Taste of Minnesota

Akane ~ Sweet/ Tart 
              One of the best early season apples originating from Japan (Parentage: Jonathan x Worcester Pearmain)
              Uses: Eat fresh, Cooking (keeps slice), Drying

Cortland ~  Mildly Tart
                   Holds white flesh color well for salads. Aromatic flavor.  Stores well.
                   Uses: Eating, Sauce, & Baking

Haralson~ Firm, Tart, Juicy.   Stores well.
                  Uses: Eating, Pie (holds slice), Caramel, Freeze

Honeycrisp ~ Sweet, Explosively crisp,  & Juicy.  
                      Minnesota State apple.  Stores well (up to 7 months in cold storage)
                      Uses: Eating, Desserts, & Salad

Fireside ~ Sweet  
                 Uses: Eating, Pie (Holds Slice = Chucky), Sauce, Baking, Salad, Freeze

McIntosh ~  Mildly Sweet.
                    Heritage apple developed in Dundas Co., Ontario, Canada in the 1820s by John McIntosh. 
                    Uses: Eating, Pie, Sauce, Baking, Caramel

NW Greening ~ Mildly Tart firm flesh. 
                          Originated in Wisconsin in 1872. (Parentage: Alexander x Golden Russet)
                          Uses: Ideal cooking apple making a noteworthy apple sauce

Paula Red ~ Mildly Sweet. 
                     Early season apple also known as the Arends Apple, developed in Michigan in 1960. 
                     Uses: Pie (saucy), Baking, Sauces, or Cider

Regent ~ Sweet  
                Uses: Eating, Pie (holds slice), Sauce, Baking, Salad, Jelly, Freeze

SweeTango (TM) ~ Sweet. 
                               Registered trademark for the fruit produced by the Minneiska trees. 
                               (Parentage: Honeycrisp x Zestar)  The apple was released 2009.  Stores well.
                               Uses: Eating

Sweet 16 ~ Mid-season apple with a sweet anise or cherry lifesaver flavor.
​                   Uses: Eating

Wealthy ~ Mildly Tart.
                 Earliest apple cultivar to thrive in Minnesota climate developed by Peter Gideon who lived on the shores of                        Lake Minnetonka near Excelsior.  The apple is named after his wife Wealthy and by the                                                            twentieth century the Wealthy apple was one of the top five apples grown nationally. 
                 The Wealthy apple is the parent of other successful Minnesota apples, such as the Haralson apple.
                 Uses: Pies (cook down), Cakes, Sauces, Juice, Jelly, Caramel, Cider, & Freeze