Name | Ripening Date
Dates are approximate and vary CONSIDERABLY with weather, location and more! |
Eating fresh | Cooking | Apple Sauce | Apple Pie | Apple Juice | Apple Butter |
Storage |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bevan's Favorite |
early July | X | ||||||
Pristine |
early July | X | X | Must Refrigerate Very sweet, juicy, does not store well, bruises easily (like Gala) | ||||
William's Pride
|
early July | X | X | |||||
Lodi
(aka, Yellow Transparent) |
early July, even June some years | X | GOOD | Must Refrigerate |
||||
Zestar |
mid-July to mid-August | X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
Should Refrigerate |
Gala
|
late July to early September | Very good |
X | BEST | X | X | X | Must refrigerate; even then only keeps for a few weeks |
Ginger Gold
|
early August to early September | Very good |
X | Very good |
X | X | ||
Redfree
|
Late July | X |
X |
|||||
Mollies
Delicious
|
August |
X | Must Refrigerate | |||||
Gravenstein
|
August | X |
X |
Very |
X |
X |
X |
Should Refrigerate |
Ozark Gold
|
Early August | X | ||||||
Grimes
Golden
|
August | X | X | X | ||||
Jersey Mac
|
August | X | X | OK | ||||
Earligold
|
August | X | X | X | X | Must Refrigerate | ||
Detroit Red
|
early , August into September | X | X | Heirloom brought from France by settlers in the Detroit area, but then later planted by Thomas Jefferson, using grafted trees of Detroit Red in the nursery at Monticello in 1805. | ||||
Akane
|
August | X | ||||||
Summer banana
|
August | X | X | |||||
PaulaRed
|
mid August to early September | X | X | X | X | X | ||
SweeTango
|
mid August to early September | X | X | X | X | |||
Empire |
mid-August through September | X |
X |
X |
X |
A McIntosh type apple with a long shelf life. Aromatic and crisp with creamy white juicy flesh, sweet and tart |
||
McIntosh |
September | X | good | X | X | |||
Honeycrisp
|
September | Very good |
X | good, but watery | X | BEST | X | |
Virginia Gold
|
September | X |
X |
|||||
Jonathan
|
mid to late September | X | X | Very good |
X | X | X | |
Golden
Delicious
|
mid to late September | X | X | Very good |
X | X | X | Should Refrigerate |
Ultra Gold
|
mid to late
September |
X | X | X | X | X | X | |
Cortland
|
mid to late
September |
X | X | X | X | X | ||
Jonalicious
|
mid to late
September |
X | X | Very good |
X | X | X | Must Refrigerate |
Jonamac
|
mid to late September | X | Very good |
X | ||||
Ambrosia
|
mid to late September | X | X | good | X | X | X | Should Refrigerate |
Red
Delicious
|
mid to late
September |
X | good | X | ||||
Jonagold
|
mid to late September | X | Very good |
X | ||||
Snowsweet
|
Late September, 2 weeks after HoneyCrisp | X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
Good |
|
Jubilee
|
mid September
to early October |
X | X | X | X | |||
Mutsu, also called Crispin
|
Late September to
early October |
X | X | Very good |
X | X | ||
Keepsake
|
Late September to
early October |
X | X | X | ||||
Northern
Spy
|
Late September to early October | X | X | Very good for storing | ||||
Shizuka
|
Late September to
early October |
X | X | X | X | X | X | |
Wild Crisp
|
October | Very |
X |
good, but watery |
X |
BEST |
X |
Cross between Honeycrisp and Cripps Pink (AKA Pink Lady)Juicy, sweet, crisp, great for fresh eating or all-purpose, applesauce or in a fruit salad |
Braeburn
|
early to Mid October | X | X | X | X | |||
Cameo
|
early to Mid October | Very good |
X | Very good |
X | X | ||
Rome
|
early to Mid October | X | X | |||||
Sundance
|
early to Mid October | X | X | X | X | |||
Blushing
Golden
|
early to Mid October | X | X | X | X | X | ||
Stayman
|
late September | Very good |
X | Very good |
X | |||
Enterprise
|
early to Mid October | X | X | |||||
Jazz
|
early to Mid October | X | X | Very good |
X | X | X | |
Melrose
|
early to Mid October | X | X | Very good |
X | X | X | |
Stayman Winesap |
mid to late October |
Very good |
X | Very good |
X | |||
Granny
Smith
|
mid to late October | X | X | X | ||||
Macoun
|
mid to late October | X | X | |||||
Liberty
|
mid to late October | X | X | |||||
Pink
Lady
|
mid to late October | X | X | good | X | X | X | |
Suncrisp
|
mid to late October | X | X | X | X | X | ||
Evercrisp
|
mid October until frost (November) | Very |
X |
Very |
X |
BEST |
X |
Excellent storage due to it's parents (Fuji and Honeycrisp) |
Yates
|
mid to late October | X | X | X | X | Stores very well | ||
Autumn
Crisp
|
mid to late October | X | X | X | X | |||
Fuji
|
mid to late October | Very good |
X | BEST | X | X | Great keeper; stores well in garage or basement | |
Black Twig
|
mid to late October | X | X | X | X | X | X | |
Arkansas
Black
|
mid to late October | Baking | too hard | Great keeper |
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