WODSTOCK Country Orchard
17015 Garden Valley Road
Woodstock, IL  60098

Long-Term Storage

 Gala–Golden Delicious crossed with Red Delicious/Cox Orange Pippin.

• Spicy sweet, crunchy and juicy
• Even kids love to snack on them
• Good keeper
• Picking begins early September             (Back to top)

 Jonamac-Jonathan/McIntosh cross

• Great for fresh eating and sauce
• Smoother than a Jonathan
• Firmer and better keeper than the McIntosh
• Not recommended for long-term storage
• Ripens in early September            (Back to top)

Honeycrisp – Macoun/Honeygold cross from the University of Minnesota

• Explosively crisp; sweet and juicy
• Unrivaled out-of-hand eating
• Great for pies and sauce
• Very good keeper
• Ripens mid-September             (Back to top)

Fuji – a red sport of Cortland; a McIntosh/Ben Davis cross

• Sweet, crisp and dense
• Exceptional dessert apple
• Great storage life
• Ripens mid-September             (Back to top)

Cortland – a red sport of Cortland; a McIntosh/Ben Davis cross

• Large, all-purpose apple with a sweet-tart flavor
• Pure white flesh is perfect for salads
• Delicious eating or for pies and sauce
• Picking starts in early September             (Back to top)

Senshu - Medium-sized Fuji cross

• Sweet. crisp, very delicious dessert apple from Japan
• Good keeper
• Ready to pick in mid-September             (Back to top)

 Jonathan

• Bright red apple with rich tart flavor
• Classic for pies, cider, taffy apples and just eating
• Not recommended for long term storage
• Ready to pick about mid-September             (Back to top)

Jonagold – Jonathan/Golden Delicious cross

• Large, luscious, all-purpose apple
• The sweetness of Golden Delicious and the tartness of Jonathan
• Good keeper
• Available in late September            (Back to top)

Empire – Outstanding Red Delicious/McIntosh cross from Geneva N.Y.
     Experimental Station

• Sweet, firm and aromatic
• Outstanding all-purpose apple
• My favorite for pies; good keeper
• Picking begins late September            (Back to top)

Red Delicious

• Beautiful, crisp, red apple
• Ideal for long-term storage; the flavor improves with time
• Ripens late September            (Back to top)

Golden Delicious

• The world’s favorite all-purpose apple
• Spicy, sweet and juicy
• Keeps well in storage
• Picking begins late September             (Back to top)

Melrose – Jonathan/Red Delicious cross

• Large, crisp and juicy
• High quality, all-purpose apple
• Similar to Jonathan, but larger and firmer
• Outstanding keeping quality
• Ripens in early October             (Back to top)

Long-Term Storage

Use apples that are not too ripe; they continue to ripen in storage. Seal apples (paper picking bag and all) in a plastic bag.  Keep in refrigerator and enjoy for months. When they lose their crunch, make an apple pie.             (Back to top)