Apple Tasting/Cooking Apples Chart Is For Ellijay, Georgia Apple Orchards

Picking Typically Starts in Mid-August To Early September. Availability subject to crop conditions.

Taste the different varieties in the Apple House Farm Market or in the Orchard

Apple Variety	Estimated Harvest Date	Eating Scale	Sauce Scale	Pie Scale	Baking Scale	Characteristics	Flavor-Texture	Storage
Ambroshia	Mid September	Excellent	Good	Good	Good	Light Red & Yellow	Sweet,Firm, Crisp	Good
Arkansas Black	Mid October	Good	Good	Good	Good	Black,Dark Red	Very Hard	Excellent
Cameo	Mid September	Excellent	Excellent	Excellent	Excellent	Reddish Brown with Vertical Stripes	Mild,Crisp	Excellent
Crimson Crisp	Early October	Excellent	Excellent	Excellent	Excellent	Red	Sweet,Sharp	Excellent
Detroit Red	Early August	Poor	Excellent	Poor	Fair	Red,Chunky	Mellow,Mild	Poor
Enterprise	Late September	Good	Excellent	Excellent	Excellent	Red,Firm.Juicy	Semi-Sweet,Firm	Excellent
Evercrisp	Mid October	Excellent	Excellent	Excellent	Excellent	Red	Crunchy, Firm, Sweet	Excellent
Fuji	Mid October	Excellent	Good	Fair	Fair	Pinkish Red,Firm.Juicy	Sweet-Firm	Excellent
Gala	Mid-August	Excellent	Excellent	Excellent	Excellent	Red, Yellow	Sweet, Crisp	Good
Golden Delicious	Early September	Excellent	Good(add less sugar)	Good	Excellent	Yellow, Cooks Up	Rich, Sweet, Crisp	Excellent
Golden Supreme	Early August	Good	Good	Good	Excellent	Vibrant Yellow, Cooks up	Mild, Firm	Good
Granny Smith	Early October	Excellent	Excellent, Chunky	Excellent	Excellent	Green	Sour, Hard, Crisp	Excellent
Honeycrisp	Early to Mid-September	Excellent	Good	Fair	Fair	Reddish-Orange	Sweet, Soft	Fair
Jonagold	Early September	Excellent	Excellent	Good	Excellent	Reddish-Yellow/Cross between Jonathan and Golden	Rich, Sweet, Crisp	Good
Mutsu	Mid-September	Excellent	Good(add less sugar)	Good	Good	Greenish-Yellow/Cross between Granny Smith and Golden	Juicey, Semi-Sweet, Crisp	Excellent
Pink Lady	Mid to late October	Excellent	Excellent	Excellent	Excellent	Reddish-Pink	Tart, Firm	Excellent
Pritchett Golden	Early October	Excellent	Good(add less sugar)	Good	Excellent	Small, Yellow, Firm	Firm and Sweet	Excellent
Red Delicious	Early September	Excellent	Chunky, Good	Not recommended	Not recommended	Red, American eating favorite	Rich, Sweet	Good
Rome Beauty	Late September	Good	Good	Excellent	Excellent	Red, Juicy	Mild, Crisp	Excellent
September Wonder	Early-Mid September	Excellent	Good	Fair	Fair	Reddish Pink	Sweet, Juicy, Crisp	Excellent
Staymen Winesap	Early October	Excellent	Good	Excellent	Excellent	Dark Red, Stipes	Tart, Juicy, Crisp	Good
Suncrisp	Early September	Excellent	Good	Excellent	Excellent	Yellow-Orange	Tart, Firm, Crisp	Excellent
Winecrisp	Mid-Late October	Exellent	Excellent	Excellent	Excellent	Red, Juicy	Sweet, Tart	Excellent
Yates	Mid-Late October	Good	Good	Good	Good	Red Striped, Small in Size	Juicy	Excellent