| Variety |
Parentage |
Color |
Season |
Description |
| Tenderskin |
South Carolina 1850's ? |
yellow, red sripes |
Early to mid |
good all-purpose apple |
| Terry Winter |
Georgia before 1860 ? |
yellow, red sripes |
late |
excellent keeper |
| Tetovsky |
Russia |
greenish yellow |
Early |
small, flavorful, can be used for cooking before ripe and eating when
ripe |
| Tolman Sweet |
Massachusetts ? |
light pale yellow |
late |
medium sized, round; sweet, spicy flesh |
| Tompkins King |
New Jersey early 1800's ? |
yellow washed with red |
mid |
large to very large; tender and aromatic; good fresh eating variety |
| Tydeman Red |
McIntosh X Worcester Pearmain |
dark red, yellow |
Early to early-mid |
firm; mild, sweet, pleasant flavor; |
| Twenty Ounce Pippin |
New York early 1800's ? |
greenish with red stripes |
mid |
large to very large, roundish shape, with tiny indentations in the skin; cooks well |
| Vandevere |
Delaware 1700's ? |
yellow, pale red stripes |
late |
medium to large sized; crisp and juicy, sweet; good for cooking all winter |
| Viking |
? |
red-green |
Mid |
medium to large; white, juicy flesh; tart flavor |
| Virginia Beauty |
Virginia 1810 ? |
dark red |
late |
medium to large, sometimes not symmetrically shaped; good keeper |
| Virginia Gold |
Newtown Pippin X Golden Delicious |
bright yellow |
mid |
medium to large, good dessert and cooking apple; good keeper; developed at Virginia Polytechnic Institute around 1976 |
| Virginia Greening |
Virginia 1700's ? |
green, red blush, large reddish dots |
mid |
medium to large; good keeper |
| Vista Bella |
Melba X Senora |
blushed red over yellow |
Early |
medium to large size; good quality dessert apple; not a great keeper. |
| Wagener |
New York late 1700's ? |
pinkish red |
mid |
medium to large; fine grained flesh; juicy; excellent cooking apple |
| Wealthy |
Cherry Crab X Sops of Wine |
Greenish-yellow
striped with bright red |
Late |
Good tasting when freshly picked and well-suited for sauce and other
home processing. Tree stays small and is a heavy bearer. |
| Wedge |
Ben Davis
open pollinated |
Solid red or striped |
Late |
Introduced by Univ. of Minnesota in 1922. Good keeper. Fruit is firm,
crisp, juicy, slightly tart. Tree large with upright rounded habit, very
productive. |
| Western Beauty |
Pennsylvania 1815 ? |
medium red, with dark red stripes |
late |
large, conical; tender, mild-flavored flesh; juicy |
| Westfield Seek-No-Further |
New England ? |
dull red |
Late-mid |
medium size; very high quality desert apple |
| Westland |
Heyer 12 X Dr. Bill |
Red striped |
Early |
Originating in Brooks, Alberta, this super-hardy cultivar will fruit
in the coldest climate. Fruit large, juicy, good for pies and sauce but
a bit tart for eating. Not a keeper. Pendulous branching habit. |
| White Astrachan |
Early Russian |
Green overlaid with red stripes |
Early |
Very similar to Red Astrachan, this cultivar became popular in the
Midwest 100 years ago. White flesh, high quality eating. Not a keeper. |
| Wilson Juicy |
Seeding of Fameuse |
Yellow with pink blush |
Mid |
Large white-fleshed, mildly tart, very juicy apple with a distinctive
flavor. Good keeper. |
| Wine |
Delaware mid-1800's ? |
greenish tan, covered over with red stripes |
mid to late |
large, round; crisp and juicy |
| Winesap |
New Jersey 1800 ? |
dark red |
Mid to late |
medium size; yellow flesh, crisp, firm and very juicy; characteristic flavor |
| Winter Banana |
Indiana 1876 ? |
bright yellow, red blush |
mid |
large, conical; crisp and tender; pleasant aroma |
| Winter Redflesh |
Sasha X Redflesh |
Red |
Late |
red-fleshed; excellent for sauce and jelly |
| Winter Sweet Paradise |
Pennsylvania 1842 ? |
dull green, brown or purple blush |
mid |
medium to large; sweet and spicy flavor; keeps well |
| Wodarz |
Unknown (Wodarz 83) |
Medium-large yellow with a red blush; firm white flesh with sweet taste
|
Late Sept. |
A joint release of N. Dakota and the R.L. Wodarz family, very sweet |
| Wolf River |
Alexander open pollinated |
red striped |
Mid |
very large and irregular or lopsided shape; bakes well; not a good keeper |
| Yarlington Mill |
England 1800's ? |
pale yellow |
late |
small; excelllent cider apple |
| Yates |
Georgia 1840's ? |
pale yellow with red stripes |
late |
small to very small; excellent keeper |
| Yellow Bellflower |
New Jersey early 1800's ? |
pale yellow with dull reddish blush |
Mid |
medium size, ribbed with knobs at calyx end; excellent fresh eating; once an important commercial variety in California |
| Yellow Transparent |
Russian |
yellow |
Early |
excellent for cooking; good for eating |
| York Imperial |
Pennsylvania 1800's ? |
light yellow, brownish-red stripes |
Late |
medium to large size, lopsided shape; flesh coarse and yellow, juicy and mildly tart |
Zestar |
State Fair X MN 447 |
Green, nearly 100% blushed red |
Early |
A new cultivar from Minnesota breeding program. Sweet, crisp &
juicy. Excellent summer apple. Keeps several weeks in cold storage. |
