What's in season in September 2023, 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 Maryland pick your own farm listing to find a U-Pick farm
- To find pumpkin patches, corn mazes and other Halloween activities, click here.
- To find choose and cut-your-own Christmas tree farms, click here.
| Fruit/Veg | Jan | Feb | March | April | May | June | July | August | Sept | Oct | Nov | December |
| apples harvest dates by variety | X | X | X | X | ||||||||
| apples - early | EarlyGold, Rambo, GingerGold | |||||||||||
| apples - mid | Cortland | Gala, HoneyCrisp, Cortland, GoldenSupreme | HoneyCrisp | |||||||||
| apples - late | JonaGold, Jonathan, Red Delicious, GrannySmith, | Red Delicious, Fuji, Golden Delicious, Rome, York, GrannSmith, Stayman, | ||||||||||
| 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 | ||||||||
| plums | X | X | X | X | ||||||||
| pears | Bartlett, Red Bartlett, Magness | Bartlett, Magness, Bosc | ||||||||||
| peas | X | |||||||||||
| peppers | X | X | X | |||||||||
| potatoes | X | |||||||||||
| raspberries | X | X | X | |||||||||
| rhubarb | X | X | ||||||||||
| pumpkins | X | X | ||||||||||
| summer squash | X | X | X | X | X | |||||||
| strawberries | mid may | X | early July | |||||||||
| sweet corn | X | X | ||||||||||
| sweet potatoes | x | x | ||||||||||
| tomatoes | X | X | X | X | ||||||||
| watermelons | X | X | X | |||||||||
| winter squash | mid September | X |
Looking for canning equipment and supplies?
Water bath canner with a jar rack
Pressure canners for gas, electric and induction stoves: Presto 23Qt or T-fal 22Qt
Canning scoop (this one is PERFECT)
Ball Blue book (most recent version)
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