Braeburns are another great all-around apple. A favorite for eating, and great for applesauce and baking. Firm crunch. Great storage apple. Medium-size.
Other apple varieties available: Jonagold, Granny Smith, Ruby Jon, Golden Delicious, Red Delicious, Jonathon and Melrose.
Still to come: Fuji, Rome, Gold Rush and Cripps Pink (aka Pink Lady).
Granny Smith is our tartest apple, which makes it great for all those pies and baking we all like to do! Plus eating a tart apple with caramel is delicious! Granny Smith are also a great keeper for storage too.
Red Delicious apples off the tree are a different apple all together when picked straight from the tree. No mushiness in sight! Come see what you think. Red Delicious is strictly an eating apple or salads. Not for baking or applesauce.
Are you wondering, "What about Fuji!?" Well, they are stubbornly taking their time to ripen. I had guess they would be ready about now but we will have to wait longer. My best estimate now is early October. They are SO nice this year. Last year they really struggled with russeting and were not too pretty but this year, they really couldn't get any more beautiful. They will be worth the wait to get them sweeter!
Jonagold: Still plenty out there, just plan to walk at least halfway down. Very large this year. Wow! We have 9 rows of these!
Melrose: Lots left and still super crunchy. Beautiful apple.
Golden Delicious: You will have no trouble finding these. Sweet and crunchy.
Ruby Jon: Still 1/3 of the row left. Not as crunchy for eating now but have a great flavor and my favorite for applesauce.
Jonathon: 6 loaded trees of these in the older section of the orchard. Well-known as one of the favorite baking apples. Ask and we can take you to these!
Gala, Honeycrisp, Smoothies and Ruby Mac are done.
Golden Delicious: We have several rows of these and there are a ton left and beautiful size and quality. Very crunchy.
Jonagold: Huge and beautiful. Probably our most impressive apple this year, especially the 3 rows by the railroad tracks on the south side. Very crunchy.
Melrose: Also a large, beautiful apple. Mildly sweet. Tons left!
Ruby Jon: So many beautiful, red apples out there! Losing some crunchy but in my opinion, my favorite for applesauce.
Jonathon: Several trees of these that have lots of nice apples on them. Ask and we can take you to them!
Gala: Almost to the end. A few buckets left on the 4 trees with the better eating quality apples. The 2 main rows are getting soft and not great for eating anymore.
Liberty: I have a tree or two hiding in the Jonagold rows if you want more of these. Super firm and crunchy still.
Honeycrisp: Almost to the end. We took down the Pick Here signs on these rows. If you really want some and are willing to walk a bit and hunt, there are still many medium green ones hiding underneath the leaves. The green ones are still sweet and crunch. More bees down there though than any other row.
It is a toss up for what will be ready next....either Rome, Fuji or Red Delicious I think. I'm guess all are a least a week or two out. Still pretty firm and green tasting. I'll post when one comes ready.
