Here at Cardigan Mountain Orchard we offer 15+ varieties of apples,
please read below to learn about them, and when they are available.
Apples can also be gifted to someone and ordered online HERE.
Feel free to contact us by phone @ 603-744-2248 or
contact us
Feel free to contact us by phone @ 603-744-2248 or contact
us
Apple
Info
GRAVENSTEIN-Labor
Day/Early Sept.
Our earliest apple ...makes the finest of apple pies! and a great
apple for applesauce and Apple Butter (we use this variety for our
famous "Special Apple Butter" that has been enjoyed by our customers
for 20 years!
MACINTOSH-Mid-September
Our most popular and New England's best selling apple. White, tender,
crisp flesh that is spicy, highly aromatic and full of juice. Great
for fresh eating, sauce and for baking with a softer pie filling
MACOUN-Late September
Popular variety with remarkable taste. Offspring of Macintosh and
Jersey Black varieties. Dark red over green skin with a firm white
flesh which is aromatic and juicy. A true delicacy eaten fresh, also
good in pies
CORTLAND-Late
September
A large apple with crisp flesh that stays white when cut open. Stores
well for several months in cool environment. One of New England's
most popular apples. Enjoyed in pies, cider. Also a favorite for fruit
salads.
EMPIRE-Early
October
A cross between Red Delicious & Macintosh, Empire apples are hard,
snappy, and sweet. Creamy white flesh with excellent flavor and "keepability".
Enjoyed fresh, and in salads and sauces
NORTHERN SPY-Late
October/November
A favorite old-time apple with yellowish-white flesh that is juicy,
sweetly tart, with high vitamin C content. Properly stored fruit can
keep into spring. This variety is increasingly rare, because it often
takes six years for trees to bear fruit, and then they can be kind
of difficult to produce annual crops. Treasured as a pie apple or
for fresh eating and salads.
GOLDEN DELICIOUS-Late
October
A lovely crisp and tangy apple...our New England climate makes them
a little more tangy sweet than the ones you get in the grocery store.
SPARTAN-October
A cross between a MacIntosh and a Yellow Newton...and a smaller size
apple with a great sweet flavor. Tends to be a little smaller and
has an all-over purple-ish hue.
RED DELICIOUS-Late
October
A firm eating apple with the distictive shape so well known. Yellowish
flesh and sweet taste!
POUND SWEET-October
An old time variety that was here when we reclaimed this old orchard....A
very large size apple that is often mistaken for Granny Smith as it
has the same color...but this is a very unique old apple prized for
baking whole for dessert!
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