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Apples, apples, and more apples.  On our farm we grow 20 acres of apples including 24 different varieties.  All of our trees are semi dwarf, which means the trees only grow to about eight to ten feet tall.  Our orchard is high density meaning we have about 500 trees planted per acre.  The trees are easy for people of all ages to pick apples.  No ladders are needed.  Please keep in mind that these are approximate harvest dates and may change from year to year due to mother nature.  For updated variety listings available for picking at the U-Pick Farm please click here to check our U-Pick Page.

These are the varieties we grow:

Variety Harvest Date
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Paulared Late August tart eating and baking
Ginger Gold Late August sweet-tart eating and baking
Sansa* Late August sweet-tart eating and baking
Zestar* Early September sweet-tart  </></></> eating and baking
McIntosh* Early September semi-tart eating and baking
Jonamac*  </></></> Early September semi -tart eating and baking
Gala*  </></></> Early September sweet  </></></> eating
Cortland*   </></></> Mid September   </></></> </></></>semi-tart eating and baking
Honeycrisp*  </></></> Mid September  </></></> sweet-tart  </></></> eating and baking
Empire* Late September semi-tart  </></></> eating and baking
Macoun* </></></> Late September  </></></> semi-tart  </></></> eating and baking
Jonagold* Early October sweet-tart eating and baking
Mutsu*  </></></> Early October tart eating and baking
Red Delicious*   </></></> Early October sweet    </></></> eating
Russet  </></></> Early October </></></>tart eating and baking
</></></>Golden Delicious* Early October sweet  </></></> eating and baking
Stayman/Winesap* Mid October  </></></> tart eating and baking
Idared* Mid October   </></></> tart  </></></> eating and baking
Fuji* Mid October  </></></> sweet    </></></> eating and baking
Braeburn* Mid October </></></>tart eating and baking
Cameo* Mid October sweet </></></> eating and baking
Granny Smith* Late October tart eating and baking
Gold Rush* Late October tart eating and baking
Pink Lady® brand (Cripps Pink variety) Early November tart eating and baking
       

* Indicates those varieties, which are offered at the U-Pick orchard.

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Apples are best stored in the refrigerator.  Water can be sprinkled on top to keep the humidity around the fruit high.  This will help prevent the fruit from drying out.

All of our fruit is hand picked and stored in cold storage kept at 33 deg. F and high humidity.  Before arriving at our farm store the fruit is washed and sorted.  The apples, which are classified as “seconds”, are used to make our fresh apple cider.  Squeezed apples – pressed through heavy cloth – cooled and put into a container.  The secret is making it FRESH!  We make it ourselves – right here on our farm in Water Mill.  The flavor is unbeatable.

The best apples to use for applesauce are a blend of all the different varieties available at the time.  The “seconds” also make great applesauce.