Apples
State
Fair-August 20
Juicy, moderately tart fruit. Good for eating and cooking.
Beacon-August 25
Bright red apple with soft
juicy flesh
Zestar!-August 30
Large, crunchy, juicy red fruit with sprightly sweet-tart flavor
and a
hint of brown sugar. Excellent for both eating and cooking.
Sweet Sixteen-September
10
Crisp and juicy with an exoctic yellow
flesh.
Very sweet unusual sugar cane or spicy cherry candy flavor.
Cortland-September
15
Sweet with a hint of tartness, juicy
crsip white flesh.
Excellent for eating and salads as stay white when cut open.
Honeycrisp-September
15
Best Eating Apple Ever!
Outstanding crispness and juiciness.
Minnesota State Apple
Haralson, Honeygold, Fireside
Connell Red
September 20
Haralson:
firm texture with complex tart flavor.
Especially good pie apple.
Honeygold: Sweet, crisp
and juicy. Excellent for fresh eating.
Fireside/Connell Red: Large fruit with sweet flavor.
Good for fresh eating,
salad and baked apples.
Plums-late August
