STAYMAN  APPLES

These apples are an apple connoisseurs delight.  They possess a distinctive sweet-tart flavor, snappy bite satisfying texture and crimson color that have made them a favorite since 1866.

Great Flavor – Crisp Texture               Versatility – All Purpose

*Distinctive sweet-tart taste                                         * Ideal for baking and cooking

*Firm Texture                                                                    *Makes outstanding applesauce and apple butter

*Crisp snap with every bite                                           * A delicious snack or bite on the run

Availability -  Mid-October through March

GOLDEN DELICIOUS

The flavor of these apples is delicious and they have exceptional shelf life.

Golden delicious apples are lightly textured with a crisp interior and sweet juiciness.

Versatility When Flavor is Important       

*Great for salads

*Ideal for baking and cooking

*Favorite for applesauce and apple butter

*Tasty fast snack or quick bite

Availability – Mid-September through April

FUJI

Fuji apples are definitely at home in Virginia.  This sweet apple is a cross between a Red-Delicious and Old Virginia Rawls Jennet apple.  Its color is a distinctive combination of red blush, striped with green and yellow.

Versatility

*Ideal for cooking and baking

*A favorite for applesauce

*A tasty snack

*Stores well, even without refrigeration

Availability – November through March

RED DELICIOUS

This is the apple of everyone’s eye and palate.   They are now available from the orchards at their juicy and flavorful best.  Their crisp sweet flesh make Virginia Red Delicious apples ideal when baked into such quick treats as pancakes, muffins and crisps. 

Unbeatable Flavor

*Crisp texture and sweet taste make them great for salads

*Tasty fast snack or quick bite

*Sweet, juicy, firm and crisp

Availability – Mid-September through March

GRANNY SMITH

This great tasting apple has extraordinary eye appeal, long shelf life, and versatility that customers love.

Gorgeous outside and in

*Great size

*Doesn’t brown when cut

Tart and Tasty

*Crisp, firm

*Store well

*Keeps shape when cooked, ideal for pies, fried apples

*Super snack for salad

Availability – Late Fall Through Spring

ROME

Virginia Rome apples are now available fresh from the orchards. Their firm fresh and mildly sweet flavor make them the quintessential baking apple. 

Great color and shape

*Deep solid red

*Perfectly round

*Cream-colored flesh

Excellent for cooking

*Ideal for baking because of firm texture, mildly sweet taste and tendency to hold its shape

*Makes flavorful sauces, pies and baked apples

*Sweet-tart when first picked, but mature into a mellow flavor

*Tasty snack when eaten fresh

Availability – Mid-October through April / May

WINESAP

Holidays, Gracious Dinners and School lunches are all perfect occasions for this red-as-red-wine favorite, a beauty of an apple that looks terrific on store displays and at home in wreaths, fruit bowls, and cheese platters. 

As gorgeous as Virginia Winesap apples are to look at they are even better to eat – tart, tangy, juicy and extra firm. 

Rich red color

*White flesh

*Crisp texture

*Juicy inside

Holidays and everyday

*A great snack

*Excellent with wine and cheese

*Perfect cut into salads

Availability – Late fall through spring

PIPPIN

These apples are yellow-green in color and may be lightly splashed with a hazy orange and red highlight.  The French took it to England where it was used for cider.   The apple is recognized for its excellent apple flavor.

Flavor and texture

*Rather rough skin

*Tender but firm, crisp, tart

*Juicy flesh

Very good dessert apple

*Excellent apple flavor

*Great tasting applesauce

*Superior apple pies

Availability – September through December

PINK  LADY

Theses apples are exceptionally sweet and tangy.   They are absolutely tantalizing to the taste.  Pink Lady apples have a “reddish-pink” hue and a  long shelf life. 

Flavor and Texture

*Very  Sweet

*Tangy

Very good dessert apple

*Firm

*Crunchy

*Good Shelf  Life

Availability

Mid-November

Sensational Side Dish

 

Serves 6

Ingredients

2 cans (15 ounce each) pear halves in juice, drained and cut in ½ - inch chunks

2 teaspoons olive oil

½ teaspoon finely crushed, dried rosemary

½ teaspoon salt

¼ teaspoon ground black pepper

½ cup pecans pieces

1 can (16 ounces) whole-berry cranberry sauce

 Directions

Preheat oven to 400 degrees.

 Blot pear chunks with paper towels to absorb all surface moisture.  Toss with olive oil,

 rosemary, salt and pepper on a large rimmed sheet pan and spread into an even layer.

 Roast for 10 minutes. Toss, scatter pecans on top and roast for five more minutes.

 Transfer to a bowl, cool for 10 minutes and fold in cranberry sauce.

Ham and Spaghetti Alfredo (you may also use chicken or turkey)

 

Serves 4

Ingredients

½ pound ham (fully cooked), cut into ½ inch cubes

8 ounces spaghetti

2 cups broccoli florets

1 10 – oz. container light Alfredo sauce

¼ teaspoon red pepper flakes

¼ cup Parmesan cheese, grated

Directions

Cook spaghetti in a 5- quart saucepan according to the package directions.  Add

the broccoli florets 2 minutes before spaghetti is cooked just enough to retain a somewhat firm texture. Drain and keep warm.

Add the ham, Alfredo sauce and pepper flakes to the pan and heat over medium heat until warmed, about 1 minute. Return the spaghetti and broccoli to the pan and toss to mix.

Spoon onto individual serving plates.

Sprinkle with the Parmesan cheese and freshly grated pepper.  

Light and Tasty Salad

3c. diced, cooked chicken

1c. diced celery

2 tbsp.  lemon juice

1/2 tsp. salt

1/3 c. mayonnaise

1 c.  seedless  grapes

1 (11oz) can mandarin oranges,  drained

1 (2 oz) pkg. slivered almonds, toasted (optional)

Combine first five(5) ingredients; stir well

Cover and chill.  Add mayonnaise, grapes, oranges

and almonds to chicken mixture;  toss well.