tdc's FarmGate Apple Variety Preferences

Fresh Apples --- Available In and Out of season from storage in Ontario

Fresh crisp apples are a delight. Eat one or bring one for the teacher, they are just great as a snack, made into sauce for roast pork or the filling for a pie or a strudel. You can find Ontario apples in nearly every grocery store or at the FarmGate Orchard Stores

Ontario apples are available right off the tree starting in August and some varieties are available from storage until August the next year.

Great taste, great nutrition. Crisp apples -- they're naturally made for healthy snacking.

Kids love them because they're sweet and satisfying. Easy to grab on the go, apples are one of the favorite "fast" foods; they're calorie-light and delicious.

Apple Varieties Preferences ???
Please take a few moments and check off your variety preferences

Apples	Varieties	Do you use this variety of apple?
Apples	Varieties	A Lot	Some	Not at All
Cortland	Cortland Red blush skin; white flesh; mildly sweet; crisp; resists browning. Availability: Oct.-Feb.
Empire	Empire Dark red blush skin; cream flesh; slightly tart; firm. Availability: Oct.-May
Golden Delicious	Golden Delicious Yellow skin; elongated shape, 5 bumps on bottom; yellowish flesh; tart to sweet tastes; firm, keeps shape when cooked. Availability: Oct-May
Idared	Idared Bright red skin with greenish-yellow patches; white flesh; tart; very firm. Availability: Dec.-Aug
Lobo	LOBO A very large, bright red, crisp fruit that is particularly good for cooking, making a nice white froth when stewed (applesauce) and making excellent pies. Good all purpose apple, altho' a little tangy at first. They sweeten in storage Availablity - Early mid season
McIntosh	McIntosh Green skin with a heavy red cheek on one side; white flesh; mildly tart to sweet as ripened; firm. Availability:mid-Sept.-Apr
Apples	Some Culinary Uses ~ Cider, Snacks, Pies, Strudel...	Do you use this variety of apple?
Apples	Some Culinary Uses ~ Cider, Snacks, Pies, Strudel...	A Lot	Some	Not at all
Mitsu	Crispin (Mutsu) Greenish-yellow skin with orange blush; white flesh; tart to sweet taste; firm. Availability: Oct.-Apr
Red Delicious	Red Delicious Deep red skin; elongated shape; 5 bumps on bottom; creamy white flesh; sweet; crisp. Availability: Oct.-Apr.
Sparton	Spartan Dark red skin; white flesh; fairly tart to sweet when ripened; crisp. Availability: Oct.-Jan.
Spy	Northern Spy Red striped skin with yellow colour; yellowish flesh; tart taste; firm. Availability: Oct.-Mar.
No Picture Available	Wolf River Fruit is very large, bright red and rosy crimson color. White coarse flesh is moderately juicy and pleasantly sub-acid. This annual bearing tree is good for pies and excels as a drying and sauce apple. Resistant to scab and mildew. Tree is very hardy, and a vigorous grower
Back to the FarmGate Harvest Chart	Here is a Great Reference Ontario Apple Marketing Commission Your submission is important to growers and sellers who want to be able to provide these varieties. Each person filling in the form ~ your name will be added to the FarmGate Newsletter mailing list.	Consumers only please ! Your Name Municipality Country Please Your e-Mail Address If you are a producer or seller of apples and would like to see the submissions just click on tdc Marketing and Management Consultation and e-mail us.

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