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York Imperial Harvest September 20 to October 30, mostly October 1 to October 25; marketing season mostly October 1 to March 30 but some supplies sometimes available to June 1; average crop 6.2 million bushels grown mostly in Virginia, Pennsylvania, West Virginia; size medium to large; skin tough, bright, smooth, blushed to solid light red or pinkish red, with dots pale or russet, often conspicuous; flesh yellowish, firm, crisp, a little coarse, moderately juicy, at first sprightly medium acid but becomes mild medium acid or nearly sweet, somewhat aromatic; good for eating fresh and a fine cooking apple, holding its shape and flavor under heat. This fruit has peculiar oblique lines, as though each apple were leaning a little to one side.
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