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Apples come in 2,500 varieties, so there's something for everyone. Here are the best ways to cook and eat them.
- Ambrosia
- Belle de Boskoop
- Braeburn
- Cameo
- Cortland
- Crispin
- Empire
- Evercrisp
- Fuji
- Gala
Ambrosia Apples are a top 20 seller in the United States and even more popular in Canada. Ambrosia Apples originated in British Columbia. The first tree was cultivated in the early 1990s by the Mennell family who held breeder’s rights on the trees until only a few years ago. They previously received a $2 (Canadian) royalty per tree planted in Canad...
Belle de Boskoop Apples are not a big seller in the United States, but I lived in their native Netherlands for five years, so we need to give them some love. Boskoop apples are tart and citrusy, and used extensively in baked goods across Europe where their flavor really shines in strudels, pastries, and all manner of sweets.
Braeburn Apples are native to New Zealand. Their yellow-red stripped skin is quite aesthetic, and they are known to be a flavorful apple that does not dry out as easily as some other varieties do.
Cameo Apples are a hybrid apple, but we don’t know exactly of what. They weren’t cultivated, but instead were just discovered growing on the Caudle family orchard in Washington State in 1987. Experts actually think they are a cross between red delicious and golden delicious which despite their names are not related. Cameo are bright red with orange...
Cortland Apples are an apple cultivar developed in New York in 1898. They are named after Cortland County New York, and are one of the 15 most popular varieties in the United States. Now that may sound like a participation trophy (15thplace, what color ribbon is that?), but that puts them as a top 1% variety here in the United States.
Crispin Apples, or Matsu Apples, originated in Japan, but are available much more broadly today. It has a particularly sweet taste with a bit of tartness to its juicy pulp that makes it ideal for eating raw.
Empire Apples are in the top 10 most sold apples in the United States. They were developed at Cornell University in the 1940s by crossing Red Delicious and McIntosh apples. The combination resulted in a sweet-tart apple great eaten raw or cooked.
Evercrisp Apples were developed by the Midwest Apple Improvement Association in Ohio and introduced to the public in 2017. They are a cross between Honeycrisp and Fuji apples. It would seem they couldn’t go wrong as a cross of those two top 10 selling apples. These trademarked (as EverCrisp) apples are said to be sweet and crisp.
Fuji Apples originated in Fujisaki Japan in the 1930s. They are Japan’s most popular apple variety today and rank #4 in sales in the United States. They are a larger sweet apple variety that are great for baking, but they also hold up well sautéed! Our favorite use for them is in a vegan Apple Crisp recipe!
Gala Apples are America’s most eaten apple. Gala Apples originated in New Zealand around 1930. They are known for their sweet flavor and crispness. In 2018 they bumped the Red Delicious for America’s favorite (most eaten) apple, a title the red delicious held since the 1940s. This is a great apple. Eat them fresh or use them in baking. Their versat...
1. Apple Variety. Red Delicious apples. Old Peru, United States of America. 3.1. Red Delicious is one of the world's most common apple varieties, dating back to 1880, when it was discovered by Jesse Hiatt in Iowa. The apples were first known as Hawkeye, then Stark Delicious, and it wasn't until the e... READ MORE. 2. Apple Variety.
There are 7,500 varieties of apple known in the world, with 2,500 different apples grown in the United States (100 varieties are grown commercially). Having so many choices makes it pretty tough to pick the right apple for the right job, so the apple varieties charts below are here to help you with the most common apple varieties that we see in ...
1. Apple Variety. Red Delicious apples. Old Peru. 3.1. Red Delicious is one of the world's most common apple varieties, dating back to 1880, when it was discovered by Jesse Hiatt in Iowa. The apples were first known as Hawkeye, then Stark Delicious, and it wasn't until the e... READ MORE. 2. Apple Variety. Golden Delicious apples. West Virginia.
Oct 9, 2023 · This list describes 85 apple varieties that are grown in America, how to identify them, and what they taste like, from heirloom apples like Ashmead’s Kernel to newer apple types like Gala...
Sep 23, 2020 · According to the University of Illinois, there are about 7,500 apple varieties in the world. And despite 2,500 of those varieties being grown in the United States, the Gala, Fuji, Granny Smith,...
