Here is our current varieties of apples and Pear grown at Pieter’s Appleyard:
Medium to large in size, mostly red colouration with yellow patches. Has cream colored flesh with a sweet, crisp, aromatic flavour and low acidity. Excellent for eating.
Sweet and juicy with a hint of tartness. Flesh is snow white and resists browning. It’s excellent for eating, salads, sauce, pies and baking and good for freezing.
Cripps Pink is an apple variety from Australia. Its distinctive pink/red color and pleasant flavor make it an interesting variety. It’s normally considered a variety for eating fresh, but it is a good stewing apple – the dense chewy flesh softens nicely with cooking.
Flesh is greenish cream, slightly aromatic and sub-acid. Empire apples are known as excellent fresh eating and are good keepers. The Gala is an all-purpose apple with creamy yellow flesh, crisp aromatically-sweet and juicy. Yellowish flesh, tart to sweet taste that is firm and keeps its shape when cooked. Great for fresh eating, pies and baking. Granny Smith apples are crisp, juicy, and tart which makes them perfect for either baking in pies, stewed in sauces or eating out of hand. They’re also great in salads because once cut, they keep their color longer than other apples.
Greensleeves are sweet with a nice tangy bite. Good for pies, sauce, Baking and fresh eating.
Flesh is creamy, juicy, exceptionally crisp, sweet, and mildly aromatic. Used for fresh eating and dessert. Jonagold
Creamy flesh that is juicy and sweet with a little tang. Excellent for fresh eating, cooking, processing and dessert. LodiWhite flesh, tender crisp apple that tastes sprightly. It’s used for cooking, processing, juice and fresh eating. McIntoshApple has white flesh, mildly tart to sweet as it ripens. Good for eating, pies, salads or sauces. Northern SpyApple has yellowish flesh and is tart tasting. It’s used for fresh eating , and cooking, especially for pies. PaularedTart with a crisp flavour. Good for fresh eating and cooking. RedfreeFlesh is creamy, juicy with a mild flavour. Used for fresh eating or sauce. A disease resistant variety
SmoothieA sport of Golden Delicious. Yellowish flesh that is tart to sweet in flavour. Great for fresh eating , pies or baking. SpartanFlesh is creamy, crisp, lightly aromatic and sub-acidic. Spartans are considered good for fresh eating, salads and sauce. Vista BellaFor such an early variety the flavour is remarkably good. The flesh is light and juicy, and this apple is very easy and enjoyable to eat, but it doesn’t keep long. Wolf RiverA very large apple with outstanding culinary qualities. Flesh is tender sub acidic to tart and juicy. Excellent for pies. |
The Braeburn has a red/orange vertical streaky appearance on a yellow/green background. Braeburn apples are useful in cooking in that they hold their shape and do not release a great deal of liquid making them ideal for pies.
Well known, classic, very fine eating apple. Also excellent for all-around processing. Firm, tender, juicy flesh with a distinctive aroma and flavor.
Apple is creamy white, juicy, firm, crisp and used for fresh eating, baking or pies.
The Fuji is a super sweet, crisp apple. It holds its texture when baked. It’s known for its hard texture and syrupy sweetness. It is excellent for baking and salads. Ginger Gold is a perfect multi-purpose apple great for snacking, salads, and baking. It is juicy, firm, crisp and tastes sweet and tangy.
Smaller sized apple with a russeted skin. It is good for fresh eating, pies, baking and sauces. Keeps well too.Flesh is cream coloured, juicy and tart. Excellent for fresh eating, sauce and freezing. Good for salads and baking.
The flesh is a deep rose red colour. The Hidden Rose is crisp and juicy, with a tangy flavour. It keeps well improving with age. It is great for fresh eating pies and baking. Apple is firm with a sweet-tart taste. Excellent for pies and baking. Good for fresh eating, salads, sauce and freezing. Good Keeper! LibertyFlesh is yellow with a crisp and juicy, slightly tart flavour. It is good for fresh eating and is a disease resistant apple. Macoun
Firm, aromatic, all-purpose high quality eating apple. Mutsu or CrispenA firm white fleshed apple that is sweet to tart tasting. It’s suitable for fresh eating and cooking. NovamacFlesh is creamy white, moderately crisp, juicy and moderately acid, Similar to McIntosh. A disease resistant variety. Red DeliciousCreamy white flesh that is sweet and crisp. Good for fresh eating and salads. SilkenFruit is medium size and rated very high in appearance. It’s firm, crisp and juicy. Used for fresh eating. SnowPure white flesh. Soft flesh with an aromatic, distinctive flavour. Used for eating and is excellent in cider. Tolman SweetFlesh is firm, moderately juicy and sweet with little acidic flavour. Great for fresh eating or baking. WealthyExcellent dessert and multi-purpose apple. Crisp, juicy flesh is refreshing and sprightly. Yellow TransparentWhite flesh is juicy and slightly tart. It’s used for processing, drying, freezing, sauce, cooking and fresh eating. |
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Varieties
Peach Varieties
Early RedhavenThese are the first peaches off the tree in early summer. Best for jam, slicing with ice cream, dribbling off your chin. A true cling, don’t try to quarter them for canning. Nice fresh eating peach.
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RedhavenRedhaven ripens early in the season and is usually freestone, although some years it can be a little ‘clingy’. It has a wonderful red color over a yellow background. The flesh is yellow with a little red near the pit. It is juicy, sweet, and very tasty.
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Pear Varieties
BartlettExcellent for fresh eating and canning. Fruit is medium large and green when picked. Yellow when ripe. Flemish BeautyFruit is large, blushed, attractive with good flavour. Excellent fresh eating and canning. Red D anjouThis winter dessert pear is harvested in mid-September but is available nearly year around due to its fine storage quality when kept in controlled atmosphere. A medium to large sized pear, it is highly coloured with a dark red hue, sweet and richly flavored when ripe. |
BoscThe Bosc pear has a naturally occurring russet, which covers the surface, giving it a golden appearance. Bosc pears remain firm and keep their elegant shape during cooking. Harrow DelightFruit is medium size and similar to Bartlett in appearance with excellent flavour and smooth flesh. Ground color is yellow with a red blush. Early bearing. |