A local indigenous varieties of apple (Malus domestica (L.) Borkh.) preserved in peasant’s farms in foothill and mountain areas of Transcarpathia are well adapted to the difficult soil and climatic conditions, characterized by resistance to diseases and frost, by late flowering, high productivity and fruit quality. There are presented the results of evaluation of 39 local endangered rare apple varieties by economic-biological traits. They are valuable for use in the breeding process as well as for the production of environmentally friendly products of horticulture without use of pesticides, for dietary, and children’s sanatorium nutrition.