Apple Picking Around Albany: Which Apples to Pick for Baking, Eating + More [SPONSORED]

Apple picking season is finally here! But before you break out your bushel and start reaching for the apple way up high, you should know which apples are the best to pick for baking, snacking and spicing up your fall decor.

Lindsey's Orchard, located at 267 Sugar Hill Road in Rexford, can help you decide which are the best apples to pick, depending on what you plan to do with the apples. Some apples have a sweeter taste, while others have a more mild, almost tart flavor. Fuji apples tend to last a long time, so if you're filling vases and table tops with apples as a seasonal accent, they may be a better choice over other apples.

All of the apples below are available at Lindsey's Orchard at different points in the season.

Best Apples for Baking

• Greening: available early September
• Cortland: available mid-September
• Wolf River: available mid-September
• Jonagold: available late September
• Pound Sweet: available late September
• Baldwin: available late September, early October
• Ida Red: available early October
• Rome: available early October
• Winesap: available mid-October
• Granny Smith: available mid-October
• Melba: available Late July-mid-August
• Tydman: available mid-late August
• Ginger Gold: available late August

Best Apples for Eating 

• Northern Spy: available early-mid-October
• Jonathan: available early October
• Spartan: available early October
• Fuji: available early-mid October
• Ida Red: available early October
• Early Mac: available late July-mid August
• Burgundy: available late August
• Ginger Gold: available late August
• Jonamac: available early September
• McIntosh: available early September
• Cortland: available mid-September
• Macoun: available mid-September
• Honeycrisp: available mid-September
• Crispin: available mid-late September
• Empire: available mid-late September
• Candy Crisp: available late September
• Golden Delicious: available late September
• Hampshire: available late September
• Red Delicious: available late September
• Fortune: available late September

Some apples are not only ideal for baking or munching on, but make good sauces and salad companions. Cortland, Crispin, Macoun, Golden Delicious, Red Delicious and Fuji are just a few of them.

For more information on different types of apples and the many ways to use them, visit Lindsey's Orchard at 267 Sugar Hill Road in Rexford or call 518-371-5785. The orchard is open for apple picking daily from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. For more information, click here.