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This month's notes: February 2009: There's still lots to do! You can still make some great home canned jams, jellies, sauces and salsa from frozen fruit. Check out my easy canning instructions/recipes, canning equipment guide! With fresh cranberries, it's time to make homemade cranberry sauce (even jellied cranberry sauce), use fresh oranges to make orange marmalade! Also make your own ice cream - see How to make ice cream and ice cream making equipment and manuals
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Mack Aaron's Apple House

Great prices and the best selection of homemade fried apple pies!

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Mack Aaron Apple House

8955 Highway 52 East Ellijay, Ga. 30536

Mailing address is 2801 Lower Cartecay Road, Ellijay, Ga. 30536

Phone: 706-273-3600

Open: Mid-July through December 8 am to 5 pm, seven days a week!

Directions: 8.5 miles East of Ellijay on Hwy. 52. Not to be confused with Aaron's Apples, which is just down the road!

Produce: Apples, cider, peaches, grapes, jams, jellies, relishes, honey, syrup, apple cakes, strudels, cookies, bread, fried pies.

2008 Prices: 2009 prices vary with size & quantity of apples available

Note: The new operators are Bill & Gina Aaron (UPDATED: March 06, 2009)

Review

No pick-your-own, but they have a good variety of apples, great prices and other pre-picked fresh produce.

They also specialize in homemade fried fruit pies. the fried apple pie (see this page for a description and photos of it) is a specialty of the area, and Mack Aaron's also does 10 other types of fruit pies.

Aaron's Apple Varieties

Below is a listing of the apple varieties that they typically carry, in order that they typically start to be harvested in Ellijay. Be sure to call a couple weeks before they are due to start harvesting, as the actual date varies from year to year! Ellijay apple orchards usually have apples for sale from August to late December.

Apple Variety	Photo	Usually start harvesting	Flavor	Best uses
Gala		August 1	Very sweet	Eating, applesauce, apple butter, pies
Ginger Gold		Early	Sweet	Eating
Detroit Red	Got a photo to share?	August 1	Tart	Cooking
Ozark Gold	Got a photo to share?	August 1	Tart	Cooking
Red Delicious		August 15	Sweet	Eating, good to blend with other apples in applesauce and cooking
Golden Delicious		August 15	Sweet	Eating, good to blend with other apples in applesauce and cooking
Mutsu		September 1	Sweet / Tart	Cooking / Eating
Jonagold		September 1	Sweet / Tart	Cooking / Eating
Rome Beauty		September 15	Slightly Tart	Cooking / Eating
Stayman - Wine sap		September 15	Tart	Cooking / Eating
Fuji		October 10	Very sweet	Eating, applesauce, apple butter, pies, cooking
Granny Smith		October 15	Tart	Cooking / Eating
Yates	Got a photo to share?	October 20	Sweet	Eating
Arkansas Black		October 20	Tart	Baking, Eating (very hard apple)

Also, see our pages on tips for picking apples at a farm, easy illustrated directions to make applesauce, apple butter, apple jelly and apple pie; the guide to apple festivals and our guide to apple varieties! NEW! Please write me, if you know of any to add!

Home Canning Kits

This is the same type of standard canner that my grandmother used to make everything from applesauce to jams and jellies to tomato and spaghetti sauce. This complete kit includes everything you need and lasts for years: the canner, jar rack, jar grabber tongs, lid lifting wand, a plastic funnel, labels, bubble freer, and the bible of canning, the Ball Blue Book. It's much cheaper than buying the items separately. You'll never need anything else except jars and lids (and the jars are reusable). To see more canners, of different styles, makes and prices, click here!
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