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Maturity
Season and Variety |
Description |
Remarks |
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Early |
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Lodi |
Cross between Montgomery and Yellow Transparent.
Medium to large fruit., 3 inches in diameter. Good for cooking. |
Needs cross pollination with another early variety. |
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Gala |
Yellow-to-red, makes superb sauce and excellent eating quality. Stores well. |
Also sold as Royal Gala and others. |
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Mid Season |
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Jonathan |
Medium bright red with greenish tint. Good general purpose fruit
for freezing and baking. Tart
acid flavor |
Excellent pollinator. Partially self-fruitful. |
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Mid Season to Late |
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McIntosh |
High quality. Yellow skin with bright red blush. |
Self-fruitful. Excellent pollinator. |
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Red Delicious |
Medium long tapering fruit. Skin striped to solid
red. Good desert quality. "The one that 'snaps'." |
Self-fruitful. Excellent pollinator. |
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Late |
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Golden Delicious |
Dual eating and cooking. Skin yellowish green. May
have slight red blush. |
Excellent pollinator. Partially self fruitful. |
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Rome Beauty |
Excellent baking apple. Medium dark red color. Flesh
firm and crisp. Good for pies and for storage. |
Partially self fruitful. Excellent pollinator. |
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Winesap |
Small. Dark red and spicy.. Good for cooking and for
cider, for freezing and fresh salads. |
Self-fruitful. Poor pollinator. |
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Granny Smith |
Apple from Australia and New Zealand. Flesh similar to golden Delicious.
Very tart
flavor. Good for cooking and eating fresh in deserts and salads. Ripen
quite late. Not recommended for higher, cooler areas of NM. |
Self-pollinating to some extent. Golden Delicious is a
good pollinator. |
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Fuji |
Excellent for fresh salad and munching |
Pollinate with Granny Smith or Gala. |
*Data compiled from NMSU publication, NM Apple
Growers Org. and other sources. Ed.
Many other varieties are available from
Nurseries and some are worth trying if space, time and environment permits. One
that may do well at higher altitudes is Cortland which has an aromatic quality
that is not found in any other apple. Also of note are the Colonnade Apple trees
developed by Stark. These have not been proven to be a good producer here in New
Mexico so far. They, however, are worthy of testing in the home landscape with
very limited space.
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