Honeycrisp apples are ready!!

Finally time for you guy's favorite apple!

Honeycrisp are an excellent eating apple.  Very juicy and sweet.  They are also great for baking and applesauce.  Honeycrisp keep their shape well when baked.

We have 3 rows of Honeycrisp, and an " every other tree is Honeycrisp" row.  As of right now, you will find the ripest Honeycrisp on the most eastern outside row of the 3 Honeycrisp rows,  and on the "every other tree is Honeycrisp" row.  If that is confusing, pretty soon all will be the same and it won't matter :)

Some of the Honeycrisp are more red (a tiny bit more ripe), and some are more green colored, like the bottom photo but don't worry, they are all sweet.  The green ones just don't get as much sunshine so don't get a chance to get as red.

Other apples still yummy and available:

Gala

Ruby Mac

Smoothies

(Check previous blog posts for information/pictures on each of these varieties)

Bartlett Pears are SOLD OUT.

In awhile we will have D'Anjou pears available.  I'll let you know when!

NEXT UP: 

Jonagold

FYI, We are also on Facebook under Beilke Family Farm if you want another way to hear when your favorite apple is ready.

Gala and Smoothie apples are ready!

For some reason apple season doesn't officially start in my mind until Gala are ready.    So I guess it is official :)

Galas are one of our sweetest apples. They are great for applesauce, baking and eating.  Lots of these available!

Smoothies are a early ripening variety of Golden Delicious. They are a sweet apple too that are great for eating and baking.

They are a little hidden so we have a big white sign guiding you but you have to walk past half a row of seemingly good Golden Delicous (that are NOT ripe) to get to the Smoothies which ARE ripe :)  Trust me they are worth the effort.  They are very tasty!

And of course we still have lots of Ruby Mac out there!

ALSO wanted to let you know that we will have more limited hours on Sundays this year, and will be open 12pm-6pm.

See you in the orchard!

Good News or Bad News First?

Don't worry it isn't life or death, let me say that first! I always like to get the bad news over with first....

Bad News:  Gravenstein apples have all been picked. Do I hear some groans? I think this was a record fast year for picking!  Wow!  You guys love your Gravenstein :)

Good News:  We do have another apple ripe! Ruby Mac are ready to pick now!

Ruby Mac are a great eating apple and for applesauce.  You can use them in pies too but is best to mix with another apple since Ruby Mac break down easily when cooked.

We also have Bartlett pears pre-picked available to you.  $5 for a small bucket, $11 for a 5 gallon bucket.