January 10, 2012

thanks to our customers for chosing our trees.

Our inventory for fall of this year will be posted in July.

Alkmene Germany, 1930. Oldenburg x cox’s orange pippin. Yellow flesh. Tart, aromatic. Ripe mid Sept. Use Sept to November. 1/m7,

Ananas Reinette Netherlands 1821 (12) Dessert apple with delicate pineapple taste. Lemon yellow. Firm, sweet, sharp, and juicy. Crops well. Smaller tree. Pick Nov. *SPECIAL ORDER

Arkansas Black * (15) 1870. Very good medium size dessert, cooking, and cider apple. Excellent keeper. Dark red deepening to near black. Crisp, juicy, firm yellow flesh with distinctive aromatic flavour. Pick Nov. Use to Feb. sold out

Astrachan Red (14) Russia, 1816. Small to medium early tart apple. Good for eating and excellent for sauce and pies. Creamy yellow flushed with bright red. Productive tree. Pick Aug-Sept. Not a keeper. Special Order

Ashmead’s Kernel (18) Gloucester 1700. Excellent russet type dessert and cider apple. Pick early October. Use Dec-Feb. A good keeper of aromatic flavour SOLD OUT

Ashton Brown Jersey Old English cider apple. Very dark, purplish red. Medium to large apple ripens in early Oct. Excellent complex flavour. 1/m111

Bountiful (9) UK 1964 Soft, Juicy, sweet. Heavy cropper. Pick Late Sept. SPECIAL ORDER

Baldwin * (15 ) USA 1740.Large late bright red dessert and all purpose apple. Once an important commercial apple in the US. Crisp, solid , juicy, aromatic. Vigorous and productive. Good keeper. Pick Nov. Use to Mar. SOLD OUT

Belle de Boskoop *(11) Holland 1856. Important commercial variety in Europe. Excellent cooking and dessert apple. Russet type. Called the “Champagne of apples”. Pick mid October. Eat after Christmas. Keeps very well. Scab resistant and heavy producer. Sold out

Blenheim Orange * (14) Oxfordshire 1740. Fine all purpose apple with a firm, crisp nutty flavour. Pick mid Oct. Use Nov-Jan. 1/m26, 2/m7

Braeburn New Zealand, 1952. Medium to large fruit of very high quality. Crisp, tangy, flavour. Pick late Oct. SOLD OUT

Bramley’s Seedling *(15) Nottinghamshire 1805. Fine old English cooking apple. Very large, green, firm, and juicy. A vigourous, scab resistant tree. Pick Oct. sold out

BROWNLEE’S RUSSET (9) U.K.1848. Late dessert apple with intense sweet sharp flavour. Grey brown russet skin. Lovely large ornamental flower.

Pick late October. Use to December. Sold out

Brown’s Apple (18) 1930 English cider apple. Full sharp, vintage. Upright medium sized tree. Dark red fruit, flesh often stained red. Pick mid OcT. 1/m7, 4/m111

Brown Snout 1850 English cider apple. Medium bittersweet. Small greenish yellow Pick mid Nov.1/m111

Calville Blanc d’Hiver (15) France, 1598. From the garden of Louis X111. Excellent dessert and cooking. Large, pale green with red dots on the sunny side.Tender, sweet, spicy, and flavorful. Bears early. Scab resistant. Excellent keeper. Very high in Vit C. Pick Nov-Dec. Use to Mar 1/m7, 2/m106,

Chisel Jersey (22) Old English cider and eating apple. Bitter sweet. Tree mid sized and spreading. Pick mid November. Sold out

Cortland (12) USA 1915. Fine tasting, firm, crisp, and juicy. Good for dessert, cooking, and juice. Large red with yellow striping. Flesh stays white when sliced. Pick Oct. Use Nov - Jan. Reliable producer and good pollinator. 2/m26, 1/m7, 1/m111

Cox’s Orange Pippin (14) England 1825. Well known English dessert apple-golden yellow, flushed orange and red with slight russet. Cream coloured flesh that is rich, nutty, and aromatic. Pick end of Sept. Use to Dec. Parent to many modern variety. Sold out

Dabinett Bittersweet cider apple.. Harvest late Oct. Medium to large round fruit with dull red flush over green. Crops well. (blooms late). 2/m26, 1/m111

Discovery (14) England, 1900. Early dessert apple. Pale green-yellow becoming flushed blood red. Firm, juicy, fairly sweet with pleasant flavour. Pick mid Aug. Use through Sept. sold out

Dolgo Russia. Beautiful 1 1/2” olive shaped crab apple. Crimson fruit makes ruby red jelly. Highly productive and a good pollinator . Early white blossoms. Pick fruit late Aug. 2/m9, 3/m26, 1/m111

DUCHESS OF OLDENBURG. Russia, 1830 (7) Very pretty medium to large, round apple. Pale yellow flushed and heavily striped red. White flesh, crisp and tart. Ripens in late August. Not a keeper sold out

Egremont Russet (10) England 1880. Small, golden with dark brown russeting. Excellent dessert apple. Sweet, dry, nutty, and aromatic. Pick Oct. Use to Dec. sold out

Elstar Holland, 1955. Medium size, early fall dessert apple. Yellow fruit almost covered by light red stripe. Very juicy with excellent flavour which improves after a few weeks in storage. Pick Oct. Use through Nov. Special Order

Erwin Bauer (9) Germany 1928. Dessert apple. Very crisp and hard with sweet aromatic flavour. Pick Oct. Use to Jan. Special Order

Esopus Spitzenberg (12) New York 1700. Excellent dessert. Thomas Jefferson’s favorite apple. Medium size, orange red with gray spots. Hard, crisp, juicy. Keeps well. Pick late Oct. 1/m26,

FIESTA (14) UK 1972 Cox Orange x Idared. Rich, aromatic, sweet. . Crops heavily, Pick late Sept 1/m7,

Fameuse (Snow) (10) Canada 1730. Very good dessert apple. Blood red skin, snow white flesh, soft and sweet. Pick in late Sept-early Oct. Keeps till Dec. 3/m7

Florina (13) France. Disease resistant, heavy cropping. Red flushed. Sweet, fairly crisp, pale yellow flesh. Pick early Oct SOLD OUT

Frequin Rouge Normandy. Bittersweet cider apple. Harvest late. 3/m7, 3/m106, 2/m111

Fuji (10) Japan. Medium red. Important commercial variety. Crisp,juicy, sweet. Outstanding flavour. Keeps well. Vigorous and productive. Pick Oct. Use to Jan. sold out

Gala (16) New Zealand 1934. Excellent dessert apple widely grown commercially. Medium sized, yellow flushed with orange/red. Sweet. Pick Oct. Use to Jan 3/m26, sold out

Gold Pearmain North Carolina, 1755. Superior dessert apple. Yellow with red stripes. Very crisp. Pick Oct. Use to Jan.* sold out

Golden Delicious (15). USA 1890. Classic golden dessert apple sometimes with orange flush. Crisp, fine textured. Sweet, juicy with aromatic flavour. Pick late Oct. Use to Feb. 1/m111

Golden Nugget (13)Nova Scotia. 1949. Golden Russet X Cox’s Orange Pippin. Very good fall dessert apple. Disease resistant. Pick late Sept. Use Oct-Nov. SPECIAL ORDER

Golden Russet (9) England. 1700. Excellent dessert apple. Good for all purposes. Coppery orange heavily russeted. Firm, crisp, sugary sweet. Excellent keeper. Pick late Oct. Use to Mar. sold out

Granny Smith (13) Australia 1868. Dessert and cooking. Crisp, juicy, white fleshed. Pick late Nov .Keeper 1/m9, 1/m26

Gravenstein * (6) Germany 1669. Highly recommended for its exceptional flavour. Juicy, sweet. Excellent dessert and juice apple . Makes wonderful applesauce. Ripens early Sept. Vigorous producer can be biennial bearer. No orchard should be without one! Sold out

Grimes Golden (14) USA 1804. Excellent dessert apple. Sweet, crisp, and juicy. Medium size, green to lemon yellow. Pick Oct. Keeps till Feb. sold out

Harry master’s jersey. England. Bittersweeet, mid-late cider apple. 3/m1111

Idared Crab Edible and ornamental. Strikingly beautiful, large (2”) elongated, purplish fruit. Blossoms brilliant pink. New leaves silver-bronze. 2/m9, 1/m26

James Grieve (11) Scotland, 1893. Early dessert apple. Pale yellow covered with light red flush. Very juicy yellow flesh. Excellent flavour. Produces well. Good for drying. Pick Sept. Use by Oct. sold out

JOHN DOWNIE CRAB 1/m9, 2/m111

Jonagold *(12) USA1943. (Golden Delicious X Jonathan). Large, yellow, flushed with one third to one half red to orange. Sweet, crisp, juicy dessert apple with excellent flavour. Pick mid Oct. Keeps till Dec.

Sold out

JULIANA Mid season cider apple producing a sharp juice SPECIAL ORDER

kerrmerraien Bittersweet cider apple. Mid-late season. SPECIAL ORDER

Karmijn de Sonnaville* (15) Holland 1971. Superb dessert apple. Large yellow-green with red flush. Vigorous tree. Pick late Sept. Use to Dec. SPECIAL ORDER

Kidd’s Orange Red (15) New Zealand 1932. Cox’s Orange X Red Delicious. Very fine dessert apple. Sweet , crisp, and juicy. Scarlet-orange flush with red striping and russeting. Vigorous tree, crops heavily. Scab resistant. Pick Oct.

Keeps till Jan. sold out

kingston black Famous English cider apple. Vintage bittersharp. Makes a good quality cider without blending. Crimson to purplish over yellowish orange background. Medium sized round apple. Ripens Sept to Oct. 3/M7,

King of Tompkins County (“King”) * (13) New York, 1804. Very fine all purpose apple common in early B.C. homesteader’s orchards. Large yellow flushed red to dark red. Sweet and aromatic. Tree highly productive. Pick mid Oct. Use to Dec,

Lady (14) France 1628. This exquisite small apple was grown in the garden of Louis XIII. Creamy yellow and crimson. Crisp, juicy, and aromatic. Good cider apple also used for Christmas wreaths. Small tree that bears heavily. Pick late Nov. sold out

Lord Lambourne(11) England 1907. High quality dessert apple. Crisp, juicy, and sweet. Medium red striped over greenish-yellow. Pick late Sept. Keeps till Nov 1/M26, 1/M111

MARACHEL Bittersweet cider apple. Early-mid season SPECIAL ORDER

MICHELIN Bittersweet cider apple ripens in late Oct. Medium sized yellow striped fruit borne on vigorous, spreading tree. SPECIAL ORDER

muscadet de bernay New cider apple SOLD OUT

muscadet de dieppe (8) Normandy 1750. Excellent cider apple. Bittersweet. Makes excellent cider without blending. SOLD OUT

Mutsu * (13) Japan 1930. Dessert.Highly recommended (except that it needs two pollinators). Excellent flavour. Very crisp and sweet. Tree is vigorous and productive. Bright yellow-green. Pick late Oct. Excellent keeper. Use to April 2/M111

Northern Spy (20) New York 1800. Excellent, late, all purpose apple noted for its high Vit C content. Yellow flesh is firm, juicy, sweet. Good Keeper. Pick late Nov. Use till March SOLD OUT

Orenco Oregon 1920s. Excellent, medium sized beautiful bright red apple. White flesh. Crisp, juicy, sweet. Scab resistant. Shy bearer. Pick mid Sept. Use through Nov. Special Order

Orleans Reinette (19) France, 1776. Superb dessert and cider apple. Crisp, yellow flesh with rich, nutty and aromatic flavour. Fruit yellow, slightly russet and red in full sun. Tree hardy and vigorous. Pick Oct. Use through Jan. SPECIAL ORDER

PITMASTON PINEAPPLE (15) England 1785. Small, yellow, conical finely russetted apple. Firm yellow flesh, juicy and slightly sweet with rich distinctive flavour. Harvest mid Sept. Use till Dec. special order

pomme gris France 1803. Cider and dessert. Tart, sweet, russet apple highly flavoured. Productive. Ripens in early Oct. sold out

porter’s perfection (13) ENGLISH cider apple. Bittersharp. Cream coloured flushed dark red. High acid and tannin. Vigourous heavy cropper. Pick Nov. 1/M7

Prima New York. Early red dessert apple. Crisp and juicy. Scab free. Pick Sept. Special Order

reine des pommes Cider apple. Bittersweet. Harvest late. Sold out

Ribston Pippin * (11) Yorkshire, 1707. Classic English dessert apple. Also good for cooking and cider. A parent of Cox’s Orange. Medium sized brown russet flushed red. Firm, aromatic, and fine flavoured. Pick late Sept. Use to Jan. SOLD OUT

Roxbury Russet (12) Massachusetts, 1600. Excellent dessert, cooking, and especially cider apple. Very good keeper. Scab resistant. Large green almost covered with yellowish brown russet. Firm, very sweet. Pick mid Oct. Use to April sold out

Saint Edmund’s Pippin (10) England 1870. Dessert. Very good, early ripening, small russet. Firm, sweet, juicy with rich, nutty flavour. Tree vigorous. Pick Sept. Use Sept - Oct. 2/M111

Spartan (15) Summerland 1926. Great dessert apple. Beautiful dark red-purple skin with white flesh. Very crisp and juicy. Reliable and productive. Pick Oct. Keeps well 1/M9

spigold * (18) New York 1962. Large, late dessert apple. Golden yellow with up to half covered with a red flush. Flesh creamy white, very firm, crisp, and juicy. Harvest mid Oct. great keeper. (triploid). Sold out

stokes red Vintage cider apple. Bittersharp. Medium sized spreading tree. Pick Nov. 2/M26, 2/M7, 2/111

sweet coppin Early 1800’s England. Vintage Cider apple. Sweet, low acid, low tannin. Pale yellow with slightly flushed red. Makes a large spreading tree. Harvest late. 1/M111

Transparent (10) Russia 1800. Fine, early cooking apple. Productive, reliable and disease free. Pick in Aug. Does not keep sold out

tremblett’s bitter Bittersweet cider apple. Yellow flushed red. Medium sized spreading tree. Harvest Oct. SPECIAL ORDER

Van der Pol Red (16) Very good old winter dessert apple. Medium, small, red. Firm and flavourful. Pick late Oct . Keeps till spring sold out

vilberie Bittersweet cider apple. Large spreading tree ripens in mid nov. 1/M26, 1/M111

WICKSON CRAB sold out

Wagener (9) New York 1700. Dessert and cooking. Good cider apple. Firm flesh, juicy, sprightly aromatic flavour. Glossy green flushed red. Excellent keeper. Scab resistant. Very productive. Pick late Oct. Keeps till Mar. sold out

Winter Banana (15) Indiana 1876. Cooking. Large, highly coloured, very distinctive. Lemon yellow flushed half with pink to red. Juicy apple with pleasant aromatic flavour. Vigorous tree. Harvest late Oct.. Keeps till Feb sold out

yarlington mill early 1900’s English cider apple. Bittersweet. Used with Kingston black in Europe to make a famous hard cider. Ripens late Oct-mid Nov. 1/M9, 2/M26, 1/M7, 2/M111

Yellow Newton (14) New York, 1759. Excellent dessert and cider apple. Medium, bright green to yellow green. Rich, aromatic, crisp, creamy yellow flesh. Great keeper. Richer flavour and full sugar develop after storage. Pick Oct. Use to Mar. sold out

* Important Note about Pollination: Apples require another apple in close proximity for pollination. The two apples need to be flowering at the same time so the bees can carry the pollen from one tree to another. A number representing the peak flowering day is given in brackets after the names above. For pollination, most apples require their pollinator to be flowering within five days of their day. Some apples, those marked with * on the list inside are triploids. These are not pollinators themselves and, they require two other pollinators. For example, Gravenstein planted by itself will not bear fruit without two pollinators.

Special Order means that we don’t keep an inventory of the variety and that we just have our “mother” tree to take cuttings from for orders.

Early Apples

Astrachan Red

Discovery

James Grieve

Lord Suffield

Prima

Sweet Bough

Summer Red

Transparent

Dessert Apples that Keep Well

Calville Blanc d’Hiver

Golden Russet

Granny Smith

Mutsu

Roxbury Russet

Sturmer Pippin

Van der Pol

Yellow Newton

Fall Dessert Apples

Braeburn

Cox’s Orange Pippin

Egremont Russet

Erwin Bauer

Fuji
Gala

Golden Delicious

Golden Nugget

Gravenstein

Jonagold

Karmijn de Sonnaville

Kidd’s Orange Red

Orleans Reinette

St. Edmond’s Pippin

Spartan

Sunset

Suntan

Winston

Our thanks to the orchardists

of Denman Island who have been

so generous with cuttings and

with apple culture information.

As well, thanks to those who

are the keepers of the old trees,

for caring for them and recognizing

their value as part of our heritage.

Jane Lighthall & Larry Lepore