U-Pick Orchards at Watt Farms Country Market

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Variety Guide Apple Variety
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U-Pick Apple Schedule 2010

Fruit Availability:

Type of
Fruit Picked Fruit
Harvest Date Ready for
U-Pick Delicious Recipes Photo of
Fruit

Sweet Cherries mid June -July late June -July View
Recipes

Raspberries early-mid July early-mid July View
Recipes

Blackberries early September early September View
Recipes

Apricots early July mid July View
Recipes

Plums mid-late July mid-late July View
Recipes

Peaches mid-July to September
(see peach guide) mid-July to September View
Recipes

Pears mid-August to October sorry, no U-Pick View
Recipes

Apples late August to December
(see apple guide)
mid Sept-Oct
Sat & Sun only
11am - 3pm
must ride the train

U-Pick Apple Schedule 2010
View
Recipes

Everything About Peaches

2010 Peach Guide:

Variety Free or Cling Eating Quality Canning Quality Freezing Quality Harvest
(dates approximate)

Flaming Fury 1 Cling Very Good Poor - 7/12

Flaming Fury 5 Cling Very Good Poor 7/12

Earliglow Cling Very Good Fair - 7/18

Sentry Semi Excellent Fair - 7/20

Chris's Special Free Excellent Fair Good 7/29

Flaming Fury 15 Free Excellent Excellent Excellent 8/02

Red Haven Free Excellent Good Good 8/02

Glohaven Free Excellent Excellent* Good 8/10

Harmony Free Excellent Excellent Excellent 8/10

Flaming Fury 18 Free Excellent Excellent* Excellent 8/15

Flaming Fury 20 Free Excellent Excellent* Excellent 8/18

Flaming Fury 25 Free Excellent Excellent* Excellent 8/27

Cresthaven Free Excellent Excellent* Good 8/27

* Non-oxidizing; the flesh does not turn brown upon exposure to the air. Most varieties rated good for canning are fair to good for freezing.

U-Pick Apple Schedule 2010

2010 Apple Guide:

Variety Eating Sauce Baking Harvest
(dates approximate)

Paula Red Good Good Good 8/20

Ginger Gold Excellent Good Good 8/20

Zestar Excellent Good Good 8/15

Jonamac Excellent Good Good 9/04

Honeycrisp Excellent Good Good 9/04

MacIntosh Good Good Good 9/04

Cortland Excellent Excellent Excellent 9/16

Gala Excellent Good Good 9/20

20 Ounce Fair Excellent Excellent 9/16

Empire Excellent Good Good 9/14

Red Delicious Good Good Poor 9/26

Jona Gold Excellent Excellent Excellent 9/29

Golden Delicious Excellent Excellent Excellent 10/06

Ida Red Fair Excellent Excellent 10/08

Macoun Excellent Good Good 10/02

Crispin / Mutsu Excellent Excellent Excellent 10/08

Stayman Good Excellent Excellent 10/08

Rome Fair Good Excellent 10/16

Spygold Excellent Excellent Excellent 10/16

Northern Spy Good Excellent Excellent 10/22

Fuji Excellent Excellent Excellent 10/22