Apple

Apple

Type	Fruit
Grows On	Apple Tree
Season	Fall
Sell Price	100g

Apple is the Fall fruit of the Apple Tree and one of the most dependable gifts in the valley. Once the tree is mature, it grows a fresh Apple every day of Fall, year after year, with no replanting. Nearly every villager likes an Apple, so a tree near the farmhouse keeps a steady supply of cheap, friendly gifts. The Fodder Bundle on the Bulletin Board needs three Apples, and the Artisan Bundle in the Pantry accepts one. Putting an Apple in a Keg makes Apple Wine, which is worth three times the raw fruit.

The in-game description reads: A crisp fruit used for juice and cider.

Growing

Apples grow on the Apple Tree. Pierre's General Store sells Apple Saplings, and the Traveling Cart sometimes carries them at a varying price. The sapling needs a clear square of ground around it and takes four weeks to mature. Planting it by the first day of Summer means the tree is ready when Fall begins.

A mature tree grows one Apple each day of Fall. The fruit builds up on the branches for up to three days, so a visit every few days collects the lot. Fruit still hanging on the last day of Fall is lost when the season changes.

The tree gets better with age. Its first year of fruit is normal quality. Each year after that lifts the quality by one level, until the tree gives iridium Apples. Higher quality raises the price of each raw Apple.

An Apple Tree in the Greenhouse or on Ginger Island fruits every day of the year, not just in Fall.

Thunderstorms carry a small risk. A tree struck by lightning grows coal instead of fruit for a few days, then goes back to normal.

Choosing the fruit bats for the cave on the farm is another way to get Apples. The bats leave random fruit in the cave overnight, and Apples are part of the mix in any season.

Prices

A raw Apple sells for a middling price, level with an Orange. Processing it pays much better.

Putting an Apple in a Keg makes Apple Wine after about a week. The wine sells for three times the value of a normal Apple. Ageing that wine in a Cask raises its value again, up to double once it reaches iridium quality.

Putting an Apple in a Preserves Jar makes Apple Jelly in two to three days. Jelly sells for a little less than wine, but the jar finishes more than twice as fast. With few machines and plenty of fruit, jars earn more per machine. With spare Kegs, wine earns more per Apple.

The Artisan profession adds forty percent to both the wine and the jelly.

The Dehydrator takes five Apples at a time and turns them into one pack of Dried Fruit by the next day. The pack is worth more than the five raw Apples, but far less than five bottles of wine. It suits a big harvest that would otherwise sit in a chest.

The quality of the Apple has no effect on wine or jelly. A normal Apple and an iridium one make exactly the same bottle. With only a few Kegs, process the normal Apples first and sell the best ones raw, since processing adds the most value to the cheapest fruit.

Sell prices by quality, with the bonus from each profession.

Quality	Price	Tiller (+10%)
Normal	100g	110g
Silver	125g	137g
Gold	150g	165g
Iridium	200g	220g

Uses

The Fodder Bundle on the Bulletin Board in the Community Center needs three Apples, together with Wheat and Hay. Completing it gives a Heater.

The Artisan Bundle in the Pantry takes any six items from a mixed list of fruit and artisan goods. An Apple is one of the options, and the bundle rewards a Keg.

Cooking an Apple with Cranberries and Sugar makes Cranberry Candy. The Queen of Sauce teaches the recipe on the last day of Winter in the first year. Keeping a few Apples from Fall in a chest means the candy can be cooked as soon as the show airs.

At the dye pots in Emily and Haley's house, an Apple counts as a red dye.

Cooking Apple with the other ingredients below makes these dishes.

Dish	Image	Ingredients
Cranberry Candy		Cranberries (1), Apple (1), Sugar (1)

The Community Center asks for Apple in these bundles.

Bundle	Room	Amount
Artisan Bundle	Pantry	1
Fodder Bundle	Bulletin Board	3

Gifts

The children Jas, Leo and Vincent like Apples. The bachelors and bachelorettes Abigail, Alex, Elliott, Emily, Haley, Harvey, Leah, Maru, Penny, Sam, Sebastian and Shane like them as well, as do the Dwarf, Krobus, Sandy and the Wizard. The same goes for the shopkeepers Clint, Gus, Marnie, Pierre, Robin and Willy, and for the older villagers Caroline, Demetrius, Evelyn, George, Jodi, Kent, Lewis, Linus and Pam.

That wide appeal makes the Apple one of the safest gifts in Fall. It works well for Abigail, Haley, Jas and Vincent, who turn their noses up at Mangoes but still welcome an Apple.

A single mature tree supplies a fresh gift every day of the season. That keeps friendships growing without spending money at the shops.

Notes

The Apple's own description talks about juice and cider. In practice, a Keg never makes juice or cider from it. It always makes Apple Wine.

Plant the Apple Tree early in the first year if the Fodder Bundle is a goal. The tree needs a full month to mature, and Fall is the only season it fruits outside the Greenhouse.

All Fruit

Every entry in this group, with its key details.

Name	Season	Price
Apple	Fall	100g
Apricot	Spring	50g
Banana	All on Ginger Island; Summer in Stardew Valley	150g
Cherry	Spring	80g
Mango	Summer in Stardew Valley; All on Ginger Island	130g
Orange	Summer	100g
Peach	Summer	140g
Pomegranate	Fall	140g