All Varieties

  • Crimson King

    Crimson King

    0

    Also known as: John Toucher’s, Bewley Down Pippin Crimson King is a fine English cider apple which also serves as an excellent culinary variety. It originated with John Toucher of Bewley Down, Somerset, England, who first propagated the variety in the late 19th century. It …

    Print FriendlyPrint
    Read More

    Posted on: 06-30-2013

  • Cranberry of North Georgia

    Cranberry of North Georgia

    0

    This is a different apple from Cranberry Pippin which arose in New York. The Cranberry of north Georgia was first mentioned in 1855 and was part of the large collection of heirloom apples grown by the late Henry Morton of Gatlinburg, Tennessee. This medium-sized apple …

    Print FriendlyPrint
    Read More

    Posted on: 06-30-2013

  • Cox’s Orange Pippin

    0

    One of the truly great fresh eating dessert apples. It originated in 1825 in England from seeds of Ribston Pippin. Superlatives abound when describing the flavor – spicy, honeyed, nutty, pear-like. A rich, full flavored apple with a pleasing aroma. Fruit is medium sized with …

    Print FriendlyPrint
    Read More

    Posted on: 06-30-2013

  • Cotton Sweet

    Cotton Sweet

    0

    Also known as: Cotton, Cotton Bole, Large White Sweet This apple originated in North Carolina with Welsh immigrants who settled near Burgaw and Rockfish Creeks on the banks of the Cape Fear River. It was first described in 1858 when it was introduced to the …

    Print FriendlyPrint
    Read More

    Posted on: 06-30-2013

  • Cortland

    0

    Cortland is a cross of Ben Davis and McIntosh which originated at the New York State Agricultural Experimental Station in 1898. A medium-sized apple with smooth yellowish skin mostly covered with dark red and crimson. The fine-grained tender white flesh is very juicy and does …

    Print FriendlyPrint
    Read More

    Posted on: 06-30-2013

  • Cornish Gilliflower

    Cornish Gilliflower

    1

    Also known as: Julyflower, Cornish Julyflower A absolutely wonderful dessert apple discovered in a cottage garden in Cornwall, England, sometime in the 18th century and introduced in 1813. Not an especially attractive apple with dull green skin with reddish brown coloration and thin russet covering. …

    Print FriendlyPrint
    Read More

    Posted on: 06-29-2013

  • Claygate Pearmain

    Claygate Pearmain

    0

    A very high quality English dessert apple, found growing in a hedge by John Braddick of Claygate, in the county of Surrey in England. Fruit has a rich, nutty flavor with a good balance of sugars and acids. Skin is dull green, partially covered with …

    Print FriendlyPrint
    Read More

    Posted on: 06-29-2013

  • Clara's Creek Apple

    Clara’s Creek Apple

    0

    This is a first-rate cooking and fresh eating apple obtained in 1999 from the late Mrs. Clara Daugherty, a very sweet 95 year-old lady who lived here in Ashe Co. She and her late husband once had a large apple orchard in the 1940’s and …

    Print FriendlyPrint
    Read More

    Posted on: 06-29-2013

  • Cherryville Black

    Cherryville Black

    0

    This variety was collected by Lee Calhoun in 1987 from Ernest Sellers of Cherryville, NC. It is an unique variety grown by the Sellers family for many years. Believed to be named for Elszy Black, grandfather of Mr. Sellers. Calhoun describes this as one of …

    Print FriendlyPrint
    Read More

    Posted on: 06-29-2013

  • Chenango Strawberry

    Chenango Strawberry

    0

    Also known as: Sherwood’s Favorite, Early Sugar Loaf, Jackson Apple A very beautiful apple originating in New York around 1850. Excellent for both fresh eating and cooking. The fruit should be picked when the skin begins to develop a milky appearance. Medium sized fruit is …

    Print FriendlyPrint
    Read More

    Posted on: 06-29-2013

  • Cauley

    Cauley

    1

    Also known as: Cally, Colley An apple of the Deep South, Cauley arose in Mississippi prior to 1860. According to Calhoun (1995) the apple was “resurrected” in 1919 when a mature tree was found in Grenada, Mississippi. Several young trees were grafted from this old …

    Print FriendlyPrint
    Read More

    Posted on: 06-29-2013

  • Chandler

    Chandler

    0

    Also known as: Winter Chandler, Chandler’s Red An apple which originated in Chelmsford, Massachusetts in the early 1800’s. Fruit is medium to large, roundish to slightly flattened, with pale yellow skin colorfully splashed and striped with dull red. Flesh is greenish-white to yellow, firm, crisp …

    Print FriendlyPrint
    Read More

    Posted on: 06-29-2013

  • Catawba

    Catawba

    0

    Another of the many wonderful heritage apples rediscovered by devoted apple hunter, Tom Brown. Although the date and area of origin is unknown, it probably arose in North Carolina in the mid-1800’s. The apple was described in an 1861 catalog from the Fruitland Nursery of …

    Print FriendlyPrint
    Read More

    Posted on: 06-29-2013

  • Carter's Blue

    Carter’s Blue

    2

    Also known as: Lady Fitzpatrick, Patton, Alabama Pearmain(?) Carter’s Blue was first grown in the 1840’s by Colonel Carter of Mount Meigs Depot, Alabama. The fruit is very attractive with a bluish color due to its heavy bloom. Once thought to be extinct, this wonderful …

    Print FriendlyPrint
    Read More

    Posted on: 06-29-2013

  • Carolina Pippin

    Carolina Pippin

    0

    This apple is believed to be an old North Carolina variety but its origin is unclear. In 1995, a very old tree thought to be well over one hundred years old was discovered by our good friend and fellow apple collector, Maurice Marshall of Pinnacle, …

    Print FriendlyPrint
    Read More

    Posted on: 06-29-2013

  • Cannon Pearmain

    Cannon Pearmain

    0

    Also known as: Alpian, Red Cannon, Green Cannon, Anderson, Cannon First mentioned in literature in 1804, Cannon Pearmain is a fine all-purpose apple suitable for fresh eating, drying, cooking, and cider making. Like many long-keeping varieties, it improves greatly after several weeks in storage. It …

    Print FriendlyPrint
    Read More

    Posted on: 06-29-2013

  • Canada Red

    0

    Also known as: Bristol, Canada Redstreak, Nonesuch, Nonsuch, Old Nonsuch, Red Canada, Red Winter, Richfield Nonsuch, Steele’s Red Winter, Steel’s Red, Winter Nonsuch We are uncertain about the origin of Canada Red but it probably arose in New England in the early 1800’s. It is …

    Print FriendlyPrint
    Read More

    Posted on: 06-29-2013

  • Calvin

    0

    According to history, Calvin was brought from Virginia to Kentucky over a hundred years ago. It was highly popular as a cider and brandy apple, but is also a fine, fresh eating apple. Jim Lawson of Lawson’s Nursery in Georgia sold this variety for years. …

    Print FriendlyPrint
    Read More

    Posted on: 06-29-2013

  • Calville Blanc

    Calville Blanc

    0

    Also known as: Calville Blanc d’Hiver, White Winter Calville A high quality classic French dessert apple dating to the 16th century. Its origin is unclear but is possibly of either French or German descent. It is a variety often seen in classic paintings of the …

    Print FriendlyPrint
    Read More

    Posted on: 06-29-2013

  • Burning Green

    Burning Green

    0

    Also known as: Burling Green, Burner Green(?) According to apple collector Lee Calhoun, Burning Green is probably the same apple as Burner Green, a variety first mentioned in 1868 by the Illinois Horticultural Society. This apple was located in Mitchell County, North Carolina by Calhoun. …

    Print FriendlyPrint
    Read More

    Posted on: 06-29-2013

Page 14 of 16« First...10«1213141516»
Print FriendlyPrint