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Cortland Harvest September 10 to October 20, mainly September 25 to October 10; marketing season mainly October to mid-January; average crop 3.5 million bushels grown mostly in New York, New England, Ohio, Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin; size medium to large; skin thin, moderately tender, smooth, shiny, red and striped indistinctly with deep dark carmine, prevailing effect red to deep red; size medium to large; flesh snow white, fairly firm, tender, delicate in texture, mildly medium acid, mildly aromatic, does not turn brown on exposure to air; excellent for eating out of hand, in salads, and fruit cocktails where flesh holds snowy white color; fine for all cooking purposes.
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