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Typical Apple Ripening Dates in Michigan
Apple Varietie,s Approximate Ripening Dates, Description & Uses
Jersey (summer) Mac mid Aug - early Sept
Smaller and slightly sweeter than winter mac - eating, sauce, jelly
Paula Red early Sept
Crunchy and juicy - good for pies, baking, sauce, drying, jelly
Whitney Crab early Sept
Large - for spicing and jelly
State Fair early Sept
Sweet/tart, not a real hard apple - eating sauce, jelly, baking, salads
Early Gold early-mid Sept
Tart and crisp, a cross between transparent & a golden - eating, baking, pies, sauce
Wealthy early-mid Sept
Tart and tangy, an antique apple that's excellent for pies, sauce and baking, tart for eating
Jona-Mac mid-later Sept
Jonathan and Macintosh cross - eating, baking, sauce, jelly, pies
Macintosh mid-late Sept
The perennial favorite! - eating, baking, pies(cooks down), sauce, jelly
Cortland mid-late Sept White flesh, crispy, a best seller! Excellent for eating, drying, pies, sauce, baking, jelly, salads
Honeycrisp late September -early Oct 
Large, firm, juicy dessert apple - our fastest selling eating apple (not recommended for baking)
Sweet 16 late September -early Oct
Crunchy, juicy, sweet - similar to Honeycrisp (but not quite as hard or large) - eating, salads, can bake
Snow Apples early Oct
Tiny, sweet, aromatic eating apple (an antique apple) - not a keeper!
Spartan early Oct
Crunchy, tart, juicy - eating, salads, pies, baking, keeper too!
Gala early Oct
Our sweetest apple! crunchy, non-acid eating apple, not large - good for lunch boxes, salads
Wolf River early-mid Oct
Giant, sour old-time pie apple
Empire early-mid Oct
Cross between a Mac and Red Delicious, juicy taste-test favorite! - eating, salads, sauce, drying, can bake
Cameo early-mid Oct
Crisp, sweet/tart eating apple! Great for applesauce
Red Delicious mid Oct
A favorite old eating apple - salads and a good keeper
Jonathan mid Oct
Tart and aromatic - eating, pies (does not "mush"), baking, jelly, applesauce!
Golden Delicious mid Oct
Sweet old favorite, stores well with moisture added - eating, salads, baking, pies, sauce
Red Haralson mid Oct
Tart and juicy. Excellent flavor for pies (cooks down), drying, baking, eating
Jona-gold mid Oct 
Part Jonathan, part Golden Delicious - good eater, pies, baking, sauce, jelly, salads
Ida Red mid-late Oct
All-purpose apple! super keeper - pies, baking, eating (tart), drying, frying!
Northern Spy mid-late Oct
Big and firm - pies, baking, drying, eating
Double Red Stamen Winesap late Oct
"Wine-like" flavor, creamy interior, not a large apple in the north - pies, baking, eating
Yellow Newton Pippen late Oct
Antique (Geo. Washington's favorite!) tart, crisp nutty flavor, good keeper and eater. Firm in pies and baking
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