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

As all our frequent orchard customers know, each season is a little different from the last. Due to things like amount of rain and temperature, the apples can ripen ahead of or behind the "average" ripening date.

This year actually does look rather average - we appear to be right on schedule.

For many, many more varieties of apples, I suggest you check out the astounding list at applejournal.com.

This page last updated on Saturday, August 13, 2005