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