Last update OCT 9, 08
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
Wealthy- historical 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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