We grow 20 apple varieties in our mature orchard, located near Renfrew, Ontario, in the Ottawa Valley.
Each year, depending on the weather, different apples varieties are available at different times throughout the growing season. This natural timing allows you to try a number of different apple types over a few months.
In our online shop, we will only post the apple types that are ready to be enjoyed and available for pick-up at the Orchard
If your favourite apple isn’t listed yet, it will be once it is time to harvest this year’s crop.
Come back often in the growing season to find out what is available from the orchard.
| Apple Type | Availability | Characteristics |
|---|---|---|
| Yellow Crab | End of August | Good for Apple Jelly |
| Red Crab | End of August | Good for Apple Jelly |
| Paula Red | Late August | Like a McIntosh, crisp flavour, good for eating |
| MacLaren Red | End of August | Nice soft texture and sweet taste |
| Summer St. Lawrence | Late August | Good for Apple sauce |
| North Star | Late August | Good cooking apple |
| Lobo | Mid-September | Good eating apple |
| Wealthy | Mid-September | Good cooking apple |
| Early Macs | Mid-September | Good eating apple |
| Red Cortland | Mid-September | Good for eating and making pies |
| Honey Crisp | Mid-September | Crisp texture, excellent eating apple, stores very well |
| Cortland | Last week of September | Mild, sweet taste, crisp texture, good for pies |
| MacIntosh | End of September | Mildly tart, good for eating, pies and sauces |
| Spartan | End of September | Good for eating, pies and sauces |
| Empire | Thanksgiving | Slightly tart, makes great apple sauce, good for snacking |
| Tolman Sweet | Thanksgiving | Crisp apple with exceptional sweetness |
| Northern Greenings | Thanksgiving | Good for cooking and eating |
| Wolf River | Available | Excellent when baked |
| Scotch Winters | Thanksgiving | Sour apple |