Apple Ripening Chart:

Name

Ripening Date

Eating

Cooking

Sauce

Pie

Frying

Juice

Apple Butter

Gala

Early Sept.

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

McIntosh

Mid Sept.

X

X

X

X

Honeycrisp

Mid Sept.

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Jonathan

Late Sept.

X

X

X

X

X

X

Golden Delicious

Late Sept.

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Ultra Gold

Late Sept.

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Cortland

Late Sept.

X

X

X

X

X

Red Delicious

Late Sept.

X

X

Jonagold

Late Sept.

X

X

Jubilee Fuji

Early Oct.

X

X

X

X

Keepsake

Early Oct.

X

X

X

Shizuka

Early Oct.

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Rome

Mid Oct.

X

X

X

Sundance

Mid Oct.

X

X

X

X

X

Blushing Gold

Mid Oct.

X

X

X

X

X

X

Enterprise

Mid Oct.

X

X

Melrose

Mid Oct.

X

X

X

X

X

X

Granny Smith

Late Oct.

X

X

X

X

Suncrisp

Late Oct.

X

X

X

X

X

X

Fuji

Late Oct.

X

X

X

X