Pick Your Own

Celebrate the fall with fresh apples from our orchard trees! This season we expect a bumper crop of sweet and delicious apples for eating and baking. Pick your own apples from one of seven varieties from September through October.

Starting in September, you can pick your own apples and pumpkins(October) from Wednesday through Sunday 10:00am - 6:00pm. We will provide bags to pick your own apples with!

Make sure to check the schedule below to learn when your favorite apple will be ready for picking and visit our Visitor Information page to get directions. Hope to see you soon!

Apple Availabilty

McIntosh - September
Cortland - September
Jona Mac - September
Empire - mid to late September
Honeycrisp - mid to late September
Ida Red - late September to early October
Red Delicious - late September to mid October
Pumpkins - October

Our apples

McIntosh is the best selling apple in the northeastern United States. It has white, tender, crisp flesh that's spice is highly aromatic and full of juice. Its characteristic flavor is best used in sauces, but loses its shape when sliced. It is the principal cider apple in the Northeast. The apple has cross bread with other apple varieties such as Cortland, Empire, and Macoun.

Honeycrisp is a cross between the Macoun and the Honeygold. The Honeycrisp is quickly becoming the most popular apple in the world! The taste is sweet, but tart and the apples flesh is that of the crispest among other eating apples. Honeycrisp apples can store three to four months in the refrigerator. Not only does the Honeycrisp look good, but they are also kid approved!

Cortland is almost identical to the McIntosh, except that the Cortland ripens a little later, is a bit larger and has a brighter color. With a perfumed scent, slightly acid, it has a very good flavor. It is good for pies because it doesn't brown when it is sliced.

Red Delicious is the most widely grown apple in the world and a favorite snacking apple. The fruit is bright red and sometimes striped with darker red streaks, it has five "points" on the bottom. It's crunchy with a mildly sweet flavor and yellow flesh. It should feel solid and heavy, not soft and light. They are great for eating fresh and excellent in salads, but not a great baking apple.

Ida Red is a large bright red flushed apple that is firm and keeps well. Its flesh is white, crisp and mildly acid making its flavor tangy and tart. It is best suited for cooking being best used in sauces and pies.

Empire is a cross between the McIntosh and the Red Delicious, but with more of the McIntosh in it. It keeps better refrigeration than the Mac. Its a popular "eat right off the tree" apples because of its juicy, firm, crunchy and sweet texture. People favor its creamy, white flesh. It can also be used for adding spice to cider blends and in apple pies.

Jonamac is a cross between a Jonathan and a McIntosh. It is a medium size fruit with firm, crisp flesh firm, with flavor similar to McIntosh. The eating quality combines the rich flavor of McIntosh with some of the spiciness of a Jonathan. Excellent for cooking, sauce or eating out of hand. When baking, the slices tend to be melting and juicy.

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