Apple Varieties
And their uses for varieties sold at Cornell Orchards, Ithaca, N.Y.

Early-season apples
VarietyPaularedParentage &Origin
Chanceseedling,
Michigan, 1960

Flavor &Texture

FreshUse

Salad Pie
Use UseMildly tart,
creamy, firm

Good

Fair

Sauce
Use

BakingUse

Excellent Excellent GoodSansa

Gala X Akane,Japan, 1969

Crisp, juicy,
sweet and slowExcellent Good Fair
browning,
aromaticGood

Good

GingerGold

Winesap X
ChanceSeedling from
Virginia, 1989

Sweet, firm,subacid, flesh
slow to brown.

Fair

Good

Excellent Good Good

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Mid-season apples
Parentage &Fresh
SaladPie
Flavor & Texture
OriginUse
Use
Use
Kidd's Orange
Sweet, subacid,
Red X G.
Gala
aromatic, crisp
Excellent Fair
Good
Delicious, N.Z.,
and granular
1965
Jonathan X
Firm, crisp, sweet,
McIntosh,
JonaMactart. Mac type but Excellent Good
Fair
Cornell/Geneva
superior
New York 1972
Chance seedling Tart, redolent,
McIntosh
Good
Good
Fair
Ontario, 1811
semi-firm
McIntosh X Ben
Sweet, sprightly,
Cortland Davis, Geneva,
Excellent Excellent Fair
firm but velvety
NY 1915
Delicious X
Tart, full-bodied,Empire McIntosh Geneva,
Excellent GoodGood
very crisp, firm
NY 1966
Macoun X PRI
Sweetly subacid,
Liberty 54-12, Geneva,
Excellent Poor
Goodcrisp fine-textured
NY 1978
Red
Chance seedling, Sweet, bland, firm
Fair
Good
Fair
Delicious Iowa, 1972
granular
McIntosh X
Subtly aromatic,
Macoun Jersey Black
Excellent Good
Poor
tart, juicy, crisp
Geneva, NY 1923
Variety

Sauce Baking
Use UseGood Fair

Fair

GoodFair

Poor

Good Fair

Good Fair

Good Fair
Fair

Poor

Fair

Fair

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Late-season apples
Parentage &Flavor &Origin
TextureWagner X
Tangy, tart, very
IdaredJonathon,firm improves
Idaho, 1942with storage
G. Delicious X Sweetly
Jonathonaromatic,
JonagoldGeneva, NY
subacid, juicy,
1968
crisp
ChanceSweet, subacid,
Goldenseedling West mild semi-firm,
Delicious
Virginia, 1890's juicy
ChanceTangy, robust,
Northernseedling, New juicy tender but
SpyYork, circa 1850 firm
ChanceMildly aromatic,
Romeseedling, Ohio subacid semiBeauty1848
firm, granular
Indo X G.
Spicy, subacid,
Crispin
Delicious Japan, crisp best when(Mutsu)
1948
blushedVarietyFreshUse

Salad Pie
Use Use

SauceUseBaking
UseGood

Good Good

Good

Good

Excellent Fair

Good

Excellent Good Good

Excellent Good

GoodGood

Excellent Good Excellent Good

Excellent

Fair

Poor Goood

Good

Good

Excellent Good Good

Good

Good

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New (or Rediscovered) Varieties
Variety

Parentage & Origin

Special Characteristics &Qualities

Cameo

Chance seedling from
Wenatchee, WA early
1980's (formerly Carousel)

Crisp, mild-sweet. Large. Ripens inlate October.

Fuji

R. Delicious X Ralls JanetJapan, 1966

Fortune

GoldRush

Honeycrisp
Jonafree
Keepsake

Priscilla

Redfree

William's PrideScab resistant, very late-season,
long storage potential, fruit veryaromatic, high quality.
Excellent flavor! N. Spy quality for
Schoharie Spy X Empire
culinary uses.
Multi-disease resistance. Very late
G. Delicious X Co-op 17
season. Excellent fruit quality, G.
Purdue/Rutgers/Illinois,
Del. type, very long storage
1992
potential.
Ripens in late Mac season.
Macoun X Honeygold. 1991.
Excellent, balanced flavor. Unique,
U of Minnesota
attractive red. Very hardy. Bitter pit.
PRI855-102 X NJ31,
Mid season Jonathan type, disease
Indiana, 1979
resistant; tart, fresh use.
Minnesota #47 X Northern Some disease resistance. VerySpy Minnesota Exp. Sta.,
winter hardy, homely, but excellent
1979
taste and long storage potential.
Scab and rust resistant. Mid-season,
R. Delicious X PRI610-2
good quality. Resembles Red
Purdue/Rutgers/Illinois,
Delicious in appearance, pineapple
1972
flavor.
Early season, disease resistant; fair
Raritan X PRI1018-101, N.J.
quality, short storage, good flavor for1981
an early apple.
PRI 1018-101X NJ50
Multi-disease resistance, EarlyPurdue/Rutgers/Illinois,season, fair quality R. Del. type, very
1988
large fruit, short storage potential.