Variety Flavor/ Texture Eating Salad Sauce Baking Whole Pie Season Red Delicious Sweet/Crisp Good Good Poor Poor Poor Year Round Ambrosia Sweet / Low Acid Excellent Fair Good Fair Fair Sept - Nov Granny Smith Slightly Tart / Firm Good Good Fair Good Good Year Round McIntosh Slightly Tart / Juicy Good Fair Good Poor Fair Year Round Golden Delicious Sweet / Tender Good Excellent Excellent Good Good Year Round Gala Sweet / Crisp Good Good Excellent Good Good Year Round Fuji Spicy Sweet / Crisp Good Good Good Fair Good Year Round Cortland Sweet / Juicy Good Excellent Good Good Good Sept - Nov Empire Juicy / Crisp Excellent Good Good Fair Fair Sept - Oct Jazz Sweet / Tangy Good Excellent Good Excellent Excellent Nov - Dec Rome Slightly Tart / Juicy Poor Fair Excellent Good Good Sept - Oct Mutsu Slightly Tart / Juicy Poor Fair Good Good Good Oct - Nov Paula Red Sweet / Firm Good Good Good Fair Fair Aug - Sept Pippin Very Crisp / Tart Excellent Fair Excellent Poor Fair Winter Jonigold Sweet / Crisp Excellent Excellent Good Good Good Sept - Dec Jonathan Sweet / Tender Excellent Good Good Excellent Excellent Sept - Nov Ida Red Juicy / Crisp Good Good Good Excellent Excellent Sept - Oct Braeburn Sweet / Firm Excellent Excellent Excellent Excellent Excellent Year Round Cameo Sweet / Crisp Excellent Excellent Excellent Excellent Excellent Oct - Dec Northern Spy Tart / Firm Good Good Good Excellent Excellent Oct - Nov Pink Lady Sweet / Crisp Good Excellent Excellent Good Excellent Sept - Jan Jonamac Slightly Tart / Juicy Good Good Good Fair Poor Sept - Nov Ginger Gold Sweet / Juicy Excellent Excellent Excellent Good Good Aug - Sept Honey Crisp Sweet / Juicy Excellent Excellent Excellent Good Excellent Aug - Sept Crimsen Crisp Sweet / Sharp / Extremely crisp Excellent Excellent Excellent Good Excellent Sept - Oct Variety Flavor/Texture Eating Salad Sauce Baking Whole Pie Season Sweet - Tart and Crisp Juicy flesh! Great handheld snack! Use great eating apples that will hold their color once siced Use more 'mealy' apples with robust flavor; ability to break down for sauce Chose delicious, rich in flavor, round, with flesh that will hold shape while baking Great flovor with sweet/tart flavor and firmness yet fork tender Apple Varieties and Uses The Franklin Cider Mill A Family Tradition