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apples



at Butternut Farm



Fall is one of our most popular seasons with over 20 varieties spread across 7 acres of pick your own orchards! The apple picking season starts in late August and goes through early November.



Our 2023 crop is on track for a fantastic fall harvest.

Remember that weekly ripe and ready information will be posted on the "Home page" of this site.


603-335-4705

Our Varieties - In Order of Ripening



Early Season (ripening Aug 15- Sept 5)

  • Early Gold tart fresh eating, sauce and pies
  • Gingergold wonderful fresh eating, good pie, crisp
  • Zestar mild sweet flavor, fresh eating with a hint of strawberry
  • Premier Honeycrisp just like the original Honey Crisp, except it ripens three weeks earlier
  • Sansa small, sweet and crunchy. Very similar to a Gala. A great back to school/lunchbox option

Mid Season (ripening Sept 5 - Sept 30)

  • MacIntosh great eating fresh, pies, crisp, sauce
  • Gala sweet, crisp eating
  • Cortland great for everything, large, very white flesh
  • Daybreak Fuji excellent flavor, fresh eating
  • Honey Crisp very juicy, sweet and crunchy, fresh eating
  • Macoun very crisp, great flavor, fresh eating
  • Acey Mac tart and a pleasant flavor for fresh eating, much like a Macintosh

Late Season (ripening Oct 1 -0ct 15)

  • Snow Sweet a unique and sweet flavor profile with a bright white flesh that is slow to brown. Great for fresh eating and slicing.
  • Red Delicious fresh eating
  • Empire beautiful color, keeps well, great fresh eating
  • Jonagold fresh eating, great for pies, crisp, stores well
  • Shizuka large and green apple, very similar to a Mutsu only with better flavor and not as tart
  • Pink Lady tart, crunchy and super eye appealing with a pink blush over a yellow back ground
  • Ida Red tart, great pie, sauce and cider apple, stores well
  • Hampshire Mac large fruit and a good eater, stores well
  • Golden Delicious wonderful sweet apples for fresh eating, holds shape well for baking, good pie and sauce
  • Mutsu (Crispin) very large green apple, great fresh eating, holds shape well for baking, stores very well
  • Northern Spy large, great fresh eating and all cooking, stores well

Very late season (ripe after Oct 20)

  • Sun Crisp tart and crisp, stores well
  • Aztec Fuji red, excellent flavor, fresh eating and storage
  • Granny Smith extra green, extra tart and extra hard! Stores well.


Butternut Farm LLC



195 Meaderboro RD
Farmington, NH 03835


603-335-4705


info@butternutfarm.net