Algoma Orchards, headquartered near Newcastle, Ontario, has partnered with Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada’s prolific tree fruit breeding program to bring consumers a uniquely Canadian apple. The non-GMO Snowflake apple has rosy-red skin, much like the glowing cheeks of those who delight in Canadian winters, and is dusted with delicate white snowflake-like lenticels.

Its snow-white flesh is juicy, crisp and sweet with a hint of tartness, besting long-time consumer favourite Honeycrisp in blind taste tests. Canadian retailers and consumers will both benefit from this winter apple’s excellent storage attributes in the supermarket and the home.

The Snowflake apple brings together two long-standing stalwarts of the Canadian apple industry. Algoma Orchards and Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada have been plying their respective trades for a century or more. Algoma Orchards is led by the Kemp family, whose multi-generational expertise in apple growing dates back to the 1800s. Four generations of Kemp family members have dutifully tended to their apple orchards across the Durham Region of Ontario through sun, rain and snow.

“At Algoma, we take pride in searching out the best varieties to grow," says Kirk Kemp, president of Algoma Orchards. "We partner with our retail customers so they in turn can excite their customers with new great tasting varieties. The Snowflake apple is a great example of this collaboration."

Source:  Algoma Orchards October 6, 2023 news release