Quick Guide to Apples - Cooking and Eating

Braeburn

• Appearance: Rosy red stripes over greenish-gold skin
• Taste: Sweet and tart
• Use: Cooking, baking, and fresh in salads

Crispin

• Appearance: Greenish-yellow

• Taste: Sweet

• Use: Eating fresh and cooking

Empire

• Appearance: Red blush with gold paint

• Taste: Slightly sweet

• Use: Cooking and baking

Fuji

• Appearance: Smaller apple with orange-red blush and yellow stripes

• Taste: Slightly sweet

• Use: Eating fresh, cooking and baking

Gala

• Appearance: Yellow with pinkish-red stripe

• Taste: Sweet

• Use: Eating fresh

Golden Delicious

• Appearance: Golden yellow with occasional pink blush and flecks

• Taste: Sweet

• Use: Cooking, baking, and fresh in salads

Granny Smith

• Appearance: Pale and bright green skin with flecks

• Taste: Tart

• Use: Cooking, baking, and fresh in salads

Jonagold

• Appearance: Golden, striped with red blush

• Taste: Spicy, juicy

• Use: Cooking, baking and fresh in salads

Macintosh

• Appearance: Bright red with green paint

• Taste: Tart with sweet undertones

• Use: Eating fresh

Red Delicious

• Appearance: Deep red

• Taste: Mildly sweet

• Use: Eating fresh and fresh in salads

Rome

• Appearance: Bright red with yellow speckles

• Taste: Varies from sweet to tart

• Use: Cooking

Winesap

• Appearance: Dark red skin

• Taste: Sweet

• Use: Eating fresh and baking