Farmstand Menu

Alexander  quite sweet, slightly scented like a fresh baked apple pie

Beacon - Beautiful red summer apple. Notes of anise when fully ripe.

Burgundy - Purple. Outstanding flavor. Red stained flesh often. 

Centennial - Delicious sweet-tart crab.

Creekside Red -  More sweet than tart.  Walden Heights introduction.

Dayton - Firm, crisp, yet fairly tender flesh. Slightly spicy, rich, mildly tart, balanced by lots of sweetness.

Erwin Bauer - Germany 1920s. Fall. Excellent flavor and texture. Aromatic.

Equinox -  Richly flavored all purpose apple. Walden Heights introduction 1990s.

Frostbite - Firm, crisp, yet fairly tender flesh. Slightly spicy, rich, mildly tart, balanced by lots of sweetness. Great for fresh eating.

Greensleeves – Early Granny Smith type apple.  Slightly sharper taste than its Golden Delicious parent.

Hazen - North Dakota 1980s. Mild flavor.

Honeycrisp - Very crispy. Minnesota. Sweet, but not rich. Keeps well

Island Gold  - Large attractive yellow-gold apple.  Citrus notes, almost effervescent flavor. Walden Heights Orchard introduction.  Great fresh eating, but excellent pie and cider apple.

Lakeland  -  Fine textured, juicy, and mildly acid. Excellent for pies and sauce. Good all-purpose apple. Good keeper, keeping until December.

Liberty - NY 1970s. Crisp, sweet-tart red fruit. Immune to scab and resistant to other diseases. Excellent choice for organic growers.

Niagara - NY 1950s. A cross of Carlton and Mac. Good for all purposes. Its higher tannin content makes it good for ciders..

Pomme Gris  Canada (Quebec) late 1700s. Generally small fruit with excellent rich flavor, nutty undertones.

Red Burke – Large, red skinned apple with russet patching at the stem.  Old Vermont native tree discovered by the late apple enthusiast Ken Parr.  Sweet-tart juicy flesh. All-purpose especially fresh eating.

Sweet 16  Minnesota 1930s. Outstanding apple with cherry tones. Some scab resistance but not immune.

Wedge - Minnesota early 1912. Crisp, juicy, very large red apple. Keeps fairly well.