We offer almost two dozen varieties of apples at the farm
| Apple | Season | Description |
| State Fair | Late Aug. | Striped red, juicy, moderately tart fruit good for eating and cooking. The fruit will store for 2 to 4 to weeks. Tree is susceptible to fire blight and somewhat prone to biennial bearing. Introduced in 1977. |
| Zestar | Late Aug. | Large, crunchy, juicy fruit with an outstanding sprightly sweet-tart flavor. A crisp, high-quality, early apple that’s good for fresh eating and baking. Stores in refrigerator up to 2 months |
| Chestnut Crab | Early Sept. | Large, russeted crabapple with a rich, nutty flavor. Best for fresh eating or sauce. The fruit stores for 4 to 5 weeks. Introduced in 1949. |
| Autumn Blush | mid Sept | Yellowish skin, great sweet flavor. Excellent eating apple. |
| Jonamac | Mid Sept | Firm, crisp, sweet-tart flavor. A cross between Mcintosh and Jonathan. Excellent eating apple. |
| Mcintosh | mid-late Sept | Tart, semi-firm apple discovered in Ontario in 1811. Good for eating and putting in salads. |
| Sweet 16 | Late Sept. | Crisp and juicy with an exotic yellow flesh and a very sweet, unusual sugar cane or spicy cherry candy flavor. The fruit stores for 5 to 8 weeks. Tree is very vigorous and fruit may be subject to premature drops. Introduced in 1977. |
| Honeycrisp | Late Sept. | Minnesota State Fruit! The standard for explosive crispness and juiciness. Large, dappled red fruit with a well-balanced flavor. Flesh is slow to brown. Excellent storage life, up to 7 months in refrigerator. |
| Haralson | Late Sept. | Good for fresh eating and baking. Firm texture with a complex tart flavor. A great pie apple. |
| Cortland | Late Sept. | Sweet, sprightly, firm but velvety apple good for all around use. Cook with it, bake with eat, or just eat it fresh. Developed in Geneva, NY in 1915. |
| Regent | Late Sept. | Appealing red-striped apple with well-balanced flavor that is good for eating and cooking. The fruit will store for 4 to 5 months. Tree is moderately vigorous and easily trained. Susceptible to apple scab and of moderate hardiness. Introduced in 1964. |
| Honeygold | Late Sept. | Golden to yellow-green fruit that is sweet, crisp, and juicy. Excellent for fresh eating and also good for cooking. The fruit will store for 2 to 3 months. Tree is easy to manage but susceptible to fire blight. Introduced in 1970. |
| Keepsake | Late Sept. | Very hard and crisp with yellow flesh and an exotic sweet, spicy flavor. Good for fresh eating and cooking. The fruit will store for 6 months. Tree is of medium vigor and easy to manage. Introduced in 1978. |
Availability of Our Own Breeds:
CrabbyCrisp: Mid August. Light red apple, satisfyingly crunchy texture, small apple size of a kiwi that kids love! This is early apple gold!
Peachy Keen: Late August. Yellow apple with light blush, hard texture, size of adult fist. Sweet apple reminiscent of peaches.
KinderKrisp: Early September. Nice red color, wonderful crisp texture, size of child’s fist. A great sweet-tart flavor reminiscent of Honeycrisp.
Intensity: Mid September. Dark red color, nice hard, crisp texture, mid to large sized apple. This apple is bursting with flavor, very high sugar and acidity content that will wake up your tastebuds.
Shizam: Mid September. Light red color, dense texture, sweet, complex flavor, mid sized apple. A nice lower acid apple. Cross between Shizuka and Honeycrisp.
Shiraz: Early to mid October. Light red color, dense, crisp texture, very fruity, slightly floral flavor, large sized apple. Another low acid apple we think kids will love. Another Shizuka by Honeycrisp cross.
Black Mac: Early to mid October. Very dark red, almost black, dense texture, insanely tart flavor, large sized apple. If you like tart apples we dare you to try this! one of the prettiest apples we grow to boot!
Good as Gold: Early to mid October. Yellow color, crisp texture, nice sweet-tart flavor.
A Unique Taste:
David looking at the apples
New better varieties of apples are created by growing out seeds of existing exceptional apples. Once common, this is rarely practiced anymore as growers everywhere plant only grafted trees to produce popular varieties with an established market. At Fairhaven Farm we planted various seedlings many years ago and now have selected a few of the best to grow out for our customers. One, that we’ve named KinderKrisp has gone commercial and will be offered nationally by Stark Bros. Nursery.
Do you sell dwarf apple trees? I planted two apple trees and only one made it. Would like to have two apple trees as I heard two are necessary if you want them to produce apples. http://www.deeann.statz@fascebook.com
Sorry we do not sell trees.
Can you pick your own apples?
Yes you may, as long as the season lasts. We update our blog every weekend, where you can see whether or not we are still doing u-pick apples.
wonderful apples. Have enjoyed for many years. Am wondering if you are still taking orders for apple pies? I would really like two of them. Need not be baked.
Yes we are! You can find information on the most recent post on our homepage blog.
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I love this place!!!! Love their apples too!
I am visiting from California and picking up some local MN apples was on my must do list. We bought several different varieties. Kindercrisp may just be my all time new favorite apple! The Black Mac was also delicious but the Kindercrisp was PERFECT! Thanks so much!