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Flavor/Texture Fresh Salads Pies Sauce Baking Freezing Refrigerated Life Expectancy Harvested Gala Sweet, Crisp Very Good Good Not Recommended Good Good Mid-Dec. Early Sept. Honeycrisp Sweet, Crisp Very Good Good Excellent Good Good April Early Sept. McIntosh Sweet, Tart, Crisp Very Good Good, cooks up mushy Excellent Fair Good Mid-Nov. Early to Mid-Sept. Cortland Sweet, Tart, Crisp Excellent Good, cooks up mushy Excellent Fair Good Nov. Mid-Sept. Jonathan Tart, Crisp Good Excellent Chunky Excellent Very Good End of Dec. Mid-Sept. Jonagold Sweet, Tart, Crisp Good Excellent Good Excellent Very Good Late Nov. Mid-Sept. Golden Delicious Sweet, Crisp Excellent Excellent Chunky Very Good Very Good End of Jan. Mid-Sept. Red Delicious Sweet, Crisp Good Fair Poor Fair Fair End of Jan. Late Sept. early Oct. Braeburn Tart, Sweet Good Good Good Good Fair End of Jan. Early Oct. Melrose Tart, changes to sweet Very Good Excellent Excellent, Chunky Very Good Very Good April Lat Sept. early Oct. Suncrisp Sweet, Tart, Crisp Very Good Excellent Very Good Very Good Very Good April Early to Mid-Oct. Rome Sweet, Crisp Fair Good Fair, Chunky Very Good Good Mid Jan. Early to Mid-Oct. Fuji Sweet, Crisp Excellent Good Poor Good Good June Mid to Late Oct. Winesap Tart, Crisp Very Good Excellent Good, Chunky Very Good Good Mid Feb. Mid Oct. Goldrush Very Tart, then Sweet, Tart Excellent Excellent Very Good Very Good Very Good End of May Late Oct.   Flavor/Texture Fresh Salads Pies Sauce Baking Freezing Refrigerated Life Expectancy Harvested