applesandpears - Covered Bridge Farm

Apples and Pears

Our early apples have been sold out. We are now harvesting Halred, Haralson, Honey Gold, and Honey Crisp.

The apples are pre picked and sold in pre measured totes at the self service table outside our pole building.

There are some seconds at a reduced price.

Call for larger quantities.

There are no pears this year due to the extreme cold last winter that damaged the pear blossom buds.

Our apple trees are:

Oriole - a softer early apple which has a distinctive flavor all its own.
Zestar! - one of the crisper early apples and some people prefer the flavor over honey crisp.
Haralson - a favorite cooking apple which stays moderately firm upon cooking. It has a good apple flavor but is not as sweet as Honey Gold.
Halred - a redder version of Haralson that tends to be somewhat sweeter than Haralson.
Honey Gold - a cross between Haralson and yellow delicious. A very good eating apple that is sweet with a tender skin.
Honey Crisp - the one that everyone talks about. Very crisp and sweet. Best for fresh eating, but I have not found an apple that does not make an excellent pie!
Keepsake - one of the parents of Honey Crisp. This apple does not develop its true flavor until December. Very crisp and a sweet apple. It will keep under normal refrigeration until May.

We let the apples remain on the tree as long as possible to allow the starches to develop into sugars resulting in sweeter apples.