September 15 · We have a limited supply of Honeycrisp apples for sale this month at the farmstand. Try eating one of our Honeycrisp apples raw, and experience the way your mouth fills with juice once you bite into it.
Category Archives: Orchard
Poached pears
September 14 · An elegant dessert of pears poached in a mixture of spices and port wine, fromwww.mygourmetconnection.com : 6 medium-size pears 3 1/2 cups port wine 1 cup water 1 1/4 cups sugar 2 teaspoons vanilla extract 3 tablespoons lemon juice 6 large strips lemon zest 1 cinnamon stick 6 whole cloves 1. Place the port, …
traditional apple varieties
September 14 · At Wickham’s Fruit Farm we continue our decades-old tradition of growing tried-and-true traditional apple varieties like Cortland, which was developed about 120 years ago in Geneva, New York, and named after the county upstate. Cortland has deep crimson skin coloration and very white flesh.
Gala apples are on the stand
Apple butter is on the stand
Gala apple
The Gala apple, which originated in New Zealand, is one of the highest-quality apples we grow. Gala has a distinctive aromatic vanilla scent, inviting buttermilk-colored flesh, and bright red-to-orange skin coloration that reminds one somehow of looking at a comet or some other body in the solar system. Ask for Gala at our farmstand this …
Wagon rides
September 7 · We are now open for pick-your-own apples with wagon rides Fridays and Saturdays.
Pick-your-own apples
September 7 Pick-your-own apples with wagon rides Fridays & Saturdays.
Apple season
September 7 · Apple season is underway at Wickham’s Fruit Farm. Look for our cold-press apple cider, apple cider donuts, apple turnovers, and other apple-related products to begin this year approximately around the middle of September.
Pears
September 6 · Our featured pear this week at the farmstand is a variety named Aurora, which is one of the world’s highest-quality pear varieties. It has an aromatic flavor, keeps well in storage into the late part of the year, and works well in desserts. Our other pear offerings include Bartlett and Gorham.