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Mack Aaron's Apple House

Mack Aaron's Apple House

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

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Mack AAaron Orchards

8955 Highway 52 East Ellijay, Ga. 30536

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

Phone: 706-273-3600

Email: mackaaronsapplehouse@gmail.com.

Open: Call or see their website or Mack Aarons Facebook page. .

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.

Prices: Call or see their website. 

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Note: The operators are Bill & Gina Aaron

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.

Mack 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 them a couple weeks before they are due to start harvesting, as the actual date and selection varies from year to year! Ellijay apple orchards usually have apples for sale from August to late December. 

August

• Detroit Red
•  Honeycrisp
• Gala
• Blondie • Red Delicious

September

• September Wonder
•  Cameo
• Golden Delicious
• Rome Beauty
• Jonagold
• Mutsu

October

• Stayman Winesap
• Granny Smith
• Fuji
• Arkansas Black

November

• Pink Lady
• Yates

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		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!