- "Knock your socks off " intense apple flavor right off the tree, and 12 months later out of storage!
- It is the most sweet apple we grow, and at the same time the most tart apple we grow. How can that be? Goldrush possesses very high natural sugar levels, and it is also has a high acid content. Combine the two and you get flavor intensity that is difficult to match from any other variety.
- Friend of the family and apple connoisseur Steve Williams presented to us this past weekend Goldrush apples he harvested last year and stored in his refrigerator. They were still very firm!
- Disease resistance: Goldrush is naturally disease resistant making it an environmentally friendly, or "green", choice for your family.
Add these attributes together and you have a fantastic apple. Now that we've presented our arguments in favor of the much lesser known Goldrush, we invite you to the farm this weekend, our final u-pick opportunity of the year, to experience it yourself!
Okay, so now that you have us interested in the idea of picking Goldrush apples, what do you do with them? What are they good for (besides eating fresh)?
ReplyDeleteIn addition to fresh eating, we rate them highly (from personal experience) for pies, sauce, and dumplings. They are the best apple for drying, and any recipe that calls for apples is made better by using Goldrush as compared to other varieties.
ReplyDeleteWhat are suncrisp apples best for? Also, you use to have a listing what all apples are good for. Can you provide that back to your website?
ReplyDeleteYou are absolutely correct in your description of Goldrush. I have been picking only this variety for the past several years. I used the last of my Goldrush apples picked in October 2008 in mid-August 2009. They become sweeter the longer they are stored but stay crisp as fresh-picked.
ReplyDeleteBased on our experience, Suncrisp is a very good all purpose apple as well. Regarding the apple characteristics and use chart, I will be working on that and adding it to the website.
ReplyDelete-Andy Lynd
I, too will be one of those apple pickers that wait for the Goldrush. It has been my favaorite ever since I picked them a few years ago. I have a question: What apples do you use for making cider?
ReplyDeleteI have gone thru a half bushel of Honeycrisp nearly every fall since you started carrying them and have sung their praises to family and friends, however your description of the Goldrush has my mouth watering and I'm planning a trip out to Lynd's this weekend! My preference in apples tends to sweet-tart and juicy so I should be very happy with the Goldrush. Thanks for the heads up! Karen :-)
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