Last update OCT 9, 08

Apple Season

 PICK YOUR OWN 

Any remaining

HONEYGOLD

IN OUR STORE

Burgundy

McIntosh

Arlet

Honeycrisp

Cortland

Empire

Spartan

AND OTHERS

 

 

 

MID AUGUST- EARLY SEPT

Paula Red- Great all purpose apple, an early McIntosh type, sweet, lively flavour, crunchy crisp, 

EARLY SEPT

 NOVAMAC- an early McIntosh type, tangy tart, crisp, all-purpose

MID SEPT

LOBO-  Great pie and eating variety

McIntosh

LATE SEPT

CORTLAND  - Great pie and eating variety

EMPIRE- Crisp Mac type, tangy sweet, all purpose, stores well if cold

HONEYGOLD  - Golden Delicious type, sweet, melting flesh

APPLES IN STORE

  EARLY AUGUST   

Yellow Transparent -5 LB bags only, low supply, available for 1 week, historical variety from Russia 1800's

Vista Bella- All purpose, great pies and sauce, tangy/tart

UNCLE CECIL- A Siloam Orchards exclusive, all purpose, tangy sweet, named for legendary pickle connessieur Cecil Harder

MURRAY-        5 LB bags only, low supply        A very early Mac type

MID - LATE AUGUST

Jerseymac- an all purpose early McIntosh type

Red Astrachan-   5 LB bags only, low supply, historical variety,great pies, sauce from Russia 1800's

Pristine -        5 LB bags only,       crisp yellow sweet with light tang

Duchess-   5 LB bags only, low supply, historical variety,great pies, sauce from Russia 1800's

Crab Apples- Dolgo variety, red, makes a great clear red jelly

Earligold- all purpose yellow/green, great sweet tart flavor, crisp

Sunrise -    5 LB bags only         crispy, sweet unigue flavour

St. Lawrence -       5 LB bags only       pie and sauce historical baking variety, from Kingston Ontario region 1800's

Melba-         5 LB bags only        rosy blushed, aromatic, melting flesh, old variety, somewhat sweet

Paula Red - Pick your own variety, also available in store

St. Edmunds Russet-         5 LB bags only           among the first of the Russet family to ripen, typical russet flesh, skin and taste, historical apple

Empress-      5 LB bags only            an early Empire type, unigue sweet flavour, richer than Empire most years

Carlos Queen-         5 LB bags only           a yellowish green tart sweet apple, all purpose

AUGUST APPLES we have planted that we hope will begin to set fruit 2008 or 2009

Gravenstein, Carroll, Irish Peach, Primate, Early Harvest, Starr, Sweet Bough, July Tart, Lymans Large Summer, Maiden Blush, Princess Louise, Crimson Beauty, Zestar

EARLY SUMMER APPLES DO NOT STORE LONG- KEEP REFRIGERATED AND USE PROMPTLY

EARLY SEPTEMBER

Wealthyhistorical variety  for baking

Summerred - all purpose tangy/ tart, excellent pies, pink sauce when skins left on

Burgundy - fantastic fruity tropical flavour, tangy tart

MID SEPTEMBER

Jackson's Apple (Strawberry Chenango)-        5 LB bags only          softer fleshed eating and sauce historical type, elongated shape, beautiful pink blush over yellow skin, very aromatic

Ginger Gold -      5 LB bags only                Golden Delicious type, sweet, crisp

Novamac- Pick your own variety, may be available in store

Honeycrisp-        5 LB bags only         a relatively new apple that everyone is raving about, very crisp, sweet, stores well except that we never have any left to store! Siloam Orchards was the original Canadian grower of Honeycrisp, obtaining propagation material from Minnesota when it was still an unreleased numbered test variety

Silken -A Golden Delicious type with immensely more flavour, sweet with a tang

Lobo- Pick your own variety, also in store

McIntosh - Pick your own, also in store

Arlet- 

LATE SEPT-MID OCTOBER

Sweet 16-PYO, AP

Spartan AP, excellent for cold storage

Empire PYO,AP, excellent for cold storage

Snow- AP, historical variety, parent of McIntosh

Macoun - AP

Cortland  - PYO,AP,one of the best pie apples

Honeygold  - PYO, AP

Spencer -  AP

Idared- AP, great for a winter storage variety

Tolman Sweet - AP, historical variety

Northern Spy- AP, best for pies, historical variety

Golden Russet  -  AP, one of the best winter storage varieties,historical variety

The SILOAM ORCHARDS HISTORICAL APPLE ORCHARD is under construction. In the future we will be hosting apple tasting days of these many varieties including:

Alexander, Allington Pippin, Ananas Reinette, Baldwin, Baxter, Belle de Boskoop, Ben Davis, Black Gilliflower, Blenheim Orange, Blue Pearmain, Bottle Greening, Calville Blanc, Canada Red, Coe's Golden Drop, Cole's Quince, Cornish Gilliflower, Cranberry Pippin, Court Pendu Plat, Crimson Beauty, Duchess, Early Harvest, Early Joe, Egremont Russet, Ellison's Orange, Erwin Baur, Golden Nugget, Golden Pearmain, Golden Reinette, Gravenstein, Grimes Golden, Holstein, Howgate Wonder,Hubbardston, Hudson's Golden Gem, Irish Peach, Jefferis, Karminj, Kentish Fillbasket, Kerry's Irish Pippin, King(of Tompkins County), King of the Pippins (Reine de Reinette)Knobbed Russet, Lady, Lady Sweet, Lord Lambourne, Lubsk Queen, Lyman's Large Summer, Mcintosh 1st Generation, Maiden Blush, Margil, Melba, Milwaukee, Mother, Newtown Pippin, Non Pareil, Ontario, Orleans Reinette, Peewaukee, Pitmaston Pineapple,  Pomme Gris, Primate, Princess Louise, Pumpkin Sweet, Northwest Greening, Rhode Island Greening, Ribston Pippin, Rome Beauty, Roxbury Russet, St. Edmunds Pippin, Scarlet Pippin, Seek no Further, Shiawassee, Smokehouse, Spitzenburg, Strawberry Pippin, Sturmer Pippin, Sweet Bough, Wagener, Wayne, Winston, Wismers Dessert, Wolf River, Yellow Bellflower, York Imperial, Zabergau Reinette.                

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