Everyone's got a favorite variety of apple, ... The Golden Russet apple is a beloved heirloom variety that has been cultivated in the United States since the mid-19th century.

Related: Our 13 Best Apple Pie Recipes Cider apples. Many cider makers like to use a blend of apple varieties with different characteristics. This commonly involves combining high-tannin, bitter ...

Golden Russet. Wild variety, Samascott Orchards. Wild variety, Samascott Orchards. Yarlington Mill. ... His orchard grows 70 varieties of apples for commercial markets, ...

Late-ripening varieties like Arkansas Black, Brown Russet, and Mutsu are often the best keepers. Hard Cider: Historically, most apples were cider apples (eating them fresh is a fairly recent ...

Discover the fascinating stories behind legendary apple varieties like the Roxbury Russet, North America’s oldest variety, and the Newtown Pippin, favored by Jefferson, Washington, and was the ...

When it comes to apples, I got a guy, so to speak. In Medina, LynOaken Farms grows more than 300 kinds of apples, mostly not for retail sale, including lots of English cider apples and rare varieties.

At Sweetland Orchard in Webster, 100 varieties of sweet and cider apples define our region's apple terroir. Stewarded by Gretchen Merryweather, owner and orchardist, these splendid trees bear a ...

Forty varieties of apples on semi-dwarf trees include classics such as Gravenstein, Northern Spy, Pink Lady, and Golden Russet. The Herdiechs also grow Colonial-era favorites Rhode Island Greening ...

Discover the fascinating stories behind legendary apple varieties like the Roxbury Russet, North America’s oldest variety, and the Newtown Pippin, favored by Jefferson, Washington, and was the ...