Apple Descriptions

Lodi - Early July

            This light green apple is good for sauce and pies. Cooks up fast. Cracks if not kept cold

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Paulared - Mid August

            First eating and baking apple, sweeter than Lodi and Earligold. Makes great tasting pie. (McIntosh type apple)

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Earligold - Mid August

            Less tart than Lodi. Good for sauce & pie.

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Akane - Mid August

            Crisp with a little tang. Good for baking and eating. Makes delicious pink apple sauce (cross between Jonathan and Worcester Permain)

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Gala - Early September

            Crisper and sweeter than Akane. Good eating apple. (Cross between Golden Delicious and Kidd's Pippin)

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HoneyCrisp - Mid September (currently available at the stand only)

            Firm and predominantly sweet eating apple : good for sauce

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McIntosh - Early September 

            A soft apple for baking : slightly tart tasting.

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AutumnCrisp-Mid September 

            Cross between a Golden Delicious and a Monroe apple. Extra crisp and juicy. Excellent for apple slice snacks. Doesn't brown when sliced.

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Ruby Mac -  Mid September

            Ruby Mac are a great eating apple and for applesauce. They have a tart-sweet flavor. Good pie apple.

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Cortland - Mid September 

            Great Baking and eating apple : Sweeter than McIntosh

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Red Delicious - Mid September

            Popular eating Apple

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Golden Delicious - Mid September

            Popular baking and eating apple.

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Crimson Crisp - Mid to Late September

             Firm, deep red-purple, and crunchy apple. Its crispy yellow flesh holds a sweet-tart flavor, making it a great fresh-eating apple as well as a good juice

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Shizuka - Late September  

             Excellent dessert and Eating qualities. (Golden Delicious crossed with Indo. Sweeter than Crispin) Same Qualities as Crispin, only sweeter.

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Empire - Late September 

            Good eating apple. stays firm when baked(cross between McIntosh and Red Delicious

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Jonagold - Mid September 

            Great eating, baking & sauce apple. (cross between Jonathan and Golden Delicious

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LudaCrisp - Early October 

              It is a longer keeper with high crispness, and has tropical fruit tones.

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EverCrisp - Mid October  

             A very crisp sweet apple. Excellent for salads, baking and eating. (Honeycrisp crossed with Fuji)

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Cameo - Early October 

             A firm and crisp apple with a balance of sweet & tart. Great fresh eating apple. Good for salads, pies, sauces & baking.

 

Crispin (Mutsu) - Mid October

            Excellent dessert and processing qualities (cross between Golden Delicious and Indo)

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Idared - Mid October

            The Idared has white flesh with a firm body, and generally considered to be tart and juicy. It is very well suited for making apple sauce, pies and cakes (cross between Jonathan and Wagner)

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Rome - Mid October

            Good for baking and eating (slightly tart)

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Fuji - Mid October

            Firm, crisp and sweet eating apple (cross between Ralls Janet and Red Delicious)

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WineCrisp - Mid to Late October (Not available for PYO 2025)

             Flesh is very firm, juicy and crisp and exhibits a pleasantly balanced sweet-tart, spicy flavor.

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Braeburn - Late October

            Crisp and mildly tart : flavor is rich and aromatic

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Grannysmith - Late October 

            Tart Green apple : Good for baking and eating

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Pink Lady - November (Not available for PYO)

            Sweet-tart eating apple and very crisp