Apple Varieties

Approx Ripening Dates     

Description & Uses

Jersey
(summer) Mac

mid Aug -
early Sept

Smaller and slightly sweeter than winter mac - eating, sauce, jelly.

Paula Red

early Sept

Crunchy and juicy - good for pies, baking, sauce, drying, jelly.

Whitney Crab

early Sept

Large - for spicing and jelly.

State Fair

early Sept

Sweet/tart, not a real hard apple - eating sauce, jelly, baking, salads.

Early Gold

early-mid Sept

Tart and crisp, a cross between transparent & a golden - eating, baking, pies, sauce.

Wealthy

early-mid Sept

Tart and tangy, an antique apple that's excellent for pies, sauce and baking, tart for eating.

Jona-Mac

mid-later Sept

Jonathan and Macintosh cross - eating, baking, sauce, jelly, pies.

Macintosh

mid-late Sept

The perennial favorite! - eating, baking, pies(cooks down), sauce, jelly.

Cortland

mid-late Sept

White flesh, crispy, a best seller! Excellent for eating, drying, pies, sauce, baking, jelly, salads.

Honeycrisp

late September -
early Oct

Large, firm, juicy dessert apple - our fastest selling eating apple (not recommended for baking).

Sweet 16

late September -
early Oct

Crunchy, juicy, sweet - similar to Honeycrisp (but not quite as hard or large) - eating, salads, can bake.

Snow Apples

early Oct

Tiny, sweet, aromatic eating apple (an antique apple) - not a keeper!

Spartan

early Oct

Crunchy, tart, juicy - eating, salads, pies, baking, keeper too!

Gala

early Oct

Our sweetest apple! crunchy, non-acid eating apple, not large - good for lunch boxes, salads.

Wolf River

early-mid Oct

Giant, sour old-time pie apple.

Empire

early-mid Oct

Cross between a Mac and Red Delicious, juicy taste-test favorite! - eating, salads, sauce, drying, can bake.

Cameo

early-mid Oct

Crisp, sweet/tart eating apple! Great for applesauce

Red Delicious

mid Oct

A favorite old eating apple - salads and a good keeper.

Jonathan

mid Oct

Tart and aromatic - eating, pies (does not "mush"), baking, jelly, applesauce!

Golden Delicious

mid Oct

Sweet old favorite, stores well with moisture added - eating, salads, baking, pies, sauce.

Red Haralson

mid Oct

Tart and juicy. Excellent flavor for pies (cooks down), drying, baking, eating.

Jona-gold

mid Oct

Part Jonathan, part Golden Delicious - good eater, pies, baking, sauce, jelly, salads.

Ida Red

mid-late Oct

All-purpose apple! super keeper - pies, baking, eating (tart), drying, frying!

Northern Spy

mid-late Oct

Big and firm - pies, baking, drying, eating.

Double Red Stamen Winesap

late Oct

"Wine-like" flavor, creamy interior, not a large apple in the north - pies, baking, eating.

Yellow Newton Pippen

late Oct

Antique (Geo. Washington's favorite!) tart, crisp nutty flavor, good keeper and eater. Firm in pies and baking.