Maiden's Blush apple
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Cooking, dessert and cider apple, also dries well. Flat, round pale yellow-skinned fruit with crimson blush. Crisp, tender flesh with sharp acid flavor that mellows with ripening.
USDA identification images for Maiden's Blush
The identification paintings in the USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection span the years 1886 to 1942.
Citation: U.S. Department of Agriculture Pomological Watercolor Collection. Rare and Special Collections, National Agricultural Library, Beltsville, MD 20705.
Visitor reviews
- 29 Mar 2022 Lynn McmillenA friend in Latrobe PA had an apple he said was Maiden's Blush. THe color described here is the same. Flavor was good, but it was not a good cooking apple, unless you were cooking applesauce, as it would fall apart at a hot word. But it made the best applesauce I ever tasted, needing no sugar, as it had plenty of flavor.
- 27 Dec 2011 P. SeburnNW VA, United StatesTasted this beautiful apple at Weston's antique apple orchard in New Berlin, WI. Beautiful pale yellow with intense red blush, stood out in the orchard. Addictive taste, intensely lemony/sweet tart. I want my own.
Tree register
United States
- Alison Gardner in Albion, CALIFORNIA
- Dennis in Bradford, DARKE, OH
- Gina Colver in EPHRATA, WASHINGTON
- Herdie Baisden in Stockholm, WI
- Herdie Baisden in STOCKHOLM, WI
- Jady Morelli in Allendale, MI
- John Horrell in Petaluma, CALIFORNIA
- Mitch in Granger, IN
- Shirley Morelli in Northport, WA
- Susanna Warner in Clare, MI
Canada
- Bill O'Keefe in Dobbinton, ONTARIO
Harvest records for this variety
Origins
- Species: Malus domestica - Apple
- Originates from: New Jersey, United States
- Introduced: 1817
Identification
- Country of origin: United States
Where to buy fresh fruit
The following orchards grow Maiden's Blush:
United States
California
- Arroyo Community Garden, Petaluma
Indiana
- McClure's Orchard, Peru
Iowa
- Appleberry Orchard, Donnellson
- Wilson's Orchard, Iowa City
Kansas
- Fieldstone Enterprise, Overbrook
Maine
- Eden Acres Family Farm, East Waterboro
Michigan
- Alber's Orchard & Cider Mill, Manchester
New Hampshire
- Alyson's Apple Orchard, Walpole
Ohio
- Ochs Fruit Farm, Lancaster
Canada
British Columbia
- Salt Spring Apple Company, Salt Spring Island
References
- Cedar-Apple Rust
Author: Stephen Vann, University of Arkansas, Division of Agriculture (FSA7538)
Rated as resistant - control only needed under high disease pressure.