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.
For inquiries about bulk sizes in wholesale amounts, please e-mail (contact@palatineroses.com) or call the store during office hours (905-468-8627).
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 russet 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)
Empire – Shiny, red apple with light green undertones. Crisp and sweet taste akin to a Macintosh.
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.
Prima – Large red apple, sweet and flavourful and very juicy.
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 Cortland – Bright red, very juicy apple with sweet-tart flavour.
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 |
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| Usage | Canning, Cider, Drying, Freezing, Fresh Eating, Juicing, Storage |
| Fruit Varieties | Ashmead's Kernel, Empire, Enterprise, Galarina, Grime's Golden, Karneval, Rebella, Red Cortland, Alpha, Bravo, Charlie, Florina, Honeycrisp, Liberty, Prima, Pristine, Red Love |
| Package Size | 1 Quart, 3L Basket, 20lbs Box Treerun |
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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:
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.
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.
Palatine Roses is the leading bare-root rose supplier in Ontario, servicing Canada and the United States for over a decade.
As of September 9, 2024 our garden centre is closed for the season. Visitors are welcome in fall and winter by appointment only.
Our garden centre will open for it’s last season April 11, 2025.
