orchard guide
Variety
location
taste
suggested use
Harvest time
Apples start to ripen in Mid August.
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Blushing Golden
Row 53
Medium coarse, juicy, and crisp. Keeps in cold storage for months!
Excellent pies. Great for eating, baking, salads.
Mid October
Buckeye Gala
Row 35
Sweet, crispy, and juicy
Great for eating. Also for baking, sauces, and salads
Mid to Late August
CandyÂ
Crisp
Row 28
Juicy and sweet
Great for eating fresh and for salads
Early October
Cortland
Rows 24-26
Slightly tart with a very white flesh
Great for eating fresh, salads, pies, and sauces
Mid September
Fuji
Rows 9,36,38-41,43
Very sweet. Firm, crisp, and juicy.
Wonderful for eating fresh, putting in salads, baking pies, making sauces, and baking whole.
Late October
Forrence
Mac
Rows 27-30
Crisp juicy texture. Wine-like sweet taste with a hint of tart.
Rich apple flavor is great for pies, apple butter, salads or sauces.
Mid to Late September
Gala
Rows 16-17, 44
Sweet with crisp flesh.
A favorite for eating out of hand. Can be used for baking, sauces, and salads.
Early September
Gold
Rush
Rows 56-58
A crisp apple with a tart tangy flavor that sweetens with age. The Illinois State Apple!
Excellent fresh or in pies and crisps.
Late October
Honey
Crisp
Rows 33-34, 45-52
Medium coarse, juicy, and crisp. Keeps in cold storage for months!
Excellent pies. Great for eating, baking, salads.
Mid September
Ida Red
Row 72-74
Slightly tart and juicy.
Great all purpose apple. One of the best for pies. Makes good sauces.
Mid October
Jonagold
Rows 37, 60-65
Blend of tart Jonathan and sweet Golden Delicious.
Wonderful for eating fresh, they hold up nicely in pies and as a baked apple.
Late September
Kinder
Krisp
Rows 13-15
Sweet, juicy fruit. Outstanding flavor and crisp!
Great for snacking! A Woody’s Orchard family favorite.
Late August
Red RomeÂ
Beauty
Row 69
Crisp, juicy apples. Hold their shape when cooked.
Great for pies, crisps, & tarts
Late September
Ruby Mac
Rows 18-23
Slightly tart. Crisp and very juicy.
Great for eating fresh and they cook down nicely for making sauces.
Early September
Scarlet
Star
Rows 66-68, 70-71
Firm and juicy. Sweet Tart flavor.
Eating, baking, pies, and salads.
Late September
Snappy
Mac
Rows 31-32
Large and sweet.
Spicy sweet flavor perfect for eating and baking.
Mid September
Spigold
Row 54
Crisp and juicy. Delicate flavor.
Great for eating, apple butter, and pies.
Late October
Supreme
Staymared
Row 59
Crispy and tangy.
Best for baking, sauces, and cider. Good for fresh eating if you enjoy tart apples.
Mid October
Winecrisp
Row 28
Sweet, juicy, and firm.
A dessert apple. Great for eating and baking.
Mid October
Braeburn
Rows 1-5, 75-77
Crisp and juicy
A juicy classic apple taste good for eating.
Early October
Golden Delicious
Rows 6-8, 42
Sweet, tart, and spice
Very sweet apple with slight tartness and little spice good for eating.
Mid September
Granny Smith
Row 28, 78
tart
A citrus tart flavor holds up great for baking.
Late October