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R and A Orchards

R and A Orchards

Great selection, competitive prices

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R and A Orchards website

5505 Highway 52 east, east Ellijay, GA

Phone: (706) 273-3821. Alternate phone: ( 706) 273-2639

Open: July 1-Dec.1 daily from 9 am to 6:30 pm

Directions: 60 miles north of Atlanta. You can come Interstate 400, or Interstate 75. Then 6 miles east of Ellijay on Hwy. 52.

Produce: Apples, peaches (in season), apple products, produce, honey, sorghum syrup, canned goods.

Last check on prices was 2014: $6 per half peck, $12 per peck and $18 per half bushel; seconds/culls are usually around $20/bushel

If you write me to tell me what the prices were when you visit them, I'll be happy to report it here!

Review

Neat, clean, spacious market with a plentiful selection of apples, preserves, ice cream and fresh, homemade hot apple pies.

R and A'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
Detroit Red		August 1	Tart	Cooking
Ozark Gold		August 1	Tart	Cooking
Jonathon		August 15	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
Empire		August 20	Tart	Cooking
September Wonder		September 1	Sweet	Very 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
Criterion	Got a  photo to share?	October 1	Sweet	Eating
Fuji		October 10	Very sweet	Eating, applesauce, apple butter, pies, cooking
Granny Smith		October 15	Tart	Cooking / Eating
Yates		October 20	Sweet	Eating
Braeburn		October 20	Sweet	Eating
Arkansas Black		October 20	Tart	Baking, Eating (very hard apple)
Pink Lady		October 20	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!