Drying apples

[chartman]

Not much on what type of apples are best for drying out there. I would assume there are certain types that are better for drying than others. Any one have any input?

[Chikn]

Cummin’s said Westfield seek no further is a good drying apple, I love some dried apple slices so I bought one.

[mrsg47]

I had read that ‘Enterprise’ is an excellent apple for fresh eating, cooking and drying. I finally bought a dehydrator and will try drying them this Oct. I’ll let you know how they taste.

[scottfsmith]

There are many lists of apples better for drying. One nice thing about Tom Burfords new apple book is it has a good list in it.

I grepped (you know what I mean if you are a geek) my apple descriptions and got the following drying apples to come out. All of these had drying mentioned in a description someone wrote.

Akane
American Golden Russet
Baldwin
Ben Davis
Black Gilliflower
Benham
Buff
Cannon Pearmain
Cathead
Criterion
Fallawater
Gold Rush
Golden Russet
Hightop Sweet
Horse
Lacy
Maiden’s Blush
Norfolk Beefing
Polly Eades
Reasor Green
Red Free
Rome Beauty
Roxbury Russet
Rusty Coat
Sheepnose
Spiddle Hill Striped
Summer Queen
Summer Rambo
Tarbutton
Westfield Seek-No-Further
Wolf River

[Vohd]

As I understand it, Gravenstein was heavily used this way in the past.

Edit: By happenstance, I was looking at Andy Mariani’s “Blue Book” today and it lists King of Tompkins County and Rhode Island Greening as good for drying.