Pristine: This yellow apple is rather delicate. A crisp, juicy apple with enough sweetness to balance the other tart flavors. Best to eat within 4 weeks (but does store at acceptable quality for up to 8-10 weeks)
Williams Pride: Deep red apple that is sweet with floral undertones. Flavors may improve with a bit of storage, up to 3-4 weeks, eat within 6.
Pear Bonus: The ‘firsts’ boxes may have received a few pears as a bonus! Eat them immediately. We don’t actually know what variety of pear it is. The farmers grafted it off of an old farm orchard pear tree near Madison, MN.
State Fair: The ‘seconds’ boxes also received some of these apples. This is a classic MN variety that is tart and juicy. A great pie, sauce or eating apple. These are best to eat or process within 2-3 weeks.
I love having these apples available and hope we can offer more shares in future years. Let me know which were your favorite!
Pristine apples
William's Pride apples
Comments (5)
Ange:
Aug 17, 2018 at 03:21 PM
Wow, not since roaming a heritage apple farm in California did I taste apples as interesting and delicious as these! Can we somehow visit the farm? I'd love to see where these apples came from!
Jack McCann:
Aug 17, 2018 at 03:28 PM
Thanks and glad you enjoyed! They do a local cider pressing party on the farm once a year; I'll see if I can get info on that and maybe we can all meet up out there. Maybe we can bring some back to ferment...
Ange:
Aug 17, 2018 at 03:36 PM
Oh, that would be spectacular!! Yes, please :)
Tim Takach:
Aug 18, 2018 at 02:17 PM
We loved the Pristine, but have only eaten them straight - haven't made pie or sauce yet. We'll keep you in the loop when we do.
Melinda Aurandt:
Aug 19, 2018 at 11:04 AM
Both of the apples were good but the Pristine definitely is our favorite.
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