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• 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.

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

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

• 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.

• 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.

• West central Michigan apple maturity report – Sept. 18, 2019

  Published on September 18, 2019
  McIntosh, Early Fuji and Jonathan are ready for harvest at most locations and will be picked in the next several days. Gala is moving slowly and has been passed by Honeycrisp on some farms.

• 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.

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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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

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  Grand Rapids area apple maturity report – Oct. 2, 2019

  Published on October 2, 2019
  First harvest of early blocks of Honeycrisp and Gala will begin soon.

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

  Published on October 9, 2019
  Growers took advantage of this week’s sunny and dry weather, which was ideal for picking crews.

• 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.

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

  Published on October 9, 2019
  Red Delicious harvest is finishing up, with Fuji and Ida Red next in line.

• East Michigan apple maturity report – Sept. 11, 2019

  Published on September 11, 2019
  McIntosh and Honeycrisp are being harvested at most apple orchards across east Michigan. Gala are slow to mature this fall and need more time on the tree to ripen.

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  Grand Rapids area apple maturity report – Oct. 16, 2019

  Published on October 17, 2019
  First harvest of early blocks of Honeycrisp and Gala will begin soon.

• Southwest Michigan apple maturity report – Sept. 11, 2019

  Published on September 11, 2019
  Taffy apples and Galas are being targeted for harvest in southwest Michigan.

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  Southwest Michigan apple maturity report – Sept. 25, 2019

  Published on September 25, 2019
  Honeycrisp harvest continues in southwest Michigan, with Golden Delicious and a very few Red Delicious being picked. Fruit color is generally very good.

• 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.

• West central Michigan apple maturity report – Oct. 9, 2019

  Published on October 9, 2019
  Final picks of Honeycrisp will be completed by the end of the week at most farms. Rome and Golden Delicious harvest is underway.