"LA" = Late August
"ES" = Early September
"MS" = Mid September
"LS" = Late September
"EO" = Early October
"MO" = Mid October
"LO" = Late October
"EN" = Early November
Note: Ripening times of a variety are not necessarily definite, but are relative to other varieties.
Apples usually available commercially at orchards in central Massachusetts are indicated in RED.

Sweet, Subacid, 30-60% of cider:
Variety	LA	ES	MS	LS	EO	MO	LO	EN
Gala	X
Cortland				X
Golden Delicious					X	X	X
Red Delicious					X
Spartan					X
Westfield Seek-No-Further						X
Winter Banana					X	X	X	X
Baldwin						X
Rome*						X
Spencer							X
York Imperial							X
Medium Acid, Slightly Tart, 10-20% of cider:
Variety	LA	ES	MS	LS	EO	MO	LO	EN
Gravenstein	X	X
Sops of Wine, Winesop	X	X
McIntosh		X
Ribston Pippin		X
Fameuse (Snow Apple)		X
Wealthy		X	X	X
R.I.Greening			X	X	X
Jonathon			X	X	X	X	X
Cortland				X
Baldwin						X
Golden Russet						X
Roxbury Russet						X
Mutsu (Crispin)						X
Rome*						X
Spygold						X	X
Red Stayman Winesap**						X	X
Northern Spy							X
York Imperial							X
Esopus Spitzenberg***							X
Granny Smith							X	X
Yellow Newtown Pippin****							X	X
Aromatics, 10-20% of cider:
Variety	LA	ES	MS	LS	EO	MO	LO	EN
Gala	X
Gravenstein	X	X
Wealthy		X	X	X
McIntosh		X
Fameuse (Snow Apple)		X
Ribston Pippin		X
Cortland				X
Cox's Orange Pippin				X
Red Delicious					X
Golden Russet						X
Roxbury Russet						X
Tannics, 5-10% of cider:
Variety	LA	ES	MS	LS	EO	MO	LO	EN
Red Astrachan	X	X	X	X
Cortland				X
Liberty					X
Golden Russet						X
Roxbury Russet						X
Northern Spy							X
Yellow Newtown Pippin****							X	X
Crabapples, Wild Apples

Many of the variety names vary:
* Rome is also known as Red Rome and Rome Beauty
** Red Stayman Winesap is also called Stayman Winesap, Winesap, and Stayman
*** Esopus Spitzenberg is also called Spitzenberg
**** Yellow Newtown Pippin is also known as Newtown, Yellow Newtown, Newtown Pippin, Yellow Pippin and Albermarle (??)

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