Apples Are Our Farms Specialty

  • We have grown apples since the 1930's
  • We grow 45 varieties of organic apples
  • Each variety ripens at a different times of the season,  allowing us to offer apples from​ late July through March
  • ​Every variety has unique qualities
  • ​Explore our varieties here and​ find the right one for you

Ashmead's Kernel

  • Popular Heirloom Variety
  • Exceptional juiciness and rich, complex flavors
  • Great eating fresh or for baking
  • Highly-valued apple for juicing and hard cider
  • Widely regarded as one of the all-time best-flavored apples

  Aztec Fuji Apple

  • New variety of Fuji
  • Crisp and Juicy
  • Sweet, just not as super sweet as the classic Fuji
  • Apple juice flavor
  • Perfect eating and cooking apple​

Baldwin Apple

  • Heirloom Apple from the 1740, Massachusetts
  • Aromatic with a spicy, sweet-tart flavor
  • Very Crisp and juicy
  • Excels as a fresh eating and cooking apple
  • Great keeper variety 

​   Bellflower Apple

  • Heirloom Variety​
  • Known as the "Belle Fleur" by the French for its beauty in blossom
  • Long-time favorite pie apple, also excellent fresh eating and for making hard cider
  • Traditional fruity flavor, that is balanced between tart and sweet
  • Their delicate sweet-tart flavor makes them great for eating out of hand, as well​

  ​Black Twig Apple

  • Heirloom Variety
  • ​Believe to have originated around 1870
  • Black Twig, an old Tennessee variety, is one of the most beautiful apples with its dark burgundy skin​
  • Black Twig has a very crisp flesh and an assertive flavor that is both sweet and tart
  • Hard-cider makers love them
  • Great for eating out of hand

  ​Braeburn Apple

  • Braeburn Apples are some of the most flavorful apples in the world
  • They offer superb crunch and a wonderful tangy-tart flavor with a hint of spice
  • Originating in New Zealand in the early 1950's
  • They are thought to be a hybrid of the Granny Smith and Lady Hamilton
  • Great for eating and in salads

  Cameo Apple

  • The Cameo apple was a chance seedling discovered in Washington state in 1987 
  • Hybrid cross of the Fuji and Red Delicious apples
  • It has stormed onto the apple scene in the last few years, and with good reason—the taste!  
  • The Cameo variety is a hearty, all-around apple with a deep juicy flavor and a crisp crunch
  • ​The perfect eating apple​

  ​Chestnut Crab Apple

  • Heirloom Variety
  • Chestnut Crab Apples are tart and flavorful
  • Our Chestnut Crab Apples are firm, well-colored and have a fresh fragrance
  • Widely used to make outstanding jams and jellies
  • Delicious accompaniment to pork and poultry
  • Its flesh is sweet-tart and can be eaten raw or cooked

  CrimsonCrisp Apple

  • One of our newer varieties, the Crimson Crisp has been ‘love at first bite!’  
  • Extremely crisp and dense
  • This dramatic, dark red apple has a unique, rich flavor that is sweet/sharp and spicy
  • Excellent for baked treats, as well as eating out of hand

  ​Empire Apple

  • Heirloom Variety 
  • Empire apples originate from Geneva, New York circa 1945
  • Red Delicious and McIntosh are the parents of this variety
  • Featuring a fine balance of sweet and tart attributes that its lineage would suggest
  • Excellent for hard cider
  • Great for eating and cooking

  ​Enterprise Apple

  • Enterprise was developed by the Universities of Purdue, Rutgers and Illinois
  • Crisp, juicy with a tart-sweet flavor
  • It counts McIntosh, Rome Beauty, among its pedigree
  • Great tart-sweet flavor with a spicy aroma
  • Excellent keeping 
  • Great for eating and cooking with​

Evercrisp ​Apple

  • New Variety
  • Hybrid of Honeycrisp and Fuji apples
  • Sweet and juicy
  • This yummy apple that holds a powerful crunch 
  • Known as the apple with the 21st century crunch

  Fuji Apple

  • Fuji apples have it all: super-sweet, super-juicy and super-crisp
  • This Japanese apple has become one of America's favorites
  • We harvest our Fujis at peak flavor and once you try them, you’ll never go back to store-bought again
  • Also great for spice cakes and juicing

  Gala Apple

  • Gala apples were developed in New Zealand in 1934
  • They are a cross between Kidd's Orange Red and Golden Delicious apples
  • They are crunchy, juicy, and super sweet
  • Excellent for eating fresh and as a dessert apple
  • Our Gala's are nothing like the ones you buy in the stores…you'll love ’em

  Ginger Gold Apple

  • Like most early-season apples, the flavor is tart and refreshing
  • While this is another great baking apple, there is some sweetness, too
  • Ginger Gold can be eaten fresh or in salads
  • ​Is excellent paired with a sharp blue cheese or aged Gouda

  Golden Delicious Apple

  • Our farm-grown Golden Delicious are very different from supermarket apples
  • They are sweet, but with more complexity and flavor than the bland examples you might​ be familiar with from stores​
  • ​Don’t blink—true Golden Delicious are only here for about three weeks

  ​GoldRush Apple

  • A new variety for us
  • GoldRush’s parentage includes Golden Delicious and Rome Beauty
  • These crunchy, juicy, tart-sweet apples are famous for the sprightly pineapple taste that​ develops as the season progresses
  • A fantastic apple not only for eating but for cider, as well, and a great choice for salads, too

Golden Russet Apple

  • Heirloom Variety
  • Delightful combination of sweetness and acidity blend, creating a well-balanced taste that is both refreshing and enjoyable
  • Its flesh is firm and crisp, providing a satisfying crunch with every bite
  • Golden Russet apple is sure to please your taste buds

  ​Granny Smith Apple

  • Heirloom Variety 
  • The Granny Smith apple originated in Australia in 1868
  • Crisp, juicy with a refreshing tart flavor
  • Granny Smith are great for eating fresh, or cooking with
  • Excellent option for ​apple pies - slices keep their shape when cooked
  • Good choice for sweet and savory salads​

  Gravenstein Apple

  • Heirloom Variety 
  • They have a crisp, juicy texture with
  • flavor that is very aromatic and a tart-sweet flavor
  • Great for eating out of hand and cooking with  
  • Makes great applesauce and apple butter​

  Hauer Pippin Apple

  • If you want a crisp, hard, juicy, tart apple with a spicy cinnamon flavor, this is the one for you
  • This uncommon find originated in the Santa Cruz area, as a chance seedling of a Cox's Orange Pippin  
  • Also known as the Christmas Apple, this late-ripening variety​ can hang on the tree through December​

  HoneyCrisp Apple

  • A hybrid cross of the Macoun and Honeygold apple
  • Sweet-tart candy-apple flavor with a crisp ‘to-die-for’ texture
  • Great for eating fresh out of hand and in salads
  • Grab these when we have them as their season is short

  Jonagold Apple

  • ​As the name suggests,they are a cross of Jonathan and Golden Delicious
  • They are crisp and juicy, sweet-with-just-a-hint-of-tart
  • ​Excellent for both eating out of hand and cooking
  • Especially suited to apple pies

  Langford Apple

  • Heirloom Variety 
  • The Langford apples are a very old apple variety
  • These are some of the oldest trees on our farm
  • They are very crisp, with a sweet-tart flavor
  • Great for eating out of hand and cooking with

  Liberty Apple

  • The Liberty apple was developed at the famous Geneva Research Station in the 1960s
  • It is derived from the Macoun apple family, with it's red skin and juicy, snow white flesh
  • They have a very good tart-sweet flavor, with a nice big crisp bite
  • ​Great for eating fresh, juicing, and apple sauce

  McIntosh Apple

  • McIntosh is without doubt one of the great North American apple varieties, many swear by it
  • The aromatic McIntosh has a snow-white, tender, crisp flesh that is juicy,
  • and a tart-sweet flavor
  • Great for eating and cooking, and renowned for its ​pink apple sauce when made with unpeeled fruit

  Mutsu Apple

  • The Mutsu apple was first introduced in Japan in 1948
  • They are a cross between a Golden Delicious and a Newtown Pippin
  • It is tart and sweet, great for eating and cooking with - the perfect all-around apple
  • The Mutsu apple is a family favorite for us, and with one taste will become one of yours, too

  My-Jewel Apple

  • My Jewel apples are a chance seedling discovered in Watsonville, CA in the 1940's by one of the local old-time farmers
  • He only gave cuttings to a few local farming families like ours
  • We are one of the last Watsonville apple farms to grow this variety
  • They are very hard, crisp, and sweet
  • Pear-like texture and taste​

  Newtown Pippin Apple

  • Heirloom Variety​
  • They were first grown around New York City and were George Washington's favorite eating apple
  • Slow Foods USA declared the Newtown Pippin a heritage food and included them in their​ ‘Ark of Taste’ list of foods not to be missed
  • They are tart, juicy and very crisp
  • Great for eating, juicing and baking pies with

  Pink Lady Apple

  • The Pink Lady was developed in the 1970's in Western Australia​
  • These beautiful blush-pink apples are firm and crunchy with a tangy tart-and-sweet flavor
  • Great for eating out of hand,​pairing with cheese, or slicing into salads

  Pink Pearl Apple

  • Don't let this apple’s looks fool you, beneath the unassuming yellow exterior, you will find ​pink flesh that is crisp, tart, and aromatic
  • Great for both eating or cooking
  • It makes a delicious pink applesauce and looks striking in a green salad 
  • Pair with a ripe brie or camembert and know bliss  ​

  Red Delicious Apple

  • These are the original striped variety, and are very crisp and sweet
  • We grow the old-fashioned Red Delicious, which are nothing like the ones you find in stores
  • Try one of ours and be amazed by the difference

Red King Red Flesh Apple

  • Iconic red flesh
  • Great crunch with a tart-sweet flavor
  • Perfect for eating fresh
  • Great for pies and sauces

  Red Rubens Apple

  • Brand new apple variety from Italy
  • Juicy and outstandingly crispy
  • Intense apple flavor with a pleasing sweetness
  • The Rubens apple is primarily a dessert variety, best for eating fresh out of hand
  • Slice into green salads, fruit salads, or for cheese plates​

​   Royal Gala Apple

  • The Royal Gala apples have a beautiful deep red appearance, like the perfect Snow White apple​
  • Originating in New Zealand, their parentage comes from the Cox's Orange Pippin apple
  • They have a crisp bite and a sweet flavor
  • Best eaten out of hand and ideal for green salads​

  Sekai Ichi Apple

  • The Sekai Ichi apple was first released from Amomori, Japan in 1974​
  • Sekai Ichi means ‘world’s number one’ in Japanese 
  • It is an intensely sweet-tasting, juicy, eating apple

Sierra Beauty Apple

  • Heirloom apple, from the Sierra Nevada Mountains of California in the 1890s
  • Very crisp with excellent balance of sweet and tart, with a tart finish. The flavor is robust, complex and lingering with notes of spice
  • Excellent eaten fresh, but also is a favorite, for pies because of its full flavor and ability to hold its shape in firm pieces when cooked

  Sommerfeld Apple

  • Discovered in a Gala and Fuji orchard, assumed to be a cross of both of these celebrity apples
  • The result is an early-season apple that is excellent for eating as well as baking​
  • ​It has a very aromatic flavor—crisp, sweet and super juicy
  • A California original

  Sundowner Apple

  • Another ‘wonder from down under,’ the Sundowner is the lesser-known sibling of the​ Pink Lady
  • This late-season apple originated in Western Australia and with just one bite,​ you will fall in love with its enticing, assertive flavor
  • Sundowner apples are tart, very crisp and juicy
  • Great for eating out of hand

  Sweetie Apple

  • Sweeties parents bring together Galas sweet sugars with the firm-crisp traits of Braeburn, but with a unique sweet flavor
  • Super crunchy
  • Great for eating our of hand​
  • New variety we have added to the orchard

  White Winter Permian Apple

  • Heirloom Variety 
  • Believed to be the oldest known English apple, dating back to 1200 A.D.
  • Offering an aromatic sweetness with just the slightest hint of tart
  • Great for eating

  WineCrisp Apple

  • One of our newest varieties 
  • WineCrisp is a modern disease-resistant variety developed by​ the Universities of Purdue, Rutgers and Illinois
  • Parentage includes Jonathan, Rome Beauty, and Cox’s Orange Pippin
  • They are super crisp with a tart-sweet and complex, wine flavor

  Winter Banana Apple

  • Heirloom Variety 
  • One of the most beautiful apples in our orchards
  • The Winter Banana is an American heirloom variety discovered in Indiana
  • They have an old-fashioned appearance with a unique aroma​ and flavor that some say reminds them of bananas
  • They are very dense & crisp
  • Great for eating and for cooking
Prevedelli Farms | 375 Pioneer View Rd | Watsonville CA 95076 | 831-724-9282
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