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Our Specialty is Apples

Come try our many varities of apples[d]Davison Orchards has become known for our wide selection of outstanding dessert apples. Beginning in July, summer varieties are tart and tangy. Our customers look forward to that crisp fresh taste.

September marks the beginning of the fall apple harvesting season. These later varieties have the distinction of crisper texture, higher sugar content and longer storage/shelf life than their summer cousins. Our sunny southern slopes and cool, crisp nights give each one their own distinct texture and flavour. Whether you purchase them fresh for a crisp healthy snack or enjoy them blended together in our fresh pressed apple juice, you'll know they were grown with pride by the Davison family!


The many varieties of apples that we grow:

Transparents - Harvest Date: Late July
Our first apple to be harvested. These early apples have a very tart flavour and short storage life. They are outstanding for pies!

Sunrise - Harvest Date: Early August
Our most popular summer apple. Ripens in early August with wonderful flavour. Not a long keeping apple but crisp and juicy right off the tree!

Summer Red - Harvest Date: Mid August
This is an attractive apple with good flavour. Slightly tart and surprisingly crisp for a summer apple - good for baking.

Ginger Gold - Harvest Date: Late August
A large size early Golden Delicious cross. Ripening in late August with unique flavour, very crisp and flavourful for fresh eating. Great for baking.

Sinta - Harvest Date: Late August
Another Golden Delicious cross. This one developed in British Columbia. This medium sized blushing Golden is good for pies and outstanding in apple sauce.

McIntosh - Harvest Date: Early September
The old time Canadian Favourite. Discovered in Ontario in 1820 makes this the oldest commercial variety that we are growing today. This distinctive sweet/tart flavour keeps this a popular choice for our customers.

Grandslam Gala - Harvest Date: Late August
With bright red colour and extra crispness, Grandslam Gala is a Davison Original.

Royal Gala - Harvest Date: Early September
This relative new comer from New Zealand has taken the apple world by storm. Distinctive with its orange/red stripy colour and unique flavour. We grow them crisp and sweet!

Arlet - Harvest Date: Early September
This is a Davison Orchards exclusive - imported from Switzerland, a cross with Ida Red and Golden Delicious. It seems especially well suited to our warm location, developing great colour and sweetness to go along with its outstanding flavour. Our cool nights at harvest enhance its natural crispness making "Arlet" one of our best storage apples. You'll love it!

Honey Crisp - Harvest Date: Mid September
Our newest planted variety. This exciting apple holds all the promise of its name, sweet and snappy - you'll want to sample this one! (quantities limited)

Empire - Harvest Date: Mid September
A crisp, juicy apple originating in 1966 from New York State. It is a McIntosh and Red Delicious cross and is excellent for fresh eating and cooking.

Fresh from our orchard, straight to our farm market[d]Golden Delicious - Harvest Date: Mid September
Originally discovered in Virginia in 1916. Davison Orchards has become known for their "smoothie strain" Goldens which, unlike the supermarket Goldens, we tree ripen. This allows them to develop full flavour and sweetness with very low acidity. Handle them gently! Goldens have a thin skin and bruise easily.

Spartan - Harvest Date: Mid September
An excellent all purpose apple with a crisp, snowy white flesh and unusually small core. The Spartan variety was developed in Summerland, B.C. and is a cross with McIntosh and Newton.

Ambrosia - Harvest Date: Late September
A new variety from British Columbia. The Ambrosia is crisp and sweet. Very strong reviews from taste tests. Available in limited supply only.

Red Delicious - Harvest Date: Early October
A sweet dessert apple, deep red in colour with five distinctive points at its base. Red Delicious are popular all over the world and, ironically, are not related to the Golden Delicious.

Jonagold - Harvest Date: Early October
Developed in New York, Jonagold has become a European favourite with its outstanding flavour. It's a Golden Delicious cross with fine textured flesh and large size.

Mutsu - Harvest Date: Mid October
A very large, green skinned, Japanese apple. A cross with Indu and Golden Delicious. This apple is crisp and sweet. Mutsu stores well and is great for fresh eating, pies and apple sauce. A good choice for sharing!

Ida Red - Harvest Date: Mid October
A unique apple that is tart at harvest but mellows in storage. Ida Red is a cross of Wagner and Jonathon from the State of Idaho. Our best storing apple and excellent for all baking purposes.

Fuji - Harvest Date: Late October
Worth the wait! Fujis ripen during October frosty nights. They are extremely crisp and sweet and their popularity is soaring! Very strong customer demand for this variety has meant that we have increased our plantings in 2002!

Granny Smith -Harvest Date: Late October
This super tart and super crisp variety is often found with a red blush when grown on our farm in the North Okanagan.