by Amy Bassett | Mar 15, 2024
Connell Red apple is an improved sport of Fireside apple. While Fireside has a striped skin, Connell Red is a solid orange/red in color when fully ripe. The fruit can get very large and is excellent for fresh eating.
by Amy Bassett | Mar 15, 2024
The Fireside apple tree originates from Minnesota where it has many admirers. The Fireside apple was developed in the early 1940’s when the country listened to Roosevelts’ “Fireside Chats” which likely beget its name. This large apple is...
by Amy Bassett | Mar 15, 2024
The Haralson apple was introduced by the Minnesota Horticulture Research Center in 1922. It is named after Charles Haralson, superintendent of the University of Minnesota Fruit Breeding Farm. Haralson apples are crisp and juicy, having a tart flavor. They are good for...
by Amy Bassett | Mar 15, 2024
Black Oxford is Maine’s most famous apple. In his book, The Apples of Maine, George Stilphen writes: “Black Oxford was found as a seedling by Nathaniel Haskell on the farm of one Valentine, a nailmaker and farmer of Paris in Oxford County, about 1790 and the original...
by Amy Bassett | Mar 15, 2024
Nonpareil is one of the oldest of all apple varieties. The Victorian pomologist Robert Hogg believed it came from France to England in the 16th century, and noted that its aromatic qualities were apparently better appreciated in England than in the land of its...
