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Apples

Fresh and local apples will be available starting in August. Use in all areas including fresh eating, baking, juicing, drying and freezing. We enjoy growing a wide variety of apples.  Some of our varieties include the following:

Alpha – Matte green apple with a red blush. Crisp and juicy, with moderate tartness.

Ashmead’s Kernel – Medium sized yellow-greenish russeted apple variety that is more than 300 years old, known for it’s outstanding flavour.

Bravo – Green apple with a red blush. Crisp and juicy with a mild, lightly acidic, flavour.

Charlie – Large and bright green apple. Similar to a granny smith in both appearance and flavour.

Enterprise – Large, attractive red apple with excellent fruit quality and storage capacity (up to 6 month)

Florina – Yellow/green apple with a red blush. Crisp and juicy with a well balanced and flavourful sugar-acid ratio. Good for storage.

Galarina –  Small to medium sized apple, orangish-red over a yellow background.  The flavor is crisp and sweet.  Excellent for storage.

Grime’s Golden – Medium to large apple with crisp and sweet flesh with excellent flavour.

Honeycrisp – Large apple, with a light green/yellow background and red/orange blush. Crisp and exceptionally juicy, with a well balanced sweet-tart flavour.

Karneval Medium to large apple, yellow streaks over carmine background, with crisp flesh and well balanced flavour. Good for storage.

Liberty – McIntosh-style apple, with red skin and crisp, juicy flesh, and well balanced flavour.

Pristine – Very early much improved “Yellow Transparent” type apple with crisp flesh, excellent flavor, and great good acid/sugar balance. Ripens in early August.

Rebella – Perfect children’s apple, small with a yellow undertone and red blush. Crisp, juicy, and sweet, with balanced acidity.

Red Love – Small to medium red apple with arresting pink/red flesh. Firm, flavourful and juicy, with a strong sweet-acid flavour tending towards tartness. Exceptionally high in antioxidants.


In Season

Mid August to October

Usage

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Fruit Varieties

Ashmead's Kernel, Enterprise, Galarina, Grime's Golden, Karneval, Rebella, Alpha, Bravo, Charlie, Florina, Honeycrisp, Liberty, Pristine, Red Love

Package Size

3L Basket, 20lbs Box Treerun

Sizes

Looking for Palatine Fruit but you are not local?

We do not ship your fruit to individual homes – but here is a list of the fine families and farms from which you can obtain your Palatine Fruit:

  • Amy and Patrick Kitchen with Sideroad Farm Store, 805092 Sideroad 25, RR3, Markdale, ON N0C1H0 c: 705.446.5503 www.sideroadfarm.com
  • Brookfront Farm Store, 2053 Bridge St., New Dundee, 1.519.696.2637 www.brookfrontfarms.com
  • Eat Local Muskoka, Colin Sober-Williams, Fenelon Falls, 705.380.6936 www.eatlocalmuskoka.ca
  • Fruition in Guelph – Jackie Keenan – fruitionguelph@gmail.com – pre-orders only
  • Ontario Fruit Lovers – Laurie LeMay – Locations: Major Mac, King City, Newmarket, Moondance Organics (Angus) and Barrie – 1.705.331.4594 or ontariofruitlovers@gmail.com
  • Michael & Phyllis Freiesleben with TLC Animal Husbandry Inc – mpfruit2008@hotmail.com or 1.519.327.8060 – pre-ordered only
  • Michael Smidt in Durham with locations at the Village Market in Thornhill at the Toronto Farmers Market. All pick up at the farm must be pre-ordered

When our fruit is in season, you are welcome to pick up during our store hours. If you would like larger volumes you may want to call in your order so we can get it ready for you in advance.

Please note that our Garden Centre and Fruit Market will be closing for the season after Saturday, September 9th.

That being said, while quantities last, our fruit will be available for online ordering even though the garden centre is closed. Pick up will be Tuesdays and Thursdays between 9:30am to 12pm and 3 to 5:30 pm through the month of September and onward.

Please email contact@palatineroses.com to arrange alternate pick up times or for wholesale purchases.

Check out our fruit harvest guidelines to get a sense of what fruits are ready when. These are based on an average year and, depending on how long or short of a spring season we had, the timing may change.