TIPS ON APPLES

• Add lemon juice to sliced raw apples  and pies to prevent darkening an to accent flavor
• More vitamins and minerals are saved when apples are used without paring them.
• Store in a cool and moist place to reduce shriveling.
• Store in large quantities for longer periods below 50F
• “A rotten apple can spoil the barrel” so sort apples often
• Store away from strong flavored foods.
• Serve cheese with apples when can… complimentary to one another

COMMON WV APPLES

VARIETY SEASON CHARACTERISTICS USE

yellow transparent     late July early Aug         Green white in color turning to pale               Good for applesauce

yellow .Flavor is acid and pleasant                                and general use.

lodi                                     late July early Aug           About same as transparent except fruit                applesauce and

is much larger and doesn’t bruise as easy             general use

Summer Rambo                 August                              Red striped in color, very large                            Excellent for eating

Tender and juicy                                                            fresh and cooking

Mcintosh                                September                    Partially red, striped in color with a green              eating, baking,

or yellow tinge. Fine grained flesh and high                & applesauce

in flavor.

Grimes Golden                     September                   A large round golden yellow apple with a             Applesauce, raw,

delicious tart sweet flavor                                            or pie

Jonathan                       mid sept- mid oct                med sized, round. bright red touched with             salads, pies, raw,

yellow. Pleasant tart flesh                                              applesauces

Golden Delicious         mid sept-mid oct              extraordinary high quality Golden yellow        general purposes

in color.                                                                            any desserts

Red Delicious         mid sept- mid oct                     large long apple with five small knobs

at end of fruit. Color dark red usually. Sweet           eating, and salad

Northwestern                   late august                      Large  with greenish yellow skin. Crisp  firm              baking cooking

Greeting                                 early oct.                        juicy with mild acid flavor                                                  and pies

Cameo                             late sept                             bright red strip over creamy orange. Firm and              general use

early oct                            crisp. sweet tart flavor

Stayman                         October                          dull red with white dots near blossom end         Excellent for baking

quite firm crisp and tart yellow flesh                    and pies.. eating & salads

Fuji                            mid late october