Warm Climate Apples

  • July Sweet

    A very rare and obscure local apple obtained from noted apple collector and preservationist, Carlos Manning of Lester, West Virginia. Our friend Carlos has been instrumental in “rediscovering” many wonderful old heritage apples once thought to be extinct, including Rainbow and Western Beauty. The origin …

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  • Jefferis

    Jefferis

    Also known as: Everbearing, Grantham, Jefferis Red Jefferis is a high-quality fall apple well adapted to most growing conditions of the South. It originated in the 1840’s on the farm of Isaac Jefferis of Chester County, Pennsylvania. It makes a great apple for the home …

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  • Husk Sweet

    Husk Sweet

    A beautiful dark red apple we discovered in Ashe Co. as a wild seedling. Husk Sweet has a honey-rich sweetness that can be startling when first tasted. There is no hint of tartness or “bite” to the apple when eaten, but instead a rich, smooth, …

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  • Hunge

    Hunge

    Believed to have originated in North Carolina in the 1700’s, Hunge is a classic old apple long valued for its many wonderful qualities. Once believed lost, Hunge was rediscovered and saved in 1986 by Gertrude Morris of Newton Grove, North Carolina. It is one of …

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  • Horse

    Horse

    Also known as: Yellow Horse, Old Fashion Horse, Carolina Horse, Summer Horse, Green Horse, McBath, Oldfield Horse, Improved Horse, Trippes Horse, Hoss Horse was probably the most popular apple grown for home use in the South. Believed by some to have originated in Nash County, …

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  • Hoover

    Hoover

    Also known as: Black Coal, Black Hoover, Thunderbolt, Wattauga, Baltimore Red, Thunderbolt Hoover is a large, beautiful dark-red apple believed to have originated in Edisto, SC in the early to mid 1800’s. A dependable variety which leafs out very late in the Spring, thus avoiding …

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  • Henry Clay

    This apple originated before 1890 at the hands of W. H. Knight of Hopkins County, Kentucky. In 1910, it was purchased by Stark Bro’s Nursery and sold as an early season yellow apple rivaling the better-known Yellow Transparent. Fruit is medium sized, conical or lopsided …

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  • Hackworth

    Hackworth

    Also known as: All Summer, Frederick(?) A long-time popular variety that most likely originated with Dr. Nichodemus Hackworth (1816-1893) of Morgan County, Alabama. A letter sent to the USDA by T.W. Dermington of Lavonia, Georgia, in 1907 stated that the apple arose as a chance …

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  • Golden Sweet

    Golden Sweet

    Also known as: Golden Sweeting, Early Golden Sweet, Summer Sweet An extraordinarily sweet apple, so sweet that Lee Calhoun says the “first bite can be a shock.” It has no acid to balance the sweetness, so eating Golden Sweet can be like eating a tablespoon …

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  • Golden Delicious

    Golden Delicious

    Also known as: Yellow Delicious A truly wonderful apple when well-grown, Golden Delicious arose as a seedling on the farm of Anderson Mullins of Clay Co., West Virginia, in 1912. It is believed to be a cross of Grimes Golden, another fine old West Virginia …

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