Seasons of Use: Oct-April
 

Use: Fresh eating, salad, baking
 

Characteristics: The fruit is large and roundish to slightly oblate. Its medium red color is lightly striped or splashed with dark red covering a yellow ground. The apple has small, russet dots, and the stem is slender and medium length. Its deep stem cavity is flaring and greenish; the medium to deep basin is medium wide. The skin is medium tough. The yellowish, firm flesh is medium-flavor that is mild and approaches sweetness. A color sport, Connell Red, is similar to Fireside, except its more intense red color develops earlier.
 

This highly productive, late-maturing apple was introduced by the Minnesota Horticulture Research Center in 1943. Its parentage is unknown. The tree is large, very vigorous, hardy, moderately spreading, and annual bearing, but requires a long season to mature and color its fruit. It's moderately susceptible to apple scab and fireblight and slightly susceptible to cedar-apple rust.
 

Honey Crisp Apples
Apple Breads
Apple Desserts
Apple Pie Recipes
Apple Salads
Honeygold Apples
Haralson Apples
Regent Apples
McIntosh Apples
Sweet Sixteen Apples
Chestnut Crab Apples
Wealthy Apples
Connell Red Apples
Cortland Apples
Whitney Apples
Paula Red Apples
Apple Cider
Apple Butter
Pumpkins
 
 

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by phone call:

651-345-4516
or Minnesota Toll Free 1-800-4-BUSHEL

by mail:

Bushel & Peck
35878 Highway 61
Lake City, Minnesota  55041