Apple "Winekist"

Winekist

 Tart, Flavourful

            The Winekist apple came out of Maine in the mid-20^th century.  This varietal is small to medium-sized with a beet-red flesh, and is tart like cranberries.  It’s skin is wine-red with stripes of darker red, and very small lenticels.  It has a good flavour, and juicy, coarse flesh.  This apple is great as an eating apple as well as good in cider-blends.  It’s also perfect for making a beet-red apple sauce.  Good disease resistance.  

Zone Hardiness: 4 (Map link)

Picking Season: Late August

Storage: 1 month

Pollination Group: II (Compatible with I and III) (Chart) (Diploid, Self Sterile)

About the Rootstocks: Click on link for details

Planting Instructions: Click on link for details