfield® Gala is considered one of the best in the industry for the prominent stripe. Originating in New Zealand, this Gala sport is widely planted in the United States and consistently produces fruit of excellent color and overall fruit quality. Photo courtesy of Willow Drive Nursery.

Description Discovered as a sport of Imperial Gala at Peace Valley Orchards in Rogers, OH. Buckeye Gala is a highly colored sport of Gala, almost solid red with a deep burgundy stripe. The fruit matures with other Gala selections and is comparable in size, firmness and fruit quality.

Baldwin is an antique American apple which is still popular today. William Kendrick in his book the New American Orchardist (1833) states it is "recommended it for extensive cultivation".

Beacon is a useful early-season apple, primarily for eating fresh.

Braeburn is one of the most important commercial apple varieties, grown in all the major warm-climate apple producing areas of the world.

Bramley's Seedling is the definitive English "cooker" - an apple variety used mainly for cooking purposes (although many customers like to eat them fresh as well). Bramley is well-known for its rich sharp acidity, and it has one of the highest acid contents of any apple variety. As a result it cooks down to a stiff apple puree, a key requirement for English apple cookery, with an excellent sharp flavor.

Burgundy is named after the color of its skin, which becomes a deep crimson red when fully ripe - quite an attractive apple.