![]() Check out some of our favorite recipes below:Īpple Bruschetta – Perfect for entertaining, this easy apple bruschetta is irresistible! This apple is so juicy and refreshing (and its juiciness is why we don’t recommend baking/cooking with it)! You could also try Rave® as a crisp bite on a green salad or paired with your cheese of choice (I can see the charcuterie boards already!). Use our store locator to find the apple nearest you and know that Stemilt’s founding family, the Mathisons, love this fruit and will be growing even more in the future.įor those of you that find a Rave® apple this year, my advice to you is to enjoy it as a fresh snack on its own. Now that Rave® has been on the market for the last couple of years, the apple is more widely distributed and easier to find. Most apple breeders are lucky if they see one of their “babies” released commercially during their career, and David now has three, including the amazing Honeycrisp and rising star, SweeTango ®. With relatives like that, it’s no wonder why we are excited to be the first grower to bring Rave® to you! Rave® is the third success story from researcher David Bedford of University of Minnesota’s apple breeding program. Researchers make thousands of crosses every year – and as you might guess – most apples are discarded on the journey to find the few (like Rave®) that have the ‘wow’ factor to stand out in the apple crowd. This happens in nature and it takes several years following the cross before a new apple is born. Rave® was developed through a traditional breeding method of crossing pollen of the flowers of two apple varietals ( Honeycrisp and MonArk). Sounds like the perfect late summer apple, right? Rave® is also outrageously juicy with a refreshing snappy zing. This is great news for those of us that love apples! It has a beautiful bright red-over-yellow color and that infamous Honeycrisp bite we all know and love. ![]() There’s so much to tell you! Because of its MonArk parentage, Rave® likes the summer heat and matures up to two – three weeks earlier than other apples. It’s part Honeycrisp and part MonArk, a varietal from Arkansas, and with a harvest date earlier than any other apple in Washington State, Rave® will be your new signal apple season has arrived. The Rave® apple is the brand name for a brand-new apple variety, called MN55, which Stemilt will help debut this month in select produce departments! Only the highest quality MN55 apples get to be called Rave® at your stores. Originally published in August 2017 updated August 2020.Īfter two decades, it’s finally time to get acquainted with the apple you’ll rave about.
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