Apples - Straight River Farm

Apple Varieties in the Straight River Farm Orchard

**Please note that the ripening dates listed below are an average. In any given year, the dates could be slightly earlier or as much as 2 weeks later.**Zestar! -- August 20-25 -- a sweet-tart flavor and soft/crisp texture. With a bit of brown sugar flavor -- you're going to love this apple! A super choice for sugar-free applesauce, pies & crisps. Excellent dried.Ginger Gold -- August 20-25 -- a firm, early golden -- with a special sweet & ginger-like flavor that makes it great for baking or drying, and a treat for fresh eating.Chestnut -- August 25-30 -- a sweet crab with great crunch & a nutty, mild flavor -- perfectly sized for the lunch box or a quick snack.SweeTango -- September 1-8. SweeTango ripens between Zestar! and Honeycrisp -- its parent apples. The complex flavor of Zestar! combined with the crispness of Honeycrisp make SweeTango a delicious fresh-eating apple that also bakes & dries well. Keeps well in refrigeration.

Sweet Sixteen -- September 15. Rosy red striped skin covers a sweet, firm apple with cherry undertones. An all-round apple for fresh eating and cooking, we added it to the orchard by popular demand.Cortland -- September 15. An old variety related to McIntosh. A bit tart like the Mac, but with white flesh slow to brown. This is a great salad/charcuterie apple & popular for sauce and baking. Mix it with a sweet apple for great pies, sauce, etc.Honeycrisp -- September 15-20. A mid-season favorite that set a new standard for fresh-eating apples. Honeycrisp is sweet, juicy, amazingly crisp, and keeps well for weeks in the refrigerator. Try a locally grown Honeycrisp to discover the flavor difference 2000 miles can make!Honeygold -- September 25-30. A late golden apple that is sweet, juicy & mild for fresh eating, good for baking, and excellent dried for a healthy snack.

SnowSweet​ -- September 30. Sweet, with just a hint of tart. Very slow to brown, so can be cut ahead for lunch boxes, salads, or charcuterie boards.

Frostbite​ -- September 25-October 1. Frostbite are very sweet and aromatic, often compared to sugar cane and molasses. A small apple, parent of Keepsake & Sweet Sixteen, and grandparent to Honeycrisp, these are great for sweet cider & fresh eating.Haralson -- September 25--October 1. Haralson are firm, juicy, and quite tart. This is the ultimate pie, crisp, or sauce apple for our family & the preferred fresh eating apple for our daughter, who insists everything else is too sweet. Haralson freezes & cans well.Regent -- October 1-5. A Minnesota-developed late season favorite -- sweet with just a hint of tartness for fresh eating, baking, sauce & drying. Regent is a firm apple that can keep 10-12 weeks stored with a damp paper towel in a refrigerator drawer.Keepsake -- October 10-15. Keepsake has a sweet, tropical flavor, is very firm/crisp, great for fresh eating & cooking, and will keep 10-12 weeks stored with a damp paper towel in a refrigerator drawer.