When to Pick Apples in Alberta, and How Long They Keep
In Alberta, apples come off the tree once background skin color shifts from green to yellow or the variety’s mature color, seeds turn brown, and fruit…
When to Pick Apples in Alaska, and How Long They Keep
Alaska’s apple harvest follows the first fall frost, not a date on a calendar.
When to Pick Apples in Alabama, and How Long They Keep
Alabama apples are ready to pick from late July into October depending on variety, and how long they keep afterward runs anywhere from two weeks to…
Liberty Apple: The One That Resists Scab, Rust, Mildew and Fire Blight
Liberty is a dessert apple bred specifically to shrug off the four diseases that force most orchardists onto a spray schedule: scab, cedar-apple rust…
Sunrise Apple: When It Ripens, and Why It Will Not Keep
Sunrise apples ripen from mid-August to early September, weeks before most dessert varieties even start coloring up.
Spartan Apple: When It Ripens, and Why It Comes Off in a Single Pick
Spartan apples typically ripen mid to late September into early October. Because the whole crop tends to color and sweeten at roughly the same pace, most…
Cripps Pink Apple: Why Pink Lady Is a Trademark and Cripps Pink Is the Apple
Pink Lady is a brand name stamped on fruit at the register. The tree a grower actually plants, and the variety a nursery catalog lists, is Cripps Pink.
Ambrosia Apple: When It Ripens, and the Short Window You Get to Pick It
Ambrosia apples ripen in a narrow window, late September to early October, and missing it by even a week or two means fruit that’s mealy or overripe.
The Vermont Apple Calendar, Stage by Stage
Vermont’s apple stages, from dormancy to harvest, follow Burlington’s NOAA frost dates: April 30 to May 10 in spring, October 3 to 13 in fall.
The Tennessee Apple Calendar, Stage by Stage
A stage-by-stage Tennessee apple calendar built on NOAA frost data, showing when dormancy, bloom, and harvest actually happen.