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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

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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!