| Baldwin |
| Origin: Massachusetts - 1740 |
Ripens: Late September to November |
Zone: 4 - 6 |
| Uses: Cider, Eating |
| Large winter apple with tough, smooth, bright red skin with white stars. Good eating apple with crisp, juicy, somewhat aromatic yellowish flesh. Tree tend to be long lived. |
| Bancroft |
| Origin: Ottawa Canada 1935 |
Ripens: Nov |
Zone: 3 - 6 |
| Quality fair when ripe, improves with storage. Exceptionally good keeper. |
| Barry |
| Origin: New York 1880 |
Ripens: |
Zone: 3 - 6 |
| Uses: Eating |
| Medium to large fruit with an intense solid dark red skin. Lasts 3 months in storage. |
| Beacon |
| Origin: Minnesota 1908 |
Ripens: Sept |
Zone: 3 - 6 |
| Large, red apple with soft, sweet flesh. Good apple for eating fresh or cooking. |
| Beautiful Arcade |
| Origin: Russia - 1800's |
Ripens: September |
Zone: 2 - 6 |
| Uses: Eating |
| A yellow apple with spashes of red. The firm, yellow flesh has a sweet taste. Not a good keeper. Can be used as a rootstock. |
| Bell-De Boskoop |
| Origin: Holland 1856 |
Ripens: Nov/Dec |
Zone: 3 - 6 |
| Large greenish-yellow fruit with rough skin and dark red blush on exposed fruits. Crisp, tangy, highly aromatic flesh. Outstanding, all-purpose, tart apple. Heavy bearing. Triploid. |
| Ben Davis |
| Origin: Arkansas - 1880 |
Ripens: October |
Zone: 3 - 7 |
| Uses: Baking, Eating, Pies, Sauce |
| A large, red stripped apple with hard, course flesh. One of the best keeper apples. |
| Benoni |
| Origin: Massachusetts 1832 |
Ripens: Aug |
Zone: 4 - 7 |
| An early season variety originating in Dedham, Massachusetts around 1832. A high-quality dessert apple with smooth yellowish-orange skin mostly covered with bright red and deep carmine striping. The yellow flesh is fine-grained, crisp and juicy. |
| Bill's Red Flesh |
| Origin: Oregon |
Ripens: September |
Zone: 4 - 8 |
| Uses: Eating, Salads, Sauce |
| Medium sized, red apple. The flesh is red with a sweet flavor. |
| Billy Bound |
| Origin: Unknown |
Ripens: Oct |
Zone: 3 - 6 |
| A sweet, pleasant, lightly russeted apple of medium size to small. The fruit is blocky shape, uniform and scab free. The tree is large and spreading with a biennial bearing habit. |
| Black Gilliflower |
| Origin: American 1841 |
Ripens: Sept |
Zone: 3 - 6 |
| Large, long, conical, ribbed apple which, when highly colored, becomes almost purplish. Distinctive unusual flavor, reminiscent of Spitzenburg, rich and sweet, with relatively dry flesh. Hangs well on the tree but do not allow to become overripe as flesh will be too dry. |
| Black Oxford |
| Origin: Maine 1860s |
Ripens: Nov |
Zone: 3 - 6 |
| Medium sized, round apple with deep purple skin. Good eating, cooking and cider apple. |
| Blue Pearmain |
| Origin: USA early 1800s |
Ripens: Oct/Nov |
Zone: 3 - 6 |
| An old apple of uncertain origin, but probably American. It was noted by the Royal Horticultural Society of London in 1893 and widely grown in New York and New England in the 19th century. A large, slightly conical fruit with red and purplish-red striping and covered with a fine blue bloom. The delicate creamy-white flesh is tender, sweet and slightly aromatic. |
| Bonnie Best |
| Origin: Cooksville, Wisconsin |
Ripens: Oct |
Zone: 3 - 6 |
| An excellent apple for pies, canning, and fresh use. Fruits are large with attractive pale red striping. Flesh is creamy color, crunchy, tender, juicy and slightly tart. Keeps well in storage. |
| Braeburn |
| Origin: New Zealand 1952 |
Ripens: Oct |
Zone: 3 - 6 |
| Late season apple of very high quality. Fruit is medium to large size with orangish-red blush over a green-yellow background. Quite tart and firm, good for eating and makes a fabulous pie. Rated high in fruit trials in Oregon and Washington, Braeburn is popular for commercial coastal orchards. Very precocious in bearing. |
| Bramleys Seedling |
| Origin: England - 1809 |
Ripens: Oct - Nov |
Zone: 4 - 7 |
| Uses: Baking, Cider, Pies, Sauce |
| Large, green cooking apple from England. Very good apple for cooking and cider. Trees are very vigorous and spreading. Bears heavy and regular. |
| Breaky |
| Origin: Canada 1960s |
Ripens: Aug |
Zone: 2 - 6 |
| Medium sized, yellow-green apple with bright red stripes. Good apple for eating fresh and cooking. |
