List of Cultivars

This database of 800+ cultivars grown in New York state provides information about the ripening season, when and where the cultivar originated if known, if it was still in cultivation after 1987, and some tidbits about the taste or how it was/is best used. 

The list is compiled from four sources:

James Thacher, The American Orchardist; or, a Practical Treatise on the Culture and Management of Apple and Other Fruit Trees… (Boston: Joseph W. Ingraham, 1822)

Charles Scoon Wilson, The Apple in New York State (Master's Thesis, Cornell University, 1905)

Martin McGann, "Apple Cultivars of the Lower Hudson Valley Prior to 1860," Sleepy Hollow Restorations, Inc., Tarrytown, NY (February 1987)

"All of the Varieties We Grow," Montgomery Place Orchards, 26 September 2016

Visualizations

Maps and graphs of the cultivar data

Making Hard Cider

Learn how cider was produced in the early 19th century alongside scientific explanations for why pressed apples can become hard cider.