![]() Greenish-yellow skin with an orange blush. Ideal for eating fresh or oven baking.Īvailable from ON and NB: October – July Crispin (or Mutsu): It makes great applesauce.Īvailable from ON and NB: October – July Idared Apple Crispin Apple Golden Delicious Apple Cortland Apple Northern Spy Apple Idared:Ī medium to large fruit with bright red skin with greenish-yellow patches. Great for eating fresh but their extra sugar content means you’ll need to add less sugar if you bake with them.Īvailable from ON and NB: October – February Empire:Ī cross between the McIntosh and Red Delicious, it has a dark red blush with a splash of yellow or green. Medium to large size firm and greenish pink in colour with white flesh. Sweet but slightly tart, they are crunchy and great pairings for cheese boards and pies.Īvailable from BC: November – January Fuji: Ideal for baking as it makes them sweeter.Īvailable from BC: October – March Pink Lady:Ī green background covered by a distinctive pink blush. Best eaten fresh but has a shorter shelf life due to their high sugar content.Īvailable from ON and NB: September – March Granny Smith:īright green colour with a firm crisp texture and tart tangy flavour. Large sized fruit with distinctive crisp texture and juicy sweet taste. ( Developed by Pacific Agri-food Research Centre in BC).Īvailable from ON and NB: October – April Honey Crisp Apple Granny Smith Apple Pink Lady Apple Fuji Apple Empire Apple Honeycrisp: It is sweet and succulent making it a delicious fresh apple that pairs well with strong savoury flavours too. It is firm, sweet and juicy making it excellent in salads or for juicing but not recommended for cooking.Īvailable from ON: October – July Spartan: (Originated in Canada)Īvailable from ON and NB: September – May Red Delicious:Ī larger sized apple with deep red colour and elongated shaped. The flesh is more tender and they are excellent for sauces, pies or eating fresh. ![]() Macs are mildly tart and sweeten as they ripen. McIntosh – have a deep red colour with a green background. (Originally found in BC)Īvailable from ON: October – March McIntosh: They are slow to brown which make them perfect for apple slices and salads.Īvailable from BC: September – May. Ambrosia is crisp and juicy with a distinct aroma and a sweet low acid flavour. ![]() Its thin skin and crisp, sweet flesh make it ideal for eating fresh.Īvailable from ON and NB: September – February Ambrosia:Ī large bi-coloured apple with a bright pink blush over a creamy-yellow background. Small to medium in size with a yellow-orange background colour and red blush. Here’s a list of popular Canadian apple varieties you might find in your grocery store: Royal Gala Apple Ambrosia Apple Macintosh Apple Red Delicious Apple Spartan Apple Royal Gala: The primary growing regions are Ontario and British Columbia, but Quebec, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island also have a commercial apple industry. Canadians have access to fresh apples all year depending on the variety, climate it is grown in, shelf-life and storage. There are over 100 varieties of apples grown in Canada and they come in a number of different colours, sizes, flesh textures and skin thicknesses. While some experts are sure the Red Delicious is here to stay, others seem to think it's on its way out, much like the apple it replaced, the Ben Davis.Canadian apples are widely available across most provinces year-round. You can still find Red Delicious apples in most supermarkets, and they are often cheaper than other varieties. Trying to appeal to the consumer in recent years, growers have focused on making the signature apple even redder, and in the process, some of the Red Delicious' sweet taste has been lost. The popularity of the Red Delicious has markedly risen and fallen from its heyday in the 1980s. The name was eventually changed to Red Delicious to distinguish it from Stark’s Golden Delicious, which entered the market a bit later. After he won, Stark bought the rights to the apples and renamed them Stark Delicious. He entered the apple into a contest run by Stark Nurseries in the early 1890s. ![]() Jesse Hiatt, a farmer in Iowa in the late 1800s originally grew the Red Delicious on his farm and called it the Hawkeye. These are probably the most common apples you’ll find in the supermarket. ![]() The Red Delicious is perhaps the most iconic and well-known of apples. ![]()
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