Idared apple

Idared apple identification images

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USDA identification images for Idared

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

• 19 Aug 2023 

  I live in the south of France and planted idared about three yrs ago now this the the tree is 3 metres and about 40 apples some small and maybe 10 large. The not a huge flavour but is crisp and fresh not bad but not a wow apple. I am happy to grow any apples in our heat of 30 degrees
• 21 Oct 2020  MAYO, Ireland

  I have 37 different apple varieties on my orchard. Idared would be one og my favorites. A very tasty, beautiful apple when picked and eaten fresh. Don't like it that much after it's stored for 3-4 weeks. Gets very floury and loses taste.
• 09 Oct 2020  OHIO, United States

  One of the worst tasting apples I have ever had coming fresh from a local orchard.
• 22 Mar 2018  STOKE-ON-TRENT, United Kingdom

  Perhaps Idared has better quality fruit in areas with colder winters than here in Britain. My own tree has good yield for a cordon and the fruit keeps well into spring. However it is completely tasteless and has no value as a dessert variety. It is better in pies with some spices, but can't compare to more well-known cooking varieties.
• 10 Nov 2015  WASHINGTON, United States

  Does anyone ship Idareds like to Colorado?
• 13 Oct 2012  NY, United States

  I have no idea how a person can manage to get a couple hundred apples in a crisper in a refridgerator. At least not the size apples we get here in NY. They must have been awful small, maybe more like crabapples????? I have seen apples in Arizona and they don't grow much bigger than crabapples.
• 06 Sep 2012  ARIZONA, United States

  We have a Granny Smith and an Ida Red, both about 20 years old growing at our cottage near Show Low, Arizona (Alt 6,000 ft). Late frosts means no apples in many years, but this year both produced huge quantities. The Ida is the best! Great pies, cakes and applesauce, and we will store a couple of hundred in the crisper of our beer fridge, to enjoy during the warm Arizona winter.
• 30 Oct 2011  WI/BARRON, United States

  We have been buying Idareds in the fall for at least 4 years. With refrigeration they keep until June. Flesh is crisp and white with sweet/tangy flavor similar to Jonathon. Excellent for pies, baking, frying, eating fresh
• 14 Oct 2011  ONTARIO, Canada

  I picked some Ida Red apples from a local Orchard and they are perfect large juicy firm apples.A good choice !
• 06 Oct 2011  NEW BRUNSWICK, Canada

  I bought a bag of Ida Reds on my way back from Nova Scotia, and they taste suspiciously like McIntosh; not like some Ida Reds I purchased a few years ago which as I recall were sweet and quite firm. The apples I just bought are tangy and somewhat soft. I'm not satisfied with them. Next time I buy an Ida Red, I will sample it first.
• 10 May 2009  ONTARIO, Canada

  This apple,honestly, doesn't number among my favourites, but it's very useful because it keeps in ordinary cool basement storage extremely well, better than a Golden Russet or Northern Spy(which are traditional Canadian/American winter storage varieties).I wouldn't grow this if I was limited to just a few trees because there are better tasting varieties. But for homegrown apples in late winter, it's the best keeper I've found. It's pretty good in pies, too, although I've never seen it listed as a cooking apple.
• 13 Nov 2008  PAYERNE, Switzerland

  A wonderful sweet yet sharp taste that remains consistent. I have rarely ever found a "wooden" tasting Idared.

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Where to buy trees

The following tree nurseries offer Idared apple trees for sale:

• Orange Pippin Fruit Trees (USA) United States
  Idared apple trees
• Thomas Fruit Trees (EU) France
  Idared apple trees
• Cummins Nursery
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• Keepers Nursery
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Where to buy fresh fruit

The following orchards grow Idared:

United States

• Arizona

  • Beatty's Orchard, Hereford

• Colorado

  • Happy Apple Farm, Penrose
  • Third Street Apples, Penrose

• Connecticut

  • Allyn's Red Barn, Ledyard
  • Averill Farm, Washington Depot
  • Bishop's Orchard, Guilford
  • Ellsworth Hill Orchard & Berry Farm, LLC, Sharon
  • Hindinger Farm, Hamden
  • Lyman Orchards, Middlefield
  • Palazzi Orchard, East Killingly
  • Scott's Yankee Farmer, East Lyme
  • Seek No Further Orchard, Hebron

• Illinois

  • Camp's Orchard, Roseville
  • Kuipers Family Farm, Maple Park
  • Okaw Valley Orchard, Sullivan

• Indiana

  • Anderson Orchard, Mooresville
  • Apple Works, Trafalgar
  • Beasley's Orchard and Gardens, Danville
  • Bruick Brothers Produce / Advanced Tree Technology, New Haven
  • Chandler's Farm, Fillmore
  • Cook's Orchard, Fort Wayne
  • Deer Creek Orchard, Galveston
  • Dougherty Orchards, Cambridge City
  • G. W. Stroh Orchards, Angola
  • Kercher's Sunrise Orchards Farm Market, Goshen
  • McClure's Orchard, Peru
  • Mowry's Fruit Farm, Crown Point
  • Orchard Hill Farms, Kendallville
  • Pleasant View Orchard, Fairland
  • Radke's Orchards, Michigan City
  • Schafer Orchards, Princeton
  • Tuttle Orchards, Greenfield

• Iowa

  • 3 Bee Farms, Griswold
  • Appleberry Orchard, Donnellson
  • Blueridge Orchard, Denver
  • Center Grove Orchard, Cambridge
  • Ditmars Orchard, Council Bluffs
  • East View Orchard, Fredericksburg
  • Gravert's Apple Basket Orchard, Sabula
  • Iowa Orchard, Urbandale
  • Mincer Orchard & Farms, Hamburg
  • Wilson's Orchard, Iowa City

• Kentucky

  • Reed Valley Orchard, Paris

• Massachusetts

  • Bartlett's Orchard, Richmond
  • Bolton Spring Farm, Bolton
  • Charlton Orchard, Inc., Charlton
  • Green River Farms, Williamstown
  • Park Hill Orchard, Easthampton
  • Red Apple Farm, Phillipston
  • Russell Orchards, Ipswich

• Michigan

  • (A.W.) Overhiser Orchards, South Haven
  • Alber's Orchard & Cider Mill, Manchester
  • Bayne's Apple Valley Farm, Freeland
  • Bennett's Orchard, Ottawa Lake
  • Crane's U-Pick, Fennville
  • Earth First Farms, Berrien Center
  • Elliotts Orchard, Bellaire
  • Erie Orchards and Cider Mill, Erie
  • Erwin Orchards U-Pick & Cider Mill, South Lyon
  • Evans Brothers Fruit Company, Frankfort
  • Grand View Orchard, Hudsonville
  • Granny's Orchard, Eaton Rapids
  • Gull Meadow Farms, Richland
  • Hildebrand Fruit Farms, Berrien Springs
  • Husted Farm Market and Cider Mill, Kalamazoo
  • Jacques Orchard, Hemlock
  • Johanson's Apple World, Baroda
  • Keeney Orchards, Tipton
  • Klackle Orchards, Greenville
  • Knaebe's "Mmmunchy Krunchy" Apple Farm Cider Mill, Rogers City
  • Koan's Orchard, Flushing
  • Kreps Apple Barn, LaSalle
  • Leaman's Green Applebarn, Freeland
  • Lewis Farm Market & Petting Farm, New Era
  • Markillie Orchard and Cider Mill, Howell
  • Miller Family Orchard, Vassar
  • Moelker Orchards & Farm Market, Grand Rapids
  • Morrison Farms, Williamsburg
  • Orchard Hill Farm, Caledonia
  • Pankiewicz Cider Mill & Farm Market, Casco
  • Phillips Orchards & Cider Mill, Saint Johns
  • Porter's Orchard Farm Market & Cider Mill, Goodrich
  • Red Apple Orchard, Britton
  • Rennhack Orchards, Hart
  • Robinette's Apple Haus and Winery, Grand Rapids
  • Schultz Fruitridge Farms, Mattawan
  • Speaker Lone Oak Orchard, Melvin
  • Tompkins' Orchard and Country Store, Vassar
  • Uptegraff's Orchard, Davison
  • VerHage Fruit Farms, Kalamazoo
  • Westview Farm, Mattawan
  • Westview Orchards & Winery, Romeo
  • Wiard's Orchard and Country Fair, Ypsilanti

• Nebraska

  • Martin's Hillside Orchard, Ceresco

• New Hampshire

  • Applecrest Farm Orchards, Hampton Falls
  • Butternut Farm LLC, Farmington
  • Demeritt Hill Farm, Lee

• New Jersey

  • Beemerville Orchards, Sussex
  • Delicious Orchards, Colts Neck
  • Parks Farms, Chester

• New York

  • Apple Barrel Orchards, Penn Yan
  • Bellinger's Apple Orchard, Fultonville
  • Bidwell Orchards, Fort Plain
  • Billy Bob's Orchard, Putnam Station
  • Borden's Orchard, Schaghticoke
  • Bowman Orchards, Rexford
  • G and S Orchards, Macedon
  • Goold Orchards, Castleton on Hudson
  • Grisamore Farms, Locke
  • Harvest Moon Farm & Orchard, North Salem
  • Hathaway Farms LLC, Ripley
  • Indian Ladder Farms Inc., Altamont
  • Lone Maple Farm, Binghamton
  • LoveApple Farms, Ghent
  • Masker Fruit Farms Inc., Warwick
  • Mead Orchards LLC, Tivoli
  • Miller's Apples, Dunkirk
  • Morgan Farms LLC, Marion
  • Ontario Orchards Farm, Market & Cider Mill, Sterling
  • Oriole Orchards, Red Hook
  • Prospect Hill Orchards, Milton
  • Samascott Orchard, Kinderhook
  • Smith's Orchard Cider Mill, Lockport
  • Soons Orchards Inc., New Hampton
  • Spring Wagon Orchards, Penn Yan
  • Whittier Fruit Farm, Rochester
  • Windy Hill Orchard & Farm Market, Cassville

• North Carolina

  • Skytop Orchards, Flat Rock

• Ohio

  • Apple Hill Orchards, Mansfield
  • Beckwith Orchards, Cider Mill and Gift Shop, Kent
  • Burnham Orchards, Berlin Heights
  • Eshleman Fruit Farm, Clyde
  • Granville Orchard, Granville
  • Highwater Orchard, Newark
  • Hoen's Orchard and Market, Delta
  • Hucks Orchard, South Charleston
  • Hugus Fruit Farm, Rushville
  • Johnston Fruit Farms, Swanton
  • Legend Hills Orchard, Utica
  • MacQueen Orchards, Holland
  • Monroe's Orchard & Farm Market, LLC, Hiram
  • Ochs Fruit Farm, Lancaster
  • Wesler Orchards, New Paris
  • West Orchards, Perry

• Oregon

  • Marquam Meadows Fruit Company, Molalla
  • River Bend Farm/Pleasant Hill Orchard, Eugene
  • Smith Berry Barn, Hillsboro

• Pennsylvania

  • Andrews Farm Market, Saint Thomas
  • Apple Castle, New Wilmington
  • Dries Orchards, Sunbury
  • Emerald Cider Mill, Slatington
  • Godfrey Run Farm, LLC, Lake City
  • Gulicks Fruit Farm, Bangor
  • Kistaco Farm, Apollo
  • Klim Orchard, Lake Ariel
  • Masonic Village Farm Market, Elizabethtown
  • McConnells' Farm, Aliquippa
  • Northrop's Apple Acres, Lake City
  • Orton's Fruit Farm, North East
  • Oyler's Organic Farms, Biglerville
  • Pappy's Orchard, Coopersburg
  • Ross Run Ranch, Tionesta
  • Shanesville Fruit Farm, Boyertown
  • Shenot Farm, Wexford
  • Simmons Farm, McMurray
  • Soergel's Orchards, Wexford
  • Strites' Orchard, Harrisburg
  • Taggart's Orchard, Washington
  • Townsend Brother's Fruit Farm, Spring Church

• Rhode Island

  • Barden Family Orchard, North Scituate
  • Rocky Brook Orchard, Middletown

• Utah

  • Zollinger Fruit & Tree Farm, Inc, Logan

• Vermont

  • Outback Orchard, Florence
  • Terry's Orchard, Bennington

• Virginia

  • Marker-Miller Orchards Farm Market, Winchester
  • Reed Orchard, Bent Mountain
  • Richard's Fruit Market, Middletown
  • Rinker Orchards, Inc., Stephens City
  • Silver Creek and Seamans' Orchards, Inc., Tyro
  • Virginia Farm Market, Winchester

• Washington

  • Tonnemaker Hill Farm, Royal City

• Wisconsin

  • Door Creek Orchard, Cottage Grove
  • Orchard Store at Old Homestead, Franksville
  • Rim's Edge Orchard, Germantown
  • Sutter's Ridge Orchard, Mt Horeb

United Kingdom

• England - midlands

  • Walsgrove Farm, Worcester

• England - south-east

  • Holton Orchards, Halesworth

France

• Poitou-Charente

  • Les Vergers de Vendée, Maureuil sur Lay

Canada

• British Columbia

  • Roseridge Orchards, Kelowna
  • Salt Spring Apple Company, Salt Spring Island

• New Brunswick

  • Verger Belliveau Orchard, Memramcook

• Nova Scotia

  • Elderkin's Farm Market, Greenwich
  • Vista Bella Farm Orchard and Apiary, Malagash

• Ontario

  • Blue Dog Orchards, Clear Creek
  • DeVries Fruit Farm, Fenwick
  • Dixie Orchards, Caledon
  • Juicy-Fruit Orchards, Thedford
  • Kennette Apple Orchard, Lakeshore
  • Meleg's Lakeview Orchard & Cider Mill, Kingsville
  • Moore Orchards, Cobourg
  • Rural Route Orchard, Halton Hills

Australia

• Victoria

  • Heritage Fruits Society, Fairfield

References

• Cedar-Apple Rust  
  Author: Stephen Vann, University of Arkansas, Division of Agriculture (FSA7538)
  Rated as susceptible - control usually needed where CAR is prevalent.
• Apples for the 21st Century
  Author: Manhart
• Fruit Expert
  Author: Hessayon