Apple Seed

Apple at 400 Sheckles sits above Tomato in both per-pick value and grow-cycle length. The right moment to move into Apple is when you have several Uncommon plots already running — the longer cycle means a missed harvest hurts more, and staggering plots is the only practical way to keep Apple income flowing without long idle windows.

Stock chance matters here: Apple seed is in stock roughly half the time the shop is checked, so the buy decision often happens the moment the seed appears, not when you planned for it. Keep a Sheckle buffer ready so a stock window does not pass unused.

Apple pays more per pick than Tomato but takes longer to mature. On a raw rate-per-cycle basis the two are close enough that the choice is about play style: Apple rewards longer sessions with less frequent clicking; Tomato rewards tighter active loops. The values table has the exact numbers for both.

Against Rare-tier crops, Apple is the slower cousin. Once Bamboo or Corn is affordable the per-pick gap widens in favour of Rare, even after accounting for the longer Rare cycle. Apple stays useful as a steady income floor while Rare plots ripen, but it is not a destination crop.