Gold Rush and Granny Smith are ready!

 

Gold Rush are ripe!

Gold Rush have a kick of flavor...tart with a hint of sweetness.

They are a good apple for many things.  Eating, Cooking, Salads, Juice and Hard Cider.  Nice size this year too!

Another great thing about these apples is they resist browning after cutting them!

Good keepers too!

Granny Smith!

A tart apple that is good for eating and great for baking/cooking.

I personally think they are great for dipping in caramel because of the contrast of tart and sweet!

If you are making apple cider, throw one or two of these in with the other apples to give the cider a little punch.

Other Apple Update:

We have TONS  apples still but many rows you need to walk down halfway or even 3/4 so don't give up if the row looks like it is all picked at the start.  It is worth the walk because usually the apples that far haven't even been touched yet.

We placed some orange cones down the rows that show you where the best picking spot starts.  So just head to the cones!

Jonagold:  The BIG jonagold on the north side have about 1/4 of the row left on each of the 4 rows.  The jonagolds on the south side by the railroad tracks have lots and lots left.

Ruby Jon and Melrose:  1/3 of the row left to pick.

Golden Delicious, Red Delicious and Braeburn:  Lots and Lots

Fuji:  1/2 of one row left, and 1/4 of the other 2.  If these rows run out and you still want some, please ask because we have several loaded trees in the older section of the orchard we can take you too.

Rome: 1/3 of each of the 2 rows left.

Here is what we have been busy with!  Applesauce coming out our ears :)

Morning duty of checking out the apple rows.  Seeing what is out there!

Pink Lady are the last apple that is coming up!  Usually ready by the end of October.  Will keep you posted on it.

Braeburn, Rome, and Fuji are ready!

Wow the Rome apples are beautiful this year!  They are well-known for being an excellent cooking/baking apple.  They keep their shape when baked, and are great for baking whole.

Braeburn are a great all-around apple with a sweet, firm crunch.   You can use it for pretty much anything...baking, applesauce, eating, etc.  Pretty good keeper too.

Fuji apples are sweet and great for eating and good for baking.

(Fuji are SO close...tasty now but will be even sweeter by next week.  You choose what you like!)

(Please forgive the alignment of this post.  I am having problems with it today!)

Other Apple Update:

We still have tons of Ruby Jon, Golden Delicous, Red Delicious, Jonagold and Melrose.

It may look like the rows are picked but if you walk halfway down, you will find the trees still loaded!

All pears are sold out for the season.  Thank you!

Don't forget about our 2nd Annual Apple Festival on Sat, October 18th from 10am-2pm!!

We will have applesauce tastings so you can see what apples you like best for sauce.

And apple sliced so you can taste the difference.

Plus a few apple art crafts for the kids and apple tours for anyone!

We love our customers!  She found some beautiful apples and was such a hard worker!  She was kind enough to let us take her picture :)

Red Delicious are ready.

The world's most well-known apple.  We all grew up with these in school it seems. Good for eating.  Much more tasty right off the tree...actually crispy and not mushy.

We have a half of row of them, plus random trees in the older section of the orchard.  The older section of Red Delicious are much more ripe and sweet right now than the single row.  The single row needs a little more time to ripen.  Ask us when you get here and we can point you in the right direction.

 Other Apple Update:

Jonagold:  Tons left.  We have many rows available.  So good!

Melrose, Golden Delicious, Ruby Jon:  Lots left.

Honeycrisp, Gala:  Done for the season.

Up Next:

Braeburn, Rome, Fuji, Gold Rush, Granny Smith are still a bit firm and ripening to get sweeter.   Sometime in October they will be ready.  Pink Lady are the last apple ready...usually mid to late October.  I'll keep you posted!