When is it 'apple' season

[1growingsprout]

My kids are begging for home-made apple sauce but dang apples are $$... I thought fall was apple season?? I remember being able to find apples for 2lbs/$1 last year... its mid-september.... whats up??

BTW they prefer granny smith apple sauce so....

[angelcollector1]

I have been craving apples all summer and refuse to pay $2.49 a lb. for them. I did finally see them on sale this week at all the stores in my area for $1.00-1.49 lbs.
I still think that's expensive. I remember apples being $1.89 for 3 lbs last year.

[Paxjourney]

Cheapest apples I have seen is $1.99/lbs for honey crisp. All other apples were $2.99 an lbs. I live in Washington State.... Apples are usually cheaper.

[Garden~Lover]

Ive been apple picking at 3 different farms so far. The one in my town we got cortland 6lbs for $5 , another farm not sure on the type but they are hard and crisp, they where $1.49 lb, and the other farm was $12 for peck. ive been going apple crazy. are you getting your apples from the grocery or from a farm. even at our grocery apples are any where from $.99 a pound to $1.49 a pound.

[FondestBianca]

I've grown up in apple country my entire life so it's weird to hear about them being expensive. Most of the apples around here are local. Heck, you can just go to a you-pick orchard and get a box for yourself. Is there any chance there are apple orchards like that around you?

Ever tried pink lady apples for apple sauce (they are tart and flavorful like granny smith)? I've also found that leaving the apple skin in the recipt actually improves the taste and the appearence!

[spring978]

here in Wa they started really picking last week. 33cents a pound is the cheapest Ive seen thus far

[cristeen]

Around here, it's still early for apples. Apple harvest usually begins end of Sept-beginning of Oct, but depending on the weather may go as late as the end of Oct-beginning of Nov.

[Norasmomma]

I've been getting mine for free:. My next door neighbors have about 20 apple trees, so there are about 10 different kinds. I also just drove through apple country and they are just starting to pick the harvest. All the orchard have bins out. Also FWIW-a LOT of orchards in WA are being ripped out and sold for HUGE profits because they are Columbia River waterfront areas, so now there are less apples and more McMansions. Oh joy.

Also there was some hail damage to some apple harvest-this year was really weird weather in E.WA, we had snow right above my house in June-close to freezing temps in Aug., the last few days have been near 90, so that also has something to do with it.

[earthmama369]

Depends on where you live. In New England? Now! Actually, it's been apple season for at least a month and still has a few weeks left to go. Prices in the grocery store haven't really changed, but if you go pick your own, you can get really nice quality apples way cheaper than at the store.

[lisalulu]

Our CSA in E.WA just started giving us apples last week so its probably early in the season!

[AnalogWife]

We just foraged some last night : and made apple butter. They weren't beautiful, but they tasted :y.

[SleeplessMommy]

Apple season is here ... Summer Rambos have been ripe for a few weeks now. Our local farmers market (apple growers) have the "rejects" for $8 a bushel. We cut out tiny defects and make pies.
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[holidaymama]

Funny you post this...I am in Texas, and we have Sprouts...like a healthfood/farmers market type store, and apples and pears are on sale this week for $0.69/pound.

And red, yello, and green peppers are the same apiece!!! That's awesome!

[grniys]

I was able to get some today for .75 a pound.

[dogmom327]

I'm paying a little less than $1 pound for organic right now

[lucyem]

I am in New Hampshire and we are just starting to see local "early apples" show up in the stores. The pick your own orchards are just starting to open up in the past two weeks. I have not gone yet so am not sure how things are going. Our little apple tree is covered in apples. More then we have ever seen.

The blueberry season lasted a long time this year. The pick your own blueberry farm near us is still going on weekends. They expect to go until frost. All the rain delayed ripening.

[1growingsprout]

we live in AZ where nothing grows it seems.... We have Sprouts, but i just dont have that good of luck there and i really want granny smiths... hopefully in the next couple weeks...

Things are just soooo $ and now with everyone on table food i just spend all day cooking....

[bluey]

We're just getting into the swing of apple season here : Bring it on! From my window, it's orchards as far as the eye can see. Well, orchards and vineyards

[lmonter]

Depends on where you live.
I'm in zone 5 in the pacific northwest - a hop, skip and jump from the Canadian border.
We're just barely getting apples to ripen - the whole growing year/season's been wonky and 3 weeks behind. But the apples in our neighborhood? You pick them from the trees after the first light frost - which could be tomorrow, could be October 31st (more than likely in a few weeks or so). The ones dropped from trees we pick up and use for cider, and sometimes for applesauce if they're not too bruised and no critters have gotten to 'em.


ETA: My organic orchard hookup from the farmer's market sells seconds in 40lb boxes for $20 - and their seconds actually are better than anything I've ever bought at our local grocery stores (and the local store actually has okay to good produce). A shoulder crack or small bruise or brown scab on the skin don't phase me or the kids one bit - either we eat it or just cut that little portion out. Too much fun around here come apple time.

[velochic]

I just canned 17 quarts of apple sauce. I got an entire bushel for $15. That works out to be able 3lbs. / $1. This was from an apple farm about 7 miles away - they call the apples "Applesauce Apples" and they make decent applesauce. They aren't the crispest apples and TBH, not tasty for snacking raw. I had to add sweetener to my applesauce. Our favorite that we eat raw, Gala, were $9 for 1/2 peck. That's probably close to $1 per pound. It's apple season here in the Midwest.