What's in season in October 2017, and other timely information:
This page has a table below that tells when each fruit or vegetable is normally ready to be harvested in Maryland! We also have a page with links to our own simple instructions on canning, freezing and drying many fruits and vegetables, such as how to make jam, apple butter, applesauce, spaghetti sauce, salsa, pickles, ketchup or freezing corn.
- Back to the Delaware pick your own farm listing to find a U-Pick farm
- To find Delaware's pumpkin patches, corn mazes and other Halloween activities, click here.
- To find choose and cut-your-own Christmas tree farms in Delaware, click here.
| Fruit/Veg | Jan | Feb | March | April | May | June | July | August | Sept | Oct | Nov | December |
| apples (apple harvest dates by variety) | X | X | X | |||||||||
| asian pears | X | X | X | |||||||||
| asparagus | X | X | ||||||||||
| beans | X | X | X | X | X | |||||||
| blackberries | X | X | ||||||||||
| blueberries | X | X | ||||||||||
| broccoli | X | X | X | X | X | |||||||
| cabbage | X | X | X | X | X | |||||||
| cantaloupes | X | X | X | |||||||||
| cherries | X | X | ||||||||||
| cucumbers | X | X | X | X | ||||||||
| eggplant | X | X | X | |||||||||
| greens | X | X | X | X | X | |||||||
| herbs | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | |||||
| nectarines | X | X | ||||||||||
| peaches | X | X | X | X | ||||||||
| peas | X | |||||||||||
| peppers | X | X | X | |||||||||
| potatoes | X | X | X | |||||||||
| raspberries | X | X | X | |||||||||
| rhubarb | X | X | ||||||||||
| pumpkins | X | X | ||||||||||
| squash | X | X | X | X | X | |||||||
| strawberries | mid may | |||||||||||
| sweet corn | X | X | ||||||||||
| sweet potatoes | x | x | ||||||||||
| tomatoes | X | X | X | X | ||||||||
| watermelons | X | X | X |
