Our Apples
Apple: Braeburn
Size: A medium to large sized apple.
Appearance: Partial reddish-orange blush or stripes on a green-gold base colour.
Taste and texture: A crispy, sweet tart apple with pale flesh. A great eating apple and wonderful in salads. Well-suited to baking as it keeps its shape when cooked.
Harvested: Late March to early April.
Braeburn
March – October
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Apple: Cripps' Red
Size: A medium sized apple.
Appearance: A solid red blush on a green base colour, with noticeable lenticels. The shape is round and slightly flattened.
Taste and texture: A fragrant apple with a sweet-tart taste. Firm, greenish white flesh with a crisp and juicy texture. A great eating apple, also suitable for baking.
Harvested: Early to mid May.
Cripps’ Red
May – January
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Apple: Cripps' Pink
Size: A medium sized apple.
Appearance: A light to bright pink blush on a lime green to cream base colour.
Taste and texture: A fragrant apple with a sweet, slightly tart taste. Firm, white flesh with a crisp and juicy texture. A great eating apple, wonderful in salads. Also suitable for baking.
Harvested: Mid April.
Cripps’ Pink
April – December
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Apple: Gala
Size: A medium sized apple.
Appearance: A deep orange appearance, consisting of red stripes on a creamy base colour.
Taste and texture: A uniquely sweet and tangy apple, very fragrant. Cream colored flesh with a crisp texture. A delicious eating apple, ideal for salads.
Harvested: Mid February.
Gala
February – November
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Apple: Fuji
Originated in the 1950s in Fujisaki, Japan. A cross between Ralls and Red Delicious.
Size: A medium to large sized apple.
Appearance: A dull pink-red blush and/or stripes on a yellow base colour.
Taste and texture: A sweet apple with rich and fragrant flavour. Firm, creamy-yellow colored flesh with very crisp and juicy texture. A delicious eating apple. Suitable for baking, takes longer than average to cook.
Harvested: End of March to early April.
Fuji
March – December
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Apple: Granny Smith
Size: A medium to large sized apple.
Appearance: A uniformly coloured green apple, that can vary in colour from light to bright green. Lenticels are well-developed.
Taste and texture: A tart tasting apple. The flesh is firm and white with a crisp texture. A tasty eating apple, suitable for baking and outstanding for sauces and purées.
Harvested: Late March to late April.
Granny Smith
March – January
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Apple: Golden Delicious
Introduced to South Africa in 1930 by the Molteno Brothers of Grabouw.
Size: A medium sized apple.
Appearance: A uniformly coloured apple which is green when harvested, but ripens to golden yellow. The lenticels are very noticable.
Taste and texture: A sweet and juicy apple with creamy green-white flesh. A delectable eating apple, also suitable for baking.
Harvested: Beginning to late March.
Golden Delicious
February – January
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Apple: Red Fuji
Size: A medium to large sized apple.
Appearance: A deep red version of the Fuji apple. Deep red blush and/or stripes on a yellow base colour.
Taste and texture: A sweet apple with rich and delicious flavour. Firm, yellowish colored flesh with a crisp and juicy texture. A delicious eating apple.
Harvested: End of March to early April.
Red Fuji
March – December
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Apple: Royal Beaut
Size: A medium sized apple.
Appearance: A bright and vibrant red gala type apple. It has faint stripes on a slightly yellow background.
Taste and texture: A fragrant, juicy and sweet apple with creamy flesh. A great eating apple and wonderful in salads.
Harvested: End of January through February.
Royal Beaut
February – November
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Apple: Royal Gala
This apple originated in New Zealand and is a Gala mutation.
Size: A medium sized apple.
Appearance: A bright red apple, covered in red stripes on a creamy base colour.
Taste and texture: A very sweet and fragrant apple. Cream colored flesh with a crisp texture. A delicious eating apple, ideal for salads.
Harvested: Mid February.
Royal Gala
February – November
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Apple: Pink Lady
Trademark given to the Cripps Pink variety.
Size: A medium sized apple.
Appearance: Bright pink blush on a lime green to cream base colour.
Taste and texture: A fragrant apple with a unique sweet, zingy tart taste. Firm, white flesh with a crisp and juicy texture. A great eating apple, wonderful in salads. Also very suitable for baking.
Harvested: Mid April.
Pink Lady
April – December
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Apple: Starking
Size: A medium-sized apple.
Appearance: Red striped markings over a greenish yellow base colour. The stripes are occasionally poorly developed. Russeting can often be found at the stem-end.
Taste and texture: A sweet, juicy apple with cream coloured flesh and crisp texture. Starking is a very popular eating apple. Not suitable for baking.
Harvested: Mid March.
Starking
March – December
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Apple: Top Red
Size: A medium-sized apple.
Appearance: A deep red, uniformly coloured apple with noticeable lenticels.
Taste and texture: A sweet, juicy apple, with creamy-white flesh and a crisp texture. Delicious as an eating apple. Not suitable for baking.
Harvested: Mid March.
Top Red
March – December
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