Author: Shirley

What is Available Now–Muscadines!

On By ShirleyIn apples, Available fruit, cider, Pears2 Comments

We have some great apples and cider! We always recommend you call the salesroom for availability before you come between 8:00-5:00, 7 days a week. 256-437-9254.

Bronze Muscadine

Muscadine Grapes–bronze and dark purple

Muscadine Grapes are native to the Southeastern United States. Because of their thick and strong skin, they are well adapted to hot and humid climates where other types of grapes don’t prosper. Muscadines are a local favorite for making wine, jam, and jellies. These grapes are noted for their high nutritional value.

Fresh Apple Cider

We make cider fresh several times a week from apples we grow here using my Dad’s secret blend of apples. No sugar or flavors added. Many customers buy extra jugs of cider to freeze. Just poor off some out of each jug to allow for freezing expansion. For parties and holidays, serve it warm in a punch bowl with cinnamon sticks and thinly-sliced apples floating on top. People will be convinced it is a special punch recipe.

Jonathan and Golden Delicious

Apples

  • Gold Delicious–Just starting to get ripe. These are favorite apple for many customers. Crisp, sweet, and good for eating or cooking.
  • Jonagold–a crisp, flavorful eating apple. Try these if you like Honey Crisp. One of my favorites.
  • Jonathan–a medium size red apple great for eating, making caramel apples, and cooking. Jonathans are my favorite for fried apples and pies because they hold their shape so well. My mother never used anything other than Jonathans for her wonderful applesauce.
  • Gala

    Gala–a sweet eating apple that is a favorite of our customers.

  • Pippin–a very large, green, tart cooking apple. This is an old-fashioned apple that isn’t very pretty, but it wonderful for applesauce and apple butter.

Asian Pears

Crisp and flavorful, best for eating and adding to fruit salads or topping for green salads.

Coming Soon-in 1 or 2 weeks:

McIntosh Apples–any day

Mutsu Apples

Red Delicious

Spartlett Pears

 

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What is Available Now–Gold Delicious and Shizuka

On By ShirleyIn apples, Available fruit, cider, Pears3 Comments
Gold Delicious

We have some great apples and cider! We always recommend you call the salesroom for availability before you come between 8:00-5:00. 256-437-9254.

Fresh Apple Cider

We make cider fresh several times a week from apples we grow here using my Dad’s secret blend of apples. No sugar or flavors added. Many customers buy extra jugs of cider to freeze. Just poor off some out of each jug to allow for freezing expansion. For parties and holidays, serve it warm in a punch bowl with cinnamon sticks and thinly-sliced apples floating on top. People will be convinced it is a special punch recipe.

Apples

  • Gold Delicious–Just starting to get ripe. These are favorite apple for many customers. Crisp, sweet, and good for eating or cooking.
  • Shizuka—Same parentage as Mutsu (Crispin). Large. Yellow with red-orange blush. Sweeter with less acid than Mutsu (not necessarily preferable), but excellent flavor.
  • Jonagold–a crisp, flavorful eating apple. Try these if you like Honey Crisp. One of my favorites.
  • Jonathan Apples
    Pippin Apples

    Jonathan–a medium size red apple great for eating, making caramel apples, and cooking. Jonathans are my favorite for fried apples and pies because they hold their shape so well. My mother never used anything other than Jonathans for her wonderful applesauce.

  • Gala–a sweet eating apple that is a favorite of our customers.
  • Pippin–a very large, green, tart cooking apple. This is an old-fashioned apple that isn’t very pretty, but it wonderful for applesauce and apple butter.

Asian Pears

Crisp and flavorful, best for eating and adding to fruit salads or topping for green salads.

Moonglow Pears

Pears on dehydrator tray

A firm, eating pear that is also good for canning. I love to dehydrate these and use them to flavor oatmeal or for snacks all year.

Coming Soon-in 1 or 2 weeks:

Mutsu Apples

Red Delicious

Spartlett Pears

Muscadine Grapes

What is Available Now–Saturday, 9/1/2018

On By ShirleyIn apples, Available fruit, cider, Pears4 Comments
Fresh Apple Cider

We have some great apples and cider! We always recommend you call the salesroom for availability before you come between 8:00-5:00. 256-437-9254.

Fresh Apple Cider

We make cider fresh several times a week from apples we grow here using my Dad’s secret blend of apples. No sugar or flavors added. Many customers buy extra jugs of cider to freeze. Just poor off some out of each jug to allow for freezing expansion. For parties and holidays, serve it warm in a punch bowl with cinnamon sticks and thinly-sliced apples floating on top. People will be convinced it is a special punch recipe.

Apples

  • Jonagold–a crisp, flavorful eating apple. Try these if you like Honey Crisp. One of my favorites.
  • Jonathan Apples
    Pippin Apples

    Jonathan–a medium size red apple great for eating, making caramel apples, and cooking. Jonathans are my favorite for fried apples and pies because they hold their shape so well. My mother never used anything other than Jonathans for her wonderful applesauce.

  • Gala–a sweet eating apple that is a favorite of our customers.
  • Pippin–a very large, green, tart cooking apple. This is an old-fashioned apple that isn’t very pretty, but it wonderful for applesauce and apple butter.

Asian Pears

Crisp and flavorful, best for eating and adding to fruit salads or topping for green salads.

Moonglow Pears

Pears on dehydrator tray

A firm, eating pear that is also good for canning. I love to dehydrate these and use them to flavor oatmeal or for snacks all year.

Coming Soon-in 1 or 2 weeks:

Mutsu Apples

Red and Gold Delicious

Spartlett Pears

Muscadine Grapes

What is available now–August 26, 2018

On By ShirleyIn apples, Available fruit, Pears2 Comments
Gala and Pippin Apples

It is apple time! Call the orchard salesroom between 8:00 and 5:00 before you come to make sure we have what you want since we sometimes run out of some varieties during the day. Our number is 256-437-9254. We are open 7 days a week, 8 to 5.

We currently have the following apple varieties.

Jonathan Apples
  • Jonathan–a versatile red apple, slightly tart, but good for eating or cooking. They hold their shape very well for fried apples or pie. My mother always used Jonathan apples for making caramel apples and apple sauce. These are my favorite for cooking and dehydrating.
  • Pippin–a very large, green apple that are tart and a favorite of customers for canning, apple butter, and apple sauce.
  • Gala–a sweet eating apple, great for a lunch box.
  • Honey Crisp–our most popular eating apple. Crisp with a lot of flavor.
  • Laurel Red (almost gone for the season)–Good for apple butter
  • Ginger Gold and Ozark Gold–yellow/green summer eating apples. They cook up quickly for apple sauce.
Owner Robert Deutscher

We also have the following items:

  • Asian Pears
  • Moon Glow Pears–eating and cooking
  • Green Bell Peppers from our garden

Peaches, Grapes, Nectarines, Pears, Apples!

On By ShirleyIn apples, Available fruit, Grapes, Nectarines, peaches, Pears5 Comments

White and yellow freestone peaches are available now. We also currently have Early Gold apples, nectarines and seedless grapes. We pick our amazing fruit everyday so please call the salesroom for fruit availability.

The Crow Mountain Orchard salesroom is open seven days a week from 8:00 to 5:00.