Key fall tree for bundle progress and steady orchard value.
Fruit Trees
Apple Tree
- Name
- Apple Tree
- Fruit
- Apple
- Sapling price
- 4000g
- Growth
- 28 days
- Fruit sell price
- 100g
Harvest season
Fall
Last checked: 2026-05-18 · Source: Stardew Valley Wiki
How to use this data
Plan Apple Tree before spending sapling money
Fruit trees are expensive timing decisions. This page should help you avoid planting too late, blocking future layouts, or buying a tree before the harvest season matters.
- Check the harvest season first: Apple is tied to Fall in this database.
- Plan around the growth time. Apple Tree needs 28 days, so a late sapling may not pay off until a later season or year.
- Place the tree where it will not block future sprinklers, buildings, or pathing.
- Before buying, compare the sapling cost with your current tool, animal, sprinkler, and building plans.
Player decision notes for Apple Tree
Treat Apple Tree as a long-term farm layout choice, not a quick cash purchase. The sapling cost is paid up front, the tree needs an uninterrupted growth window, and the payoff depends on whether you will actually collect Apple during Fall.
Before buying, ask what the tree is solving. It may support fruit collection, gifting, bundles, artisan planning, or a complete orchard route, but it can also delay tool upgrades, animals, or sprinklers if the farm is still short on basic infrastructure.
A safe beginner approach is to plant fruit trees only after the tile plan is stable. If you are still moving paths, buildings, scarecrows, or sprinklers every few days, hold the money until the orchard space will not need to be rebuilt.