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	Acey Mac
	Description Similar to McIntosh in appearance but resembles Spartan in taste, shape, texture & color. The fruit is very firm with less pre-harvest drop than McIntosh. The tree shape resembles Spartan.

	Akane
	One of the best early-season apples, Akane is a marrage between the American Jonathan apple and the English Worcester Pearmain. In appearance it most closely resembles the Worcester Pearmain. For an early apple variety it has an unusually good balanced flavor, reflecting the influence of the high quality Jonathan.

	Albemarle Pippin
	Description This old time or "antique" apple variety was an important commercial variety in the early 1900s. The fruit is greenish-yellow, medium to large with excellent fruit quality. Albemarle Pippin matures in early October and will keep in cold storage for six months.

	Arkansas Black
	Description A very late maturing Winesap-type variety grown primarily in the Southeast. The fruit is dark red and very firm with a tart flavor. This is a great variety to add in a cider blend, providing a high acid, spicy flavor.

	Arlet / Swiss Gourmet
	Arlet, also known as Swiss Gourmet, is an attractive mid-season apple. It is primarily an apple for eating fresh, but can be used for cooking as well. It has a mild flavor, essentially sweet but with some acidity.

	Ashmead's Kernel
	Ashmeads Kernel is a very old traditional English russet apple. It remains popular for its distinctive pear-like flavor which is quite different from most other apple varieties.

	Autumn Crisp
	Description Autumn Crisp, tested as NY 674 and released by Cornell University, is a promising variety harvesting September 15 in south central PA. Good size and great texture, fruit is sweeter than it is tart, making it great for fresh eating. Tree is healthy and productive.

Autumn Gala

Description The first late season Gala selection to be introduced. Autumn Gala was selected from a limb sport of Kidd's D-8 Gala by Harry Black at his Catoctin Mountain Orchard, Thurmont, MD. This is truly a late season Gala maturing four weeks after other Galas are harvested. Fruit is typical Gala quality, very firm, with color slightly improved as compared to Kidd's D-8 cultivar. Autumn Gala provides the opportunity to extend the Gala harvest to late September and early October.

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

	Blondee
	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.

	Braeburn
	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

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.

Brookfield 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.

	Buckeye Gala
	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.

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

	Calville Blanc
	Calville Blanc is an ancient French apple, which crossed the Atlantic early in the history of the New World and soon gained a following amongst discerning North American apple enthusiasts. It is not the best looking apple, but you grow this one for the kitchen not for the fruit bowl - it is a cooking apple of the highest quality.

Cameo

Description A chance seedling found by Darrel Caudle near Dryden, Washington in 1987. The fruit quality is firm, crisp and characterized by a highly appealing subacid, aromatic flavor. Fruit shape is conic, very similar to Delicious but without the bumps on the bottom. The apple color is bright red stripe over creamy background. The tree is a semi-spur with good vigor, precocity and high productivity. Mildew, scald, bitter pit and watercore have not been observed on this variety. Matures one week before Fuji and has a long picking window with Storage quality comparable to Fuji.

Chrisolyn Jonathan

Description Discovered by Jeff Campbell of Peters Orchards in Waverly, MO and available through license agreement with International Plant Management, Chrisolyn® is a promising new strain of Jonathan. Fruit develops a strong stripe and an early coloring feature not previously observed in other Jonathan strains. Flavor and texture are tart and crisp, and the fruit has held up very well in storage tests. Harvests with other Jonathan strains.

	Cornish Gilliflower
	Cornish Gillyflower originates from the county of Cornwall, the south-west peninsula of the United Kingdom.

	Cortland
	Description A cross between McIntosh and Ben Davis 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.

	Court Pendu Plat
	Court Pendu Plat is one of the oldest known apples, dating back to the 1600s and possibly earlier.

	Cox's Orange Pippin
	This is the classic English apple, often regarded as the finest of all dessert apples. It sets the benchmark for flavor in apples to which all others aspire. The aromatic complexity and depth of flavors in a good Cox's Orange Pippin are remarkable. In our personal experience pear, melon, freshly-squeezed Florida orange juice, and mango are all readily evident in a good example.

Crimson Gala

Description Intense coloring, striped strain of Gala discovered in a block of Royal Gala in Milton-Freewater, Oregon. It has similar size and flavor to its parent, Tenroy Gala, maturing three to five days later. A very precocious annual bearer with upright growth habit producing strong wide-angle crotches. Recommended for northern growing districts where full color with a prominent stripe is desired.

Crimson Gold

Description Crimson® Gold is a new disease resistant cultivar harvesting the second week in September, just ahead of Golden Delicious. The fruit colors nicely with a near full red-orange blush on a yellow background and the flesh is white, firm and juicy. Apples are medium in size with a sweet-tart flavor. Fruit has storage life of up to eight months. The trees have medium vigor and are very productive, so they should be thinned accordingly. Crimson Gold is very resistant to apple scab.

Crimson Topaz

Description A Rubin x Vanda cross, Crimson Topaz is a promising new disease resistant dessert apple harvesting one week before Golden Delicious. The fruit is medium in size, crisp and juicy with good flavor. It has a 50% orange-red striping color over a yellow background. The growth habit is spur-like, vigorous and upright. Crimson Topaz is a precocious cropper and the fruit does not drop. Resistant to apple scab and moderately resistant to mildew.

CrimsonCrisp

Description CrimsonCrisp is a wonderful, disease resistant variety. The fruit is medium in size with a very attractive crimson red color over 95% of the surface. CrimsonCrisp has a very firm, crisp texture with a tart, complex flavor. The tree is very grower friendly with a spreading habit, fruiting throughout the tree on two and three year old branches. The fruit matures mid-season and will keep in cold storage for six months. CrimsonCrisp is a trademark of Purdue Research Foundation.

	Cripp's Pink
	Cripps Pink is an attractive modern apple variety from Australia. Its distinctive pink/red color and pleasant flavor make it an interesting variety for the gardener or home orchardist. The blossom is also notably attractive.

	Crown Empire
	Description A red blush sport discovered at Crist Brothers Orchard, Walden, NY in 1990. Exhibits full red color two weeks ahead of Empire. Very productive and a better annual bearer than other blush strains observed. Trees are somewhat less vigorous than Empire producing a slightly smaller tree. We feel this strain is worthy of planting and will set new standards for the Empire market.

Dandee Red

Description Dandee Red is an exciting apple that ripens 8 days before Paulared. Dandee Red is a 100% full, red, blush with pleasingly tart, crisp, creamy white flesh. It has exceptional holding ability and shelf life for an apple in this early season. The tree is very hardy and enjoys mildew and fire blight resistance similar to McIntosh. Dandee Red is an exceptionally high quality early apple with wonderful McIntosh characteristics.