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WENATCHEE VALLEY VISITORS GUIDE | SPRING & SUMMER 2022
World file photo/Don Seabrook Danny Cortez, San Antonio, picks gala apples in a Monitor orchard on Sept. 2, 2021. “I love picking,” he said. “It’s a good, healthy thing to do.” He’s picked fruit, traveling from state to state for 10 years.
What’s your apple IQ? Red Delicious
Crunchy and mildly sweet Introduction to market: 1874 Place of Origin: Peru, Iowa Parentage: Unknown, discovered as a chance seedling on the farm of Jesse Hiatt, originally known as Hawkeye.
Gala
Crisp and very sweet Introduction to market: 1965 Place of Origin: New Zealand Parentage: Cross of Kidd’s Orange and Golden Delicious apples
Fuji
Granny Smith
Crunchy and tart Introduction to market: 1868 Place of Origin: Australia Parentage: Believed to be descended from French Crabapples cultivated by Australian grandmother Maria Ann Smith
Honeycrisp
Crisp and distinctly sweet Introduction to market: 1991 Place of Origin: University of Minnesota, Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota Parentage: Cross between a Keepsake apple and an unknown variety
Crunchy and super sweet Introduction to market: 1962 Cripps Pink (Pink Lady) Place of Origin: Japan Parentage: Cross of Red Deli- Crunchy and sweet-tart Introduction to market: 1985 cious and Ralls Janet apples
Place of Origin: Australia Parentage: Cross between Golden Delicious and Lady Williams
Golden Delicious
Crisp and Sweet Introduction to market: 1914 Place of Origin: Clay County, West Virginia Parentage: Unknown, perhaps the chance seedling can be traced to Golden Reinette and Grimes Golden
And more apples
Ambrosia Autumn Glory Braeburn Cameo Cosmic Crisp Crimson Delight Envy
Evercrisp Hunnyz Jazz Jonagold JUICI Kanzi Kiku KORU Lady Alice Opal Pacific Rose Piñata Rave Rockit Rome Rosalynn Smitten SugarBee SweeTango Sweetie Find out more at bestapples.com.
