Please come in to the farm stand to purchase your apple bags before heading out to the orchard. Apple Cider and Applesauce are also available.
Apple Ripening Schedule (Dates are approximate)
• Indicates varieties currently available (as of November 15, 2014)
Sweet Berry Farm Apples–Photo by Mike Cory
Mid-September
Macintosh:Great fresh eating apple.The standard apple for comparison.White, juicy, sweet flesh and tender skin.Soft and juicy when cooked:add afew when making a pie with firmer apples to give the pie a nice variety of textures. Gala:Great fresh eating apple.Sweet, aromatic, and crisp. Ginger Gold: Sweet, tangy, and juicy.
3rd week of September
Macoun:Great fresh eating and cooking apple.Crisp, sweet, tart, rich flavor. Cortland:One of the best cooking apples.It keeps its shape and is slow to discolor when cut.Also delicious eaten fresh. Honeycrisp:Superior fresh eating apple.Sweet and exceptionally crisp.Fabulous! Golden Supreme:Great fresh eating and cooking apple.Sweet and flavorful with a smooth texture.
Sweet Berry Farm Cortland Apple
End of September
Jonagold:Great fresh eating apple.Flesh is juicy, firm, crisp, and fine textured; aromatic, rich, and honeyed.Award-winning dessert apple. Empire:Great for fresh eating and cooking.Crisp, sweet, juicy flesh.Clean sweet flavor. Liberty:Great fresh eating and cooking.Juicy, fine textured, and good flavor.
Sweet Berry Farm Apples–Photo by Campo & Co.
Early October
Golden Delicious:Great fresh, and good cooking apple.Crisp, clean, juicy flesh. Sweet and mild flavor. Red Delicious:Great fresh eating apple.Fine textured, sweet, and aromatic.Flesh is a bit too firm for easy cooking. Mutsu Crispin:Excellent fresh eating and good cooking apple.Very juicy textured flesh.When cooked it holds its shape well. Cameo:Great for fresh eating or cooking.Crisp, tangy flesh. Autumn Gala:Best eaten fresh.Crisp, sweet, and aromatic. Ida Red:Good fresh eating and cooking apple.Firm, crisp, and juicy with a pleasant, sweet flavor.
Sweet Berry Farm Apples
Other varieties available during the season
Fuji: Superior fresh eating apple. Crisp, juicy, and tangy. Blondee: Firm and yellow, sweet and crunchy. Pristine: Superior fresh eating, crisp and sweet. Sansa: Crisp, sweet, and juicy. Zestar: Crisp, sweet, and tart.
Mix apples for the best pies.Go heavy on Cortland and light on Macintosh, with another variety or two mixed in.Most pie recipes call for 4–5 lbs. of apples.
Please check in at the farm stand to get directions, and to find out which apples are ripe and ready for picking, before heading out to the orchard.
