Category Archives: Apple varieties

Apple Variety of the Week: Golden Delicious

Posted on September 19, 2017 by Patty Doll

The Golden Delicious apple is our featured apple for the next several weeks.  Beautiful to behold in the orchard setting, it is flavorful and juicy.  Quite a delight to pick and just as delightful to eat out of hand, the … Continue reading →

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Apple of the week: Gingergold

Posted on August 18, 2017 by Patty Doll

We have opened the marketing season with the “Gingergold” apple. The Gingergold apple is one of the earliest yellow apple varieties to ripen in our orchard.  The fruit is conical in shape and starts out a very pale green, though … Continue reading →

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Peach Harvest is Finished

Posted on September 1, 2016 by Patty Doll

Peach harvest has been completed.  While we had planned to offer peaches  to our customers for a little while longer, the high humidity, heavy rains and intense summer heat created too many adverse conditions.  Peaches actually rotted on the tree because … Continue reading →

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Harvest 2015 has been completed!

Posted on November 15, 2015 by Patty Doll

Another harvest is complete.  We’ve finished picking the last of the “late” apples in the orchard, that being the Gold Rush and Black Twig Winesap.  Both of these varieties are unique in their textures and tastes.  Every season has its … Continue reading →

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Apple of the Week: Yellow Delicious

Posted on October 14, 2015 by Patty Doll

The apples to be picked this week are an early variety from Stark’s Brothers’ Nursery in Louisiana, Missouri, dating from the late 1920’s.  Our orchard had a nursery in Wenatchee, Washington take scions from the few surviving trees in the old part of our orchard … Continue reading →

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Apple of the week: Honeycrisp

Posted on September 11, 2015 by Patty Doll

Devoted followers of Honeycrisp are coming to the markets and if we’ve been asked once, we’ve been asked at least a hundred times at each market about the availability of this apple.  Glad to say, “yes, we do have Honeycrisp.”    Although, … Continue reading →

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Apple of the week: Macintosh

Posted on August 21, 2015 by Patty Doll

While we are still picking Gala, we have added McIntosh to the mix.  McIntosh apples are classics in the apple world.  A person who truly looks forward to the McIntosh seldom is satisfied with other varieties of apples.  The McIntosh … Continue reading →

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Apple of the week: Gala

Posted on August 16, 2015 by Patty Doll

Harvest has begun in earnest here at the orchard.  This past week we have finished picking the Gingergold apples and now on to the Gala.  Ripening has slowed somewhat but the predicted higher temperatures this week will probably change all that.  … Continue reading →

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