Here are apples from my parents’ trees in northwestern MN. HaralRed in the back, Haralson in the front. Very clean, no sprays at all this year.
Below are my only 2 apples to survive the late spring freeze in Kansas. Golden Delicious, I think. No sprays. Can you tell? 
Excellent Minnesota apples. Have you tried growing those two in Kansas?
Beautiful apples your parents have. How do you like the taste of Haralson and Haralred?
Your Golden Delicious were clearly organically grown 
Nice looking Haralson and Haralred apples.My Golden Delicious apples looked the same this year because of the late freeze we had come though. I had very little apples this year on my 28 apple trees, maybe 2-3 dozen at most.
I need to look at the Haralson and Harelred apples to grow here. They look amazing with no sprays.
I have grafted the Haralson onto a seedling here in KS. It hasn’t fruited for me yet. I don’t expect it to taste the same under these very different growing conditions, but wanted to try it anyway. I should have gotten some scion from the Haralred (need to check patent), but haven’t done that.
@mamuang I actually LOVE the Haralson. It is my favorite apple, when grown in MN. I should clarify that my experience with varieties is very limited, other than typical store bought varieties. We also grew Connell Red, State Fair Girl, and Sweet 16. Haralson was my favorite of those. I love a tart apple with a hint of sweetness for fresh eating. I love crab apples as well, if that tells you anything. These Haralson were always crisp and juicy, and very tart. Great for baking, they hold up well and the apple flavor really shines through.
The Haralred I also like, but it is hard for me to describe. I am not good at taste descriptions, as you are! It is somewhat sweeter than the Haralson. Not quite as crisp and the skin is thicker. I don’t know how much of that is related to when they were picked. I think they should have been harvested a few weeks earlier.
A lot of folks love the sound of “organic”! But they wouldn’t touch my GD apples with a 10’ pole!! At least now I know what to expect if I don’t spray and/or use bags. What a bummer.
@MikeC, Sorry to hear of your fruit loss! It was pretty wide-spread this past spring, from the sound of things.
I don’t know what the disease and pest pressures are in your area, but apparently they are not very high in this region of MN! I recall my dad used to spray once or twice a season, probably with a disease/insecticide combo. We had really clean apples. I thought apple growing was super easy before I moved to KS! Since my dad has passed away, the trees haven’t been getting any sprays, and they are still doing OK. I try to prune and thin when I visit, but that’s all I have managed.
Beautiful
Is it scab and mildew resistant ?
I like apple varieties that have the true apple taste to them. I do not like that are all sweet but not a lot any true apple flavor. I had looked at the Connell Red, State Fair, and Sweet 16. I do not think my family would enjoy the Sweet 16 because the reviews say it tastes like Twizzlers.
Mike,
EXACTLY!
It has been several years since I have eaten a Sweet 16, but I didn’t think it had a Twizzlers flavor. Most people really liked the other 3 varieties we grew, and preferred them to Haralson (the Haralred is a recent addition) because they liked sweeter apples. And I wouldn’t say they were bad apples or not worth eating by any means. They beat store bought by a long shot. They were all just too sweet for my taste. To my palette, as sweetness increased, flavor decreased.
And for baking pies or Apple Brown Betty, Haralson is a winner! You have to have a strong apple flavor and not too much sweetness to start with, or you are left with a sugary mush that has no flavor once it comes out of the oven. Pie is probably my favorite dessert to bake and eat, so I am picky about what apples I use and how I bake my pies 
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I wish I could understand the nuances of taste and texture as so many on this forum do. Acid, sub-acid, tart, sour, coarse, dense, crisp, soft, how juicy or dry, etc etc! I guess I just know what I like, and that’s about the extent of it! 
Grow and eat what you like! That’s the best thing to do. So many apples are just “meh” to me. Give me that real apple taste. I like an apple pie to not be mushy and the apples to hold up to know they were slices of apple in it.
I was thinking the same. Newbie here - it says Zone 3; will it be OK in Zone 5? I know some plants/trees have to have a certain degree of cold to produce properly.
I sent you a PM here.
My new apple trees… no apples yet… 
Ashmead’s Kernel, Fiesta, Kidd’s Orange Red, Red Falstaff, Surprize, Pinova, Rubinette, Rubinette rosso, Gala…
Pixie Crunch. Picked11/17/20. Ate today, 12/27/27. It was still quite crunchy and sweet. Could not detect tartness. It may have had better taste and texture had I eaten it sooner. A very nice, small apple.
My last Hoople’s Antique Gold. This one was small and lope-sided.
Texture : losing its firmness.
Taste: mild, losing complexity.
Aroma: little aroma left.
To me, HAG is best eaten soon after picking. It may taste fine within a month in storage. Two months like mine, they were a bit long in the tooth, in my experience.
Please feel free to chime in with your HAG’s experience or other home grown apples you have.
Pink Parfait. I believe @mrsg47 likes this red-fleshed variety.
I had only one fruit, picked in Oct.
I ate it today. It was very good. It has good crunch even after over two months in the fridge. It started with tartness but also had nice sweetness to it. Very nice combination. Brix was 17, higher than most of my other apples this year.
I l definitely enjoyed Pink Parfait.
Pink Parfait is one of my favorites. It’s really good in some climates (like mine), but reportedly somewhat less so in others. It needs a long growing season to ripen properly.
My first and only one fruit was very good. I am impressed and encouraged.
Mine is also late. Picked either late Oct or early Nov. I need to look for my note.
Most zone 3 and zone 4 trees should do fine in zone 5.
I am hoping Black Oxford from Maine and Wisconsin does ok in 6b…but until I try it, who knows.
I saw Louis is planting it in Portugal…zone 8 or whatever he’s in.
No, i’m on zone 9b… now call me crazy! 
Just checked my note. I oicked it on either Nov 16 or 17, later than I thought.
What are your other red-fleshed apples? How do you like them.
My Rubaiyet was much improve this year but still way behind Pink Parfait.
