Ashmead's Kernel originated from a seed planted around 1700 by a Dr Thomas Ashmead in Gloucester. The Ashmead's Kernel apple is medium size, golden-brown skin with a distinct crisp, nutty snap. The fruit explodes with a champagne-sherbet juice infused with a sugary and sharp character. The Ashmead's Kernel apple is one of our favorite apples.
The Calville Blanc d' Hiver apple tree produces the gourmet culinary apple of France, excellent for tarts and holds its shape when cooked. The Calville Blanc d' Hiver apple is uniquely shaped medium to large size fruit, yellow skin with light red flush. Flesh is tender, sweet, spicy, flavorful, with a banana-like aroma more vitamin C than an orange.
Highly esteemed in England as the premier dessert apple, Cox Orange Pippin apple tree was first discovered as a seedling in England in the 1830's. The flesh is yellow, firm, crisp, very juicy, richly aromatic and some say almost spicy.
As the name implies, this apples is very crisp and juicy with perfect acid/sweet balance. It is one of our best varieties for eating out of hand and is also an excellent keeper.
The fruit is an attractive crimson and orange flushed over a yellow background. The flesh is crisp, juicy, and sweet-tart, very similar to Honeycrisp. It is slow to brown when cut, and it makes a great salad apple.
Jonagold was developed in the 1940s and as its name suggests, is a cross between Jonathan and Golden Delicious. It's a crisp apple, with white to slightly creamy flesh. The flavor is sweet but with a lot of balancing acidity - a very pleasant apple for fresh eating.
