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Coston Farm and Apple House

Visit Coston Farm and Apple House for U-Pick and Pre-Picked Fresh Apples.  Come by the Apple House Gift Shop for apple butter, jams, cider, and unique apple-themed gift items, or try sumptuous apple pie, fritters, cookies, cakes, and other homebaked goods and apple cider in our Bakery. Enjoy a delicious Coston Farm bakery snack and some cider in our covered picnic and play area.

U-Pick Apples
Prepicked Apples
Apple Pies & Baked Goods
Apple Butter & Jams
Apple House Gift Shop
Picnic Area & Playground
Coston Farm

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Coston Farm Apple Varieties

Shizuka

Late September/Early October – Sweet & Crisp
Shizuka apples are sweet with crisp, light flesh and a distinctive yellow-green color.  They are great for snacking, salads, baking, and making cider and sauces.

King Luscious

October – Tart, Juicy & Crisp
King Luscious apples are large and juicy with a sweet-tart flabor.  They are great for snacking, making sauces, cider, and apple butter.

Pink Lady

Late October/Early November – Sweet, Tart & Crisp
Pink Lady apples have satisfying crispness and a juicy, effervescent finish.  Their crisp texture and balanced sweet-tart flavor make them great for snacking, cooking, and baking.

Gold Rush

Late October/Early November – Sweet, Tart & Crisp
Gold Rush apples are mildly sweet, with a crisp, firm, and juicy flesh.  They are excellent for snacking, baking, and making cider and juice.

EverCrisp®

Late September – Sweet, Juicy & Crisp
EverCrisp® apples are a versatile apple variety, perfect for snacking, salads, and baking.

Ludacrisp

Late September – Sweet, Slightly Tart
Ludacrisp apples are sweet, tropical-flavored, and very crisp.  They are great for snacking, salads, fruit platters, and baking.

Ambrosia

September – Mildly Sweet, Spicy
Ambrosia apples are aromatic with a fruity scent and naturally low in acid, creating a mellow, sweet flavor.  They are excellent for snacking, salads, and baking.

Wolf River

September – Mildly Tart
Wolf River apples are mildly tart, tender, and juicy.  They are used for making sauce and baking.

Red Delicious

September – Sweet
Red Delicious apples have a red exterior and a sweet taste.  They are good for making apple sauce, apple butter, fried apples, apple chips. and can be used in baking.

 

Gala

Mid-August – Sweet
Galas are small to medium-sized, crisp apples with a distinctively thin, yellow-hued skin with blush features.  They have a mild, sweet flavor and are great for snacking, salads, and baking.

Macintosh

Early-Mid September – Sweet-Tart
Macintosh apples are medium-sized with a distinctively sweet-tart flavor.  They are an all-purpose fruit, excellent for snacking, cooking, applesauce, and baked goods.

 

Cameo

October – Sweet – Tart
The Cameo has a pleasantly sweet-tart flavor and firm texture. It is colored with a red stripe over a creamy background. Excellent, both cooked and fresh—a wonderful dessert apple.
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Arkansas Black

October – Tart
Medium size. The yellow flesh is firm, fine-grained, crisp, moderately juicy, and sprightly subacid in flavor. Best keeper.

Granny Smith

October – Crisp & Tart
Granny Smith apples are crisp, juicy, tart, and light green in color.  They are a great eating and cooking apple and are excellent in salads because the slices do not brown as quickly as other varieties. It also tends to have a harder texture than other green apples.

Late Fuji

October – Sweet
Fuji is a newer variety with exceptional sweet flavor. It is becoming a favorite for fresh eating and desserts. Known for holding up well in storage.

Stayman/Winesap

October – Tart
These red apples have a juicy, cream-colored to yellowish flesh with a tart, wine-like flavor. They hold up well in storage and are good for cooking and cider apples as well as for fresh snacks.

Rome Beauty

Late September – Tart
The ultimate baking and cooking apple, also good for fresh eating. It is a very smooth red apple with a slightly juicy flesh. The flavor of this variety grows richer when baked in your favorite recipe.

Mutsu

Late September – Tart, Crisp
Crispin/Mutsu apples are light green to yellowish white in appearance. This juicy apple has a sweet, rich, full flavor. Its texture is firm and very dense. Crunchier and tarter than Golden Delicious.

Cortland

Late September – Tart, Sweet
Cortland is a medium-sized apple with smooth yellowish skin mostly covered with dark red. The fine-grained flesh is very juicy and takes longer to turn brown when exposed to air.

Jonagold

September – Tart
Jonagolds are a cross between a Golden Delicious and a tart Jonathan apple. This juicy, crisp apple with a honey-sweet taste with a hint of tartness, making Jonagolds a great eating apple. They are also good for baking and freezing.

Early Fuji

September
Similar to Fuji, but harvests about 6-weeks earlier.  Very good eating apple.

 

Golden Delicious

September – Sweet
An apple with a firm, white flesh that retains its shape with a rich, mellow flavor when baked or cooked. The skin is so tender that it does not require peeling for most recipes. This apple is the one that will stay white longer when cut, making Golden Delicious Apples great for salads.

Honey Crisp

Late August – Early September – Tangy
Honey Crisp apples are exceptionally crisp and juicy, a perfect blend of sweet and tart. They are great for snacking and wonderful for baking or salads.