BIX BIX Minnesota Grown Apples Local 2018 Local Availability Apples

*Apple varieties & availability vary per orchard and growing conditions. These are approximate starting times for your favorite varieties. Paula Reds Honeycrisp An early season favorite, this apple is great for A great mid-season apple with a crispy and juicy cooking and eating, as it is not too tart and not texture makes Honeycrisp a customer favorite! to sweet. Available week of 9/17 Available week of 8/27 BIX Item #1000 #1021 BIX Item #1050 SweeTango Zestar Great for salads, this variety is sweet, juicy, & crisp. One of the newest varieties from the U of M, *Pepin Heights Orchard Exclusive variety* this early season apple has a crisp, juicy texture and a zesty flavor with a hint of brown sugar. Available week of 9/3 Available week of 9/3 BIX Item #1385 BIX Item #1320 Haralson Still Midwest’s favorite baking apple, it will be Riverbelle perfect for your Grandma’s Apple Pie recipe! This variety makes for a good all purpose apple, with sweet flavor and great crispness. Available week of 10/8 *Very limited availability, but large in size!* BIX Item #1015 #1200 Available week of 9/10 Pazazz BIX Item #1376 Perfect balance of brix and starch; explosive crunch; very sweet with McIntosh a subtle tart flavor, similar to a honeycrisp. This variety is a smaller apple with red and green tender flesh. This apples is great for pies, Available week of 10/29 cider and applesauce, as well as school lunches. BIX Item #1311 Available week of 9/14 Apple Cider BIX Item #1310 #1500 Apple Cider Cortland Fresh pressed cider to capture the flavors This variety is versatile and is a perfect and aromas of the apple harvest season. complement to any plate. You will see very white flesh with Cortland varieties. Available week of 9/11 Available week of 9/17 BIX Item #94020 #94025 BIX Item #1040

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Pepin Heights Wescott Orchards Lake City, MN Elgin, MN Owner Dennis Courtier’s parents first planted the Located in Elgin, MN, home to some of the apple trees in 1949. With careful management most fertile soils anywhere in Mississippi River Valley, Wescott of the orchard over the years, Pepin Heights has Orchards is able to grow sought after regional and national developed a reputation for producing excellent fruit with apple varieties. For the past 40 years, Wescott Orchards has apples shipping all over the country. Their simple goal been packaging, distributing and marketing apples throughout is to produce apples that are crisp, fresh and delicious. the region and carries a wide perspective of apple production.

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