Baking Apples

  • Medaille d'Or

    Medaille d’Or

    A classic English cider apple which actually originated in Boisguillaume, France in the 1800’s. It was introduced into England in 1884 by the Woolhope Naturalists’ Field Club where it was embraced for its outstanding cider qualities. It is a bittersweet fruit which produces a sweet, …

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  • McIntosh

    McIntosh

    Also known as: McIntosh Red, Mac The most important commercial variety grown in the north for years, McIntosh is also a fine apple long grown and admired in many regions of the south. It was discovered in 1811 as a young seedling tree in Dundas …

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  • May

    May

    Also known as: May Apple, Yellow May, White Juneating, May Pippin, Early May, White May, Yellow June, Early Gennetting, Gennetting, Owen’s Golden Beauty, Joaneting, Mae(?) One of the earliest season apples and perhaps one of the oldest. Many early sources describe this apple as White …

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  • Mattamuskeet

    Mattamuskeet

    Mattamuskeet probably originated near Lake Mattamuskeet in Hyde County, North Carolina. Legend has it that the seed was taken from the gizzard of a wild goose by the Mattamuskeet Indians. The fruit hangs well on the tree and ripens in November. A low-chill apple that …

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  • Margaret

    Also known as: Early Margaret, Early Striped Juneating, Striped June A very old variety originating in England and sold in the South for many years as Striped June or Early Striped June. Margaret is characterized by its small to medium size with an oblong to …

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  • Mann

    Also known as: Diltz, Deiltz Originated as a chance seedling in 1850 in the orchard of Judge Mooney of Oswego County, New York. It was introduced into Niagara County, New York by a Dr. Mann and later named for him by the Western New York …

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  • Maiden's Blush

    Maiden’s Blush

    Also known as: Lady Blush, Red Cheek, Maiden Blush, Vestal, Summer Maiden’s Blush, Uchella Originated in Burlington, New Jersey in 1817 and first named by Samuel Allinson. It is a very lovely apple with a sharp, tangy flavor well suited for cooking. When the fruit …

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  • Magnum Bonum

    Magnum Bonum

    Also known as: Bonum, Maggie Bonum, Maggie Bowman, Red Bonum, Magna Bonum, Bona A long-time Southern favorite and one of the finest early fall apples available. It originated in 1828 in Davidson County, North Carolina when John Kinny planted seeds of the Hall apple, another …

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  • Lugar Red

    Lugar Red

    Old Southern variety originating in Craig County, Virginia. Raised for many years in the Sinking Creek area of Craig County and one of the many apples in the collection of the late Holland Caldwell. Medium size fruit with yellow skin covered with red stripes and …

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  • Lowell

    Also known as: Greasy Pippin, Orange, Lowell Pippin, Queen Anne, Rissley, Tallow Pippin, Michigan Pippin, Golden Pippin(?) Lowell is a rather large American apple with an obscure history. It was once widely grown in the North, but never became very popular in the South. The …

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