Self Apple Picking

Melba is a medium size apple, its skin is thick and its color is a pale yellow washed with red. This apple variety is very fragile. It is also a perfect apple for dessert, cooking and juice. Melba comes from rustic tree, sturdy and perfect for our climate. These apple trees begin to produce early in the month of August. One of the best summer apples! Its storage time is about 2 weeks at 2°C.

Sunrise is a good medium size apple. Its skin has a beautiful color, with a yellow undertone and rosy red stripes. Its flesh is creamy white. This apple has hardy and vigorous characteristics. The Sunrise is ready to be picked in August.

Paulared is a medium size apple; its skin is red with a green-yellow undertone. It’s a variety that is fragile. The Paulared comes from a rustic tree and moderately rigorous. The Paulared has the appearance of the Macintosh, but its flesh is firmer. Therefore, this apple is ideal for desserts, because it keeps its shape. The Paulared are ready to be picked in August.

Lobo is a big round and irregular apple. Its skin is yellowish green and has red stripes. Despite its thin peel, it is resistant to cold. As its sister Melba, its skin is slightly thick and leathery. This beautiful apple is mostly used for desserts, cooking or eating raw. Apples of this variety have hardy and mild vigorous characteristics. Lobo is ready to be harvested from early September. Its storage time is about 2 weeks at 2°C

MacIntosh size varies from medium to large. Its skin is a little thick, smooth and mildly tender. Its flesh is very tender, but crispy. This variety is ideal for desserts, cooking, cider, applesauce or eating raw. Having a very tender flesh, this apple makes an excellent applesauce. Apple trees have hardy and vigorous features, perfect for our temperature changes. This variety provides a constant supply.

Honeycrisp is medium size and its skin is covered with red stripes. It has a green and yellow undertone. This variety is exceptionally sweet crispy and very good quality. This apple is good to eat on its own or in a dessert. The flesh is firm during cooking, so it keeps its shape. These apple trees are characterized as hardy and moderately vigorous.

Spartan size changes from small to medium. The Spartan is very appealing to the eye and has a beautiful color. Its skin is moderately thick, but smooth. It is a beautiful dark leathery plain color. This variety is very firm and crispy. It is perfect to eat as it is, in desserts and to make ciders. Apple tree are hardy and moderately vigorous. This apple is very tolerant with bruises, because of its rigid skin.

Cortland is a very attractive apple due to its size. This variety comes in different sizes, from large to very large. It is a perfect candidate for desserts; it is very resistant to browning. Cortland is a very juicy and crispy apple, it is delicious on its own but it can also be used in cooking for salads, pies and ciders. These apple trees are rustics, but still fragile.

The Empire is a small, dark red fruit that varies in shape from round to oval. Its skin is a little thick and waxy, but very resistant to bruising. It has a beautiful dark red color up to 100% of its surface. This apple is very crispy and the flesh is firm. The Empire is perfect to eat, make cider and cook in a dessert. The apple trees are very hardy, but they are strong and big. This apple variety stays for a very long time in the trees.

The Gala apple has a yellow, firm and crunchy flesh. This juicy apple has an attractive look with its colored strikes. It has a smooth and thin skin, but is very resistant to bruising. It is a very nice apple to eat fresh. Did you know that it is one of the most cultivated varieties in the world and that its production is increasing in Quebec?