| Sandow |
| Origin: Ottawa 1912 |
Ripens: Oct |
Zone: 3 - 6 |
| There is much similarity to its parent in shape, creamy flesh color and long keeping quality, but it has a fuller flavor, is hardier, and redder and less troubled by scab. Bright scarlet stripes and flush. Sweet, juicy melting flesh; definite flavor of raspberries. Quality very high. Aromatic, juicy and crisp. Hardier than Northern Spy. |
| Saxton Fallstrip |
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Zone: 3 - 6 |
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| Sayaka |
| Origin: Japan |
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Zone: 3 - 6 |
| A good choice for pies and sauce, Sayaka is an extremely large red apple with a tart refreshing flavor. |
| Scarlet Gala |
| Origin: |
Ripens: Sept |
Zone: 3 - 6 |
| Unusually bright red color distinguishes it from other Galas. It is a medium sized apple. Oval to round in shape and slightly taller than other strains. A vigorous grower with heavy and annual bearing habits. Early and adequate thinning help to attain size. Flesh is yellow, extremely firm, very juicy, and sweet and mildly aromatic. |
| Scarlet Pimpernal |
| Origin: Idaho 1938 |
Ripens: Aug |
Zone: 3 - 6 |
| Sharp yet plenty of sweetness; juicy, soft, melting flesh. Best eaten from tree. |
| Scarlet Spire |
| Origin: Unknown |
Ripens: Late September |
Zone: 4 - 8 |
| Uses: Eating, Pies, Sauce |
| Columnar tree. Skin color is bright red over green. Great eating apple. |
| Scarlet Surprise |
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Zone: 3 - 6 |
| Beautiful bright red flesh! Spectacular deep pink blossoms in spring followed by reddish foliage. Medium-sized, red-skinned fruit is sweet and flavorful. |
| Scott Winter |
| Origin: Vermont 1864 |
Ripens: Nov/Dec |
Zone: 3 - 6 |
| an attractive red apple well-suited for cooking when underripe due to its high acid content. When fully ripe, it is a very fine dessert apple with a well-balanced flavor. Fruit size is about medium with a slightly conical form. The thin, smooth skin is greenish-yellow, mostly covered with bright deep-red mottling and overlaid with darker red striping. The yellowish flesh is sometimes stained with red and is crisp, tender and very juicy. |
| Seedling Leitzke |
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Zone: 3 - 6 |
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| Sekai Ichi |
| Origin: Japan |
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Zone: 3 - 6 |
| Color of fruit varies form pale pink to darker red with red stripes. Sometimes solid red in the sun. Crisp, breaking, juicy flesh. Very sweet fine mild flavor. If tree is properly thinned, apples reportedly weigh close to 2 lbs. |
| Senshu |
| Origin: Japan |
Ripens: Aug/Sept |
Zone: 3 - 6 |
| Fuji cross whose flavor and size qualities are rated excellent. Reported to be very disease resistant. Tree is moderately spreading somewhat like Fuji. |
| Shamrock |
| Origin: British Columbia 1992 |
Ripens: Sept |
Zone: 3 - 6 |
| Developed as a substitute for Granny Smith for areas where Grannys cannot be ripened. A Spur McIntosh x Spur Golden Delicious cross. Medium size fruit is very similar in appearance to Granny Smith. Flesh is creamy light green and has a coarse texture with a sprightly flavor similar to Macintosh. Hardy, semispur tree. |
| Shenandoah |
| Origin: Virgina 1942 |
Ripens: Oct |
Zone: 3 - 6 |
| Smooth, symmetrical red fruit. Crisp, firm, juicy flesh. Slightly tart flavor. Color and shape resemble Winesap. Good for fresh use and processing. |
| Sheriff |
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Zone: 3 - 6 |
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| Sherry |
| Origin: |
Ripens: Nov |
Zone: 3 - 6 |
| Fruit will hang on tree all winter. Poor quality when picked, but improves to good quality after storing for several months. Annual heavy crop. |
| Shinassee Beauty |
| Origin: Japan 1930 (Golden Delicious x Early McIntosh) |
Ripens: Sept |
Zone: 3 - 6 |
| Medium size, round, greenish-yellow fruit with juicy, white flesh and mild sweet flavor. Comes in early in the season when eating apples are scarce. |
| Sierra Beauty |
| Origin: California |
Ripens: Oct |
Zone: 3 - 6 |
| Large, handsome apple with thin green and yellow skin, striped or blushed red. A favorite apple from Boonville, CA. Juicy, very crisp and tart. A good seller in farm markets and an excellent keeper. The tree is compact. |
| Sinta |
| Origin: Canada 1956 |
Ripens: Oct |
Zone: 3 - 6 |
| Golden Delicious and Grimes Golden cross. Resembles Golden Delicious. Medium sized fruits are pale yellow, sometimes almost white with a pinkish blush in the sun. Crisp, juicy, deep cream flesh; sweet, aromatic flavor superior to either parent. Tree spreading, moderately vigorous. |
| Smoke House |
| Origin: Pennsylvania 1837 |
Ripens: Sept |
Zone: 3 - 6 |
| Flushed, dull red over greenish yellow. Flesh crisp, yellowish, moderately fine-grained. Fresh cider flavor. Very good quality cooking, eating, and baking apple. Keeps well through March. Vigorous tree. Bears young, quite productive and a reliable bearer. |
| Snow-Fameuse |
| Origin: Canada prior to 1824 |
Ripens: Sept |
Zone: 4 - 7 |
| One of the oldest and most desirable dessert apples, a parent of the aromatic McIntosh. Medium size red apple with snow white flesh. |
| SnowSweet |
| Origin: UofMinn |
Ripens: October |
Zone: 4 - 6 |
| A medium size, red apple that is sweet with a slight tart balance and rich overtones. The flesh is firm to crisp. |
| Somerset of Maine |
| Origin: Maine - 1849 |
Ripens: August - September |
Zone: 4 - 6 |
| Uses: Eating, Salads, Sauce |
| Large bright-red-striped and splotched late summer dessert apple. Excellent eating apple. |
| Sops of Wine |
| Origin: England 1832 |
Ripens: Aug/Sept |
Zone: 3 - 6 |
| Old English culinary and cider apple. Fruit medium, skin greenish yellow flushed purple red. Flesh soft, fine stained pink; flavor aromatic, subacid, vinous. Season early to mid. |
| Spartan |
| Origin: British Columbia 1936 |
Ripens: Oct |
Zone: 3 - 6 |
| Beautiful medium size dark red almost mahogany dessert quality apple. Pure white flesh, crisp sweet with some acidity. Firmer than McIntosh. Highly aromatic fine flavor. Superb for eating fresh. Better keeper and shipper than McIntosh. Keeps through January. Annually productive. Precocious and consistently heavy bearer. Susceptible to premature drop. Resistant to scab, mildew and fire blight. Hardy. |
| Spencer |
| Origin: British Columbia 1926 |
Ripens: Oct |
Zone: 3 - 6 |
| Large nearly solid red or red striped over green fruit. Very sweet with crisp juicy flesh. Fine flavor. Core smaller than McIntosh. Excellent eating quality. Vigorous upright spreading tree. On Professor Ways list of 20 favorite dessert apples. |
| Spice Russet |
| Origin: |
Ripens: July/Aug |
Zone: 3 - 6 |
| Good for fresh eating and pies. |
| Spigold |
| Origin: New York 1962 (Northern Spy x Golden Delicious) |
Ripens: Oct |
Zone: 3 - 6 |
| A very large yellow apple with firm, very juicy flesh and aromatic spicy flavor. It is hard to believe that such a large apple can taste so good. Triploid. |
| Spokane Beauty |
| Origin: |
Ripens: Sept/Oct |
Zone: 4 - 7 |
| Very large fruit to 2 lbs. Or more. Variable in shape. Good for drying, cooking, and eating fresh. |
| Spur McIntosh |
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Zone: 4 - 7 |
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| Spur Redgold |
| Origin: |
Ripens: Sept |
Zone: 3 - 6 |
| This one gets a blue ribbon for being the sweetest tasting apple ever developed. Particularly fine for desserts. This variety is particularly strong flower with good disease resistance. Keeps for weeks in the refrigerator. |
| St. Edmunds Russet |
| Origin: England 1870 |
Ripens: Sept |
Zone: 3 - 6 |
| The best early russet. Flat uniform-sized apple covered with a smooth pale fawn- colored russet in our climate. Very juicy, crisp, yellowish flesh, great for cider as well as eating. |
| Starr |
| Origin: New Jersey 1865 |
Ripens: Aug/Sept |
Zone: 4 - 7 |
| Very large yellow green fruit with smooth skin and faint blush. Yellow flesh is tender, crisp, juicy, sprightly subacid, aromatic. Very good in quality, especially for dessert use. Moderately vigorous tree bears at a young age. Tree bears young, usually annually. |
| State Fair |
| Origin: University of Minnesota - 1979 |
Ripens: Late August |
Zone: 4 - 7 |
| Uses: Eating, Salads, Sauce |
| A medium sized, red/orange apple with juicy sweet flesh. This is a very good eating apple. |
| Stayman Winesap |
| Origin: Kansas - 1875 |
Ripens: October |
Zone: 4 - 7 |
| Uses: Eating |
| Fruit medium to large, dull red bloom over greenish base, striped red in less highly-colored fruit. Flesh yellowish, firm, tender, juicy, pleasantly subacid. |
| Suiki |
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Zone: 3 - 6 |
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| Summer Champion |
| Origin: Arkansas 1897 |
Ripens: Aug |
Zone: 3 - 6 |
| Large red fruit. Tree is an early bearer |
| Summer Orange |
| Origin: North Carolina 1920s |
Ripens: Sept |
Zone: 3 - 6 |
| The fruit is large, round, and light greenish-yellow in color with dark specks. Great for apple pie. |
| Summer Pearmain |
| Origin: |
Ripens: Sept |
Zone: 3 - 6 |
| One of two apples given "best" rating in Beachs Apples of New York. Mild, rich, excellent flavor. Tree a weak grower and fireblight susceptible. |
| Summer Scarlet |
| Origin: |
Ripens: July/Aug |
Zone: 3 - 6 |
| Medium to large, shining red apple, firm, crisp, with fine-flavored juice. |
| Summer Set of Main |
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Zone: 3 - 6 |
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| Summer Treat |
| Origin: New Jersey 1982 |
Ripens: Aug |
Zone: 4 - 7 |
| A cross of Mollies Delicious. Fruits are large to very large, of angular, oblong-conic shape, with glossy skin blushed 70-100% brilliant red. The coarse, cream colored flesh is crisp, sweet, and good fresh from the tree when the fruitsare ripe. Fruits hang well , but lose quality quickly and become mealy if not harvested. Storage life is short. Scab susceptible. |
| Summerglo |
| Origin: Michigan 1935 |
Ripens: Sept |
Zone: 3 - 6 |
| McIntosh type; but ripening earlier |
| Sunrise |
| Origin: Canada |
Ripens: Sept |
Zone: 3 - 6 |
| Yellow-Red fruit. Unique pear-grape flavor. Good eating apple, ripens midseason. Hardy to -40 degrees. |
| Surprise |
| Origin: England 1831 |
Ripens: Sept |
Zone: 3 - 6 |
| Small, green winter apple with creamy white, red stained flesh. Ripens in Oct. One of the parents of Pink Pearl. |
| Sutton Beauty |
| Origin: |
Ripens: Oct |
Zone: 3 - 6 |
| Also known as Sutton or Steeles Red Winter. May be a seedling of Hubbardston. It iss uniform and symmetrical shape, beautiful color and pleasant quality makes it an excellent dessert apple. Too mild for culinary use. Flesh slightly tinged with yellow, rather firm, moderately fine-grained, crisp, tender, juicy, mild subacid, good to very good. |
| Swaar |
| Origin: New York, 1804 |
Ripens: Oct |
Zone: 3 - 6 |
| Dutch settlers named this swaar, heavy apple. The flesh is firm, fine, creamy white, dense and aromatic. Spicy, sweet, rich flavor. One of the favorites at our recent apple tasting. Late good keeper hangs on tree late into winter. Best picked firm then allowed to mellow before eating. |
| Sweet 16 |
| Origin: |
Ripens: Sept |
Zone: 3 - 6 |
| Uniquely flavored sweet, crisp apple with good storage qualities. |
| Sweet Alford |
| Origin: Devon, England |
Ripens: Sept |
Zone: 3 - 6 |
| Of medium-sized, flattened, conical shape with a long thin stem in a deep russeted basin. Fruits are waxy yellow, often with a diffuse pink blush. Flesh white, slightly crisp and sweet. Sweet; produces good-quality sweet cider, sometimes mildly bittersweet. |
| Sweet Bough |
| Origin: |
Ripens: Aug/Sept |
Zone: 3 - 6 |
| Regarded as the best early sweet apple. Good size, green fruit with numerous dotes. Juicy, tender, crisp, white flesh with honey sweet flavor. Disease hardy tree; heavy bearer. Ripens in late August. |
| Sweet Sal |
| Origin: Maine |
Ripens: October |
Zone: 4 - 7 |
| Uses: Eating, Salads |
| A seedling of Northern Spy. A medium-sized, yellow apple that has pink dots. The flesh is perfect for those who do not like or cannot eat tart apples. Can be harvested over a long period of time. |
| Swiss Gourmet |
| Origin: Switzerland |
Ripens: Sept |
Zone: 3 - 6 |
| Medium to large fruit is bright red over rich yellow ground color. Crisp, sprightly flavor. Precocious tree bears early. |
| Swiss Limbertwig |
| Origin: |
Ripens: |
Zone: 3 - 6 |
| A very beautiful apple of most unusual color of purplish maroon with dots, medium in size, very good apple for fresh eating. A real beauty for the commercial grower. This apple is named Swiss Limbertwig because it was grown by early settlers in the Cumberland Mountains. |
