No. They send it out around Christmas/end of the year.
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But if you call now, they may send it to you sooner.
thanks!
I’ve grown Ginger Gold for many years, and it is a worthy enough apple that I feature it in my bearing age apple nursery in S. NY. Of course, it doesn’t have the depth of character of a true apple gourmet’s type, but few do in its season. I like it better than Williams Pride for a couple of reasons, even if WP is a more distinctive apple which does not especially get water core here- and when it does they are particularly tasty IMO. Whatever Scott refers to as watercore must be a different issue than what I get or what the Japanese frequently get with Fuji apples, where watercore is simply a sign of very high sugar. Water cored Fujis are sold at a premium in Japan. It reduces storage capability but increases the eating quality, according to many tastes. Scotts watercored apples have an off taste which is something I’ve yet to experience.
In the northeast, Ginger Gold is never a completely bland apple once the seeds show a bit of tan. It starts out somewhat tart and mellows into a nice sweet, yellow delicious type, that doesn’t quickly turn to mush as Fruitnut experiences in his hot climate. It has almost as long a picking season as William’s Pride, produces fruit even more reliably and younger than WP. It is somewhat less susceptible than WP to bird pecks because of its green to yellow color.
I prefer it to WP for eating just because I find its texture and sweetness more appealing. I like tart apples that are dense fleshed with high sugar to go with the acid and WP doesn’t fill my particular bill in this regard. Macoun is consistently more flavorful and is the only one in WP’s category that I consider worth growing, even though it is a bird magnet. Of course, Macoun is primarily a northeastern apples and not suitable in much of Ginger Gold’s or WP’s range.
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Alan, this is exactly what I thought, GG should be doing more well in the north, then in the south. And your taste remarks - looks like we like same kind of apples 
Alan, most of my water-cored apples have no off-tastes, in fact on average they taste better. The main downside is nobody wants to eat them due to the unusual-looking flesh. The only watercore apple I have kept is Golden Nugget, it only gets mild watercore and besides that it is as good as a late russet but ripens in August.
@fruitnut I agree summer apples are much more location-dependent. I have never had problems with GG hanging too late, this year I forgot about the last few and picked them many weeks later. They were still good. Most of the other summer apples go mealy far too easily for me. I really like Jefferis except it has about two days of optimal ripeness and am not sure I will keep it. A plus of WP is it doesn’t go mealy, it just gets mega watercore.
Ginger Gold does well in the Mid-Atlantic and southern zones, too, though not sure about the Deep South.
Ginger Gold was discovered in Virginia.
Boyer’s Nursery of PA sometimes has Ginger Gold, too.
And Masonville of Colorado sometimes sells budsticks for grafting.
I just received White Oak Nursery’s 2017 catalog. They also have Ginger Gold-- on B.9, M.111 and other understocks.
See Nurseries List thread for their contact information. Like Schlabach, they are telephone and postal mail only, but their stock is excellent nevertheless.
Thanks a lot!