U-Pick Orchards at Watt Farms Country Market

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Variety Guide Apple Variety
Descriptions

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 (NONE for 2011) 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)
late Sept-mid Oct
Sat & Sun only
11am - 3pm
must ride the train

View
Recipes

Everything About Peaches

2011 Peach Guide:

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

Flaming Fury 1 Cling Very Good Poor - 7/22

Flaming Fury 5 Cling Very Good Poor 7/22

Earliglow Cling Very Good Fair - 7/28

Sentry Semi Excellent Fair - 7/30

Chris's Special Free Excellent Fair Good 8/10

Flaming Fury 15 Free Excellent Excellent Excellent 8/12

Red Haven Free Excellent Good Good 8/15

Glohaven Free Excellent Excellent* Good 8/20

Harmony Free Excellent Excellent Excellent 8/20

Flaming Fury 18 Free Excellent Excellent* Excellent 8/20

Flaming Fury 20 Free Excellent Excellent* Excellent 8/28

Flaming Fury 25 Free Excellent Excellent* Excellent 9/10

Cresthaven Free Excellent Excellent* Good 9/6

Early Elberta Free Excellent Excellent* Good 9/9

Glowing Star Free Excellent Excellent* Good 9/12

Flaming Fury 24 Free Excellent Excellent* Good 9/20

* 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

2011 Apple Guide:

Variety Eating Sauce Baking Harvest
(dates approximate)

Paula Red Good Good Good 8/20

Ginger Gold Excellent Good Good 9/6

Zestar Excellent Good Good 8/30

Jonamac Excellent Good Good 9/9

Honeycrisp Excellent Good Good 9/10

MacIntosh Good Good Good 9/10

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 10/7

Jona Gold Excellent Excellent Excellent 10/7

Golden Delicious Excellent Excellent Excellent 10/07

Ida Red Fair Excellent Excellent 10/07

Macoun Excellent Good Good 10/07

Crispin / Mutsu Excellent Excellent Excellent 10/07

Stayman Good Excellent Excellent 10/14

Rome Fair Good Excellent 10/14

Spygold Excellent Excellent Excellent 10/14

Northern Spy Good Excellent Excellent 10/21

Fuji Excellent Excellent Excellent 10/21