Today, on that same land, we continue to cultivate the best apples that this country has to offer, from our favorite old fashioned varieties to the latest experimental apple varieties bred for improved taste, quality and natural resistance to disease. We are proud of our apple collection which encompasses over forty nine varieties. Shopping for apples at Hurd Orchards is an apple connoisseur's delight. Our hope is to showcase the distinctive characteristics of each special variety. Come choose a basket, mixing and matching your favorites new and old!

On Saturday and Sunday afternoons in September and October we host apple tastings in our historic barn ( on the hour from 12:00-4:00). This will give you the opportunity to try apples you have never tasted before!
 

HISTORIC APPLES
Years ago, when we were children, our grandparents, Leland and Betty Hurd, wanted to plant for us an apple orchard sampling many of the apple varieties that they loved as children. They selected only their favorites, bypassing old but marginal varieties. 0h, and how we love that orchard with its delicate Snow apples and crunchy, zesty and earthy Golden Russets! Our grandparent's interest in horticulture - old and new - time tested and experimental, still shapes the composition of our plantings today.

	SUMMER APPLES		EARLY OCTOBER APPLES
		Yellow Transparents Red Astrachan Lodi		Jonathan Rhode Island Greening
	SEPTEMBER APPLES		LATE OCTOBER APPLES
		Tomkins County King Wealthy Snow (Fameuse) Pound Sweet (Pumpkin Sweet) Tolman Sweet		Golden Russet Northern Spy Red Rome Lady Granny Smith

EXPERIMENTAL DISEASE RESISTANT APPLES
The career of the late Dr. Robert Lamb of New York State Agricultural Experiment Station in Geneva, New York was focused in large part on the development of apple varieties naturally resistant to diseases and therefore requiring a reduced chemical protectant program. At Hurd Orchards we are privileged to have one of the few test orchards for Dr. Lamb's top disease resistant selections. We have eleven varieties planted, most of which are still known only by their research numbers.
Dr. Lamb used traditional apple breeding techniques in the development of his resistant varieties. Wild apples and crabapples showing a natural resistance to disease were crossed with commercial varieties with well respected flavor, production and storage qualities. The new crosses were inoculated in greenhouses with common apple diseases and the strongest seedlings were selected for recrossing. Selected seedlings were then grown to maturity to test the quality of the new hybrid. This process took years of hard work and tens of thousands of apple seedlings.
We are impressed by the quality of Dr. Lamb's apples and proud to have been selected as the experimental site. Please help us by letting us know your preferences!

	SEPTEMBER APPLES		LATE OCTOBER APPLES
		Number 12 Number 14		Number 67 Goldrush Enterprise
	OCTOBER APPLES
		Liberty Number 35 Number 30 Number 289 Freedom Nova

TRADITIONAL APPLES
We have several traditional orchards planted with our faithful standbys, the MacIntosh, the Cortland, and old fashioned Yellow and Red Delicious. These apples are unassuming compared to their showy new cousins, but are tried and true, their flavors relished by all who indulge.

	SEPTEMBER APPLES		OCTOBER APPLES
		MacIntosh Cortland 20 Ounce		Yellow Delicious Red Delicious

CONTEMPORARY APPLES
Apple breeding is exciting. Creating new fruits by crossing favorite selections is a creative and careful process, and over the last century has afforded us a host of new and superior apple flavors. Each major apple producing region of the world has an apple breeding program, and so many of our exciting new flavors have an international parentage.

	SUMMER APPLES		OCTOBER APPLES
		Quinte Jersey Mac Vista Bella Paula Red		Cortland Crispin (Mutsu) Empire Redchief Delicious Smoothee Golden Delicious
	SEPTEMBER APPLES
		Gala Macspur Jonamac Redmax Redcort Jonagold Macoun