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FRUIT USE TIME ABILITY YOUR OWN Sour Cherries* cook 7/15 poor Methley Plums* eating 8/10 poor Shiro Plums* eating 8/20 poor Stanley Plums* eat/can/cook 8/20 poor APPLES- Most varieties freeze well prepared as apple sauce or for pies. Transparent* cook 8/5 poor Lodi cook 8/5 poor Red Astrachan* eat/cook 8/15 poor Duchess* cook 8/12 poor Melba eat 8/15 fair Puritan eat/cook 8/24 fair Rolfe cook 9/8 fair St. Lawrence eat/cook 9/10 fair Macintosh** eat/cook 9/20 good yes Cortland eat/cook 9/20 excellent yes Crabapple* cook/jelly 9/20 excellent Macoun eat 9/25 excellent Milding eat/cook/cider 9/25 good Pound Sweet* eat/cook 9/25 fair Wolfriver* cook 9/25 poor Fameuse (Snow)* eat/cook 9/25 good Empire eat 9/25 good Bellflower eat/cook 10/2 good Red Delicious eat/decorate 10/3 excellent Golden Delicious eat/cook 10/3 excellent (in plastic) Winter Banana eat/cook 10/10 excellent Northern Spy eat/cook 10/15 excellent yes *Limited Quantities **Limited quantities of early hard green Macs available end of August. Call for availability. Copyright © The Maine Highlands Farmers 2009 Webmaster Woodspring Web Design webmaster@mainehighlandsfarmers.com All photos and written documents within this website are property of The Maine Highlands Farmers. Please ask for written permission before using. |