College of Agriculture & Natural Resources

• West central Michigan apple maturity report – Sept. 4 ,2019

  Published on September 4, 2019
  Harvest of early fresh market varieties is underway. Gala harvest is still 10-14 days out.

• Grand Rapids area apple maturity report – Sept. 18, 2019

  Published on September 18, 2019
  First harvest of early blocks of Honeycrisp and Gala will begin soon.

• East Michigan apple maturity report – Oct. 16, 2019

  Published on October 17, 2019
  Growers are harvesting a few Red Delicious strains, but there are several other varieties that have jumped ahead of Red Delicious in terms of maturity.

• East Michigan apple maturity report – Sept. 25, 2019

  Published on September 25, 2019
  Jonathan and Jonagold are ready for harvest, and a few early strains of Golden Delicious on early sites are ready to be spot picked. Gala harvest has wrapped up at most farms, except those treated with ReTain.

• Northwest Michigan apple maturity report – Sept. 25, 2019

  Published on September 25, 2019
  Honeycrisp harvest is underway, and most growers are spot picking this variety.

• Southwest Michigan apple maturity report – Oct. 2, 2019

  Published on October 2, 2019
  Jonagold and Golden Delicious harvests are winding down, and Red Delicious is being targeted next.

• Southwest Michigan apple maturity report – Sept. 18, 2019

  Published on September 18, 2019
  Gala harvest is winding down and Honeycrisp harvest continues in southwest Michigan.

• West central Michigan apple maturity report – Sept. 11 ,2019

  Published on September 11, 2019
  Early apple varieties need to be harvested quickly to avoid over-maturity and soft fruit with the incoming heat. The harvest window of prominent varieties seems to be trending towards overlap this year.

• East Michigan apple maturity report – Sept. 18, 2019

  Published on September 18, 2019
  Gala, second picking of Honeycrisp and Early Fuji are being harvested at most apple orchards across east Michigan. McIntosh harvest has been wrapped up at most farms, except those treated with ReTain.

• East Michigan apple maturity report – Oct. 9, 2019

  Published on October 9, 2019
  Growers are harvesting Golden Delicious and eyeballing Red Delicious. Empire harvest is mostly wrapped up.

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  West central Michigan apple maturity report – Sept. 25, 2019

  Published on September 25, 2019
  Gala and Honeycrisp need to be top priorities for all fresh market producers in the region this week. Jonagold and Golden Delicious harvest is quickly approaching.

• Grand Rapids area apple maturity report – Sept. 4, 2019

  Published on September 4, 2019
  Early apple variety harvest is finishing up with Gala harvest on tap for next week.

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  Grand Rapids area apple maturity report – Sept. 25, 2019

  Published on September 25, 2019
  First harvest of early blocks of Honeycrisp and Gala will begin soon.

• West central Michigan apple maturity report – Oct. 2, 2019

  Published on October 2, 2019
  Gala harvest is winding down and Honeycrisp orchards need to be cleaned up as quickly as possible. Golden Delicious, Empire and Jonagold harvest is underway.

• Northwest Michigan apple maturity report – Oct. 16, 2019

  Published on October 17, 2019
  Apple harvest continues to move along, and all varieties are fair game for picking. The region reported isolated first frost events this week.

• Northwest Michigan apple maturity report – Sept. 4, 2019

  Published on September 4, 2019
  Apple harvest is later than normal this season.

• Southwest Michigan apple maturity report – Oct. 16, 2019

  Published on October 17, 2019
  Red Delicious and Ida Red harvests in the area are nearly done. Evercrisp, Rome, Fuji, Winesap and Braeburn will finish up the season.

• East Michigan apple maturity report – Oct. 23, 2019

  Published on October 23, 2019
  Growers are quickly moving toward the end of apple harvest, finishing up this week on Red Delicious, Idared, Northern Spy, Crispin, EverCrisp, Fuji and Cameo.

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  Grand Rapids area apple maturity report – Oct. 9, 2019

  Published on October 9, 2019
  First harvest of early blocks of Honeycrisp and Gala will begin soon.

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  Northwest Michigan apple maturity report – Sept. 18, 2019

  Published on September 18, 2019
  Apple harvest is beginning in earnest and Honeycrisp are showing up in markets.