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Gala
The combination of red, orange, and yellow give Gala its beautiful color. Eaten fresh or added to an apple recipe, Gala apples offer a sweet, crisp taste to be enjoyed by everyone.
Available: Starting late August
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Jonathan
One of the first varieties available each harvest season. Jonathan is popular eaten as a fresh apple, and used as a baking apple. They are deliciously tart with a wonderful sweet balance. They are a deep red color with yellow highlights.
Available: Starting early September
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Jonagold
What do you get when you cross a Jonathan with a Golden Delicious? An apple with exceptional flavor! The Jonagold is a sweet and slightly tart apple with a bright red and gold color. They are great for eating as a snack, added to salads, or used in apple recipes.
Available: Starting early to mid-September
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Red Delicious
The world's favorite fresh apple. The mild, sweet flavor and deep red color of the traditional Red Delicious make them a favorite fresh eating apple. Enjoy them with caramel dip, or add them to a salad.
Available: Starting early to mid-September
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Golden Delicious
The colorful, sweet Golden Delicious is a versatile apple that can be used successfully in almost any capacity--ornamental to cooking. The yellow color and white flesh gives applesauce a nearly perfect white color. They are also enjoyed eaten fresh.
Avaialable: Starting early to mid-September
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Honeycrisp
This honey of an apple has a honeyed, mild flavor and crispness deemed explosive. Honeycrisp's skin is a distinctive mottled red with yellow background. Honeycrisp is good for snacking, salads, and saucemaking, and this apple stores well.
Avaialable: Starting September
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Rome
The firmer texture of Romes has helped them gain popularity as a baking apple. Peeling is made easy because of their unifrom round shape. Romes are ideal for pies, applesauce, and freezing. Their slightly tart flavor makes them a great fresh eating apple as well.
Avaialable: Starting late September
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Fuji
The firm, sweet, appetizing flavor of the Fuji makes this an apple of distinction. The Fuji's color ranges from greenish-yellow with red highlights to full red. Refrigerated, this is an excellent storage apple.
Available: Starting early October
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Braeburn
Braeburns range in color from greenish-yellow with red highlights to solid red. The firm, crisp flavor of the Braeburn is a combination of tartness and sweetness that makes Braeburn an enjoyable snacking apple.
Available: Starting early October
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Granny Smith
The tangy, fresh flavor of the Granny Smith lends itself for many uses. Tossed in a salad, baked in a pie, or eaten fresh, the Granny Smith with its touch of pink blush and its tart flavor can't be beaten.
Available: Starting mid-October
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Pink Lady
A cross between a Golden Delicious and Lady Williams, crunchy Pink Lady has a unique sweet-tart flavor described as "Gala with a Zing". Pink Lady is great for snacking, slicing, or dicing on a salad, or used for baking.
Available: Starting mid-October
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