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Red Apple Barn

Convenient to the west

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Red Apple Barn

3379 Tailscreek Road. Ellijay, GA 30540.

Phone: (706) 635-5898

Open: August through December 8am-7pm

Directions: 3.5 miles west of Ellijay (from the Dairy Queen) on Ga Hwy 282 (U.S. 76).

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

2005 Prices:

Review

No pick-your-own, but they have a good variety of apples and other pre-picked fresh produce. It's quite a ways from the cluster of orchards in East Ellijay, but if you are coming from the west, it would be more convenient!

Red Apple Barn'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		Early-Mid	Sweet	Eating, applesauce, apple butter, pies
Red Delicious		Early-Mid	Sweet	Eating, good to blend with other apples in applesauce and cooking
Golden Delicious		Early-Mid	Sweet	Eating, good to blend with other apples in applesauce and cooking
Mutsu		Mid-Late	Sweet / Tart	Cooking / Eating
Rome Beauty		Mid-Late	Slightly Tart	Cooking / Eating
Jonagold		Mid	Sweet / Tart	Cooking / Eating
Granny Smith		Mid-Late	Tart	Cooking / Eating
Fuji		Late	Sweet	Eating, applesauce, apple butter, pies, cooking
Arkansas Black		Late	Tart	Baking, Eating (very hard apple)
Yates		Late	Sweet	Eating

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 & lids (and the jars are reusable)! There is also s simple kit with just the canner and rack, and a pressure canner, if your want to do vegetables (other than tomatoes). To see more canners, of different styles, makes and prices, click here!
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