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Avalon Orchards only grows apple cultivars that naturally have high disease resistance. This helps us to grow organically and reduces the number of diseases we have to combat. For example, none of the varieties we grow have shown any sign of apple scab, a serious problem in most orchards requiring regular application of sulphur.
These trees have been developed through standard breeding techniques and are not genetically modified. Below, we introduce you to them.
| Freedom: | Mid season orangish red fruit ripens in late September and has a unique spicy flavour. It is great to eat and also has a good texture for apple pie making. |
| Goldrush: | A new variety to our orchard, it's the infamous green apple I have been looking for. Ripening in October its actually not green, but yellow-bronze, with a crisp spicy taste. A great eating apple, it only gets better with storage! |
| Liberty: | One of our most popular apples, Liberty is dark red conical shaped and ripens in September. Its flesh is very white and crisp and the flavour and quality are excellent. We can never grow enough of this delicious apple. |
| Novamac: | Similar to a McIntosh but firmer textured. This popular apple ripens about the second week of September. In our view, it is the most delicious Mac you will ever taste! |
| Novaspy: | Definitely our most popular apple, ripening in October. A variety of Red Spy, it is somewhat smaller than the Northern Spy, with a red blush on a greenish-yellow background. The fruit is excellent for both eating and processing and stores all winter at the orchard. |
| Prima: | Early season red-orange apple matures the first week of September. It has a unique pear taste and crisp flesh. It is an excellent eating apple and makes great cider! |
| Priscilla: | Maturing the end of September, this is a small sweet apple that is loved by many of the children who come to the orchard. Flesh is a pale creamy color with a sweet aromatic somewhat licorice-like flavour. |
| Pristine | Another new variety to Avalon, this promises to be an early yellow apple similar to a Transparent ,with a mild flavour and smooth attractive finish. |
| Redfree: | This is an early season deep red apple ripening in late August. It is an excellent eating apple with sweet white flesh and reminds many of our visitors of the old Snow variety. It's the tree in our orchard that wants to grow out, not up and it always gives us a challenge at pruning time. |
| Trent: | A dark red late maturing apple which is very firm and juicy. It's flesh is cream coloured with a greenish tinge and it stores very well. |
