Apple Ripening Calendar

These are the major varieties in the orchard. All dates are approximate, call if you have specific questions.  Not all varieties are available every year - it's farming and things happen, like frost, hail, and wind that affect different varieties in different ways.

Lodi/Yellow Transparent                         Late July

Gala,Gold Supreme,McIntrosh                      Late August

Honeycrisp, Lura Red                                          Early September 

Jonathan, Haralson                                           Mid September

Red Delicious, Jonalicious,Golden Delicious        Late September
 Hudson's Golden Gem, Roxbury Russet                                    

Calville Blanc, Prairie Spy, Idared                     Early October

Winesap, Ben Davis, Stayman, Rome              Mid October 

Arkansas Black, Granny Smith, Fuji                 Late October

 Apples too few to include above:  Red June, Newtown Pippin, Seek-No-Further, Ashmead's Kernel, Winter Banana, Early Blaze, Egremont Russet. 

80 new non-bearing trees include Northern Spy, Wolf River, White Pearmain, Hauer Pippin, Cox Orange, Tolman Sweet, Yellow Bellflower, Nova EZ Grow, Bramley Seedling.  These are three years old and should bear in 2010, if all goes well.