Category Archives: Orchard

Thanks to all our loyal customers

Thanks to all our loyal customers, both longtime and more recent, who came out last weekend, took a wagon ride, picked apples, picked pumpkins, and shopped at the farmstand.  We hope you had a great time, and we look forward to hearing what you are going to do with your apples, whether it’s baking them, …

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Mutsu apples

Our Mutsu apples are now available at the farmstand and for pick-your-own.  These large golden yellow and green apples have great body and texture that makes them suitable for cooking and eating.

Jonagold apples

This week we feature Jonagold apples on the farmstand and in the pick-your-own orchard.  Jonagold was developed from Golden Delicious, and is a good versatile eating or cooking apple.

Longtime customers

It is always a pleasure to see our longtime customers again.  Some of them have been coming to pick their own apples with us for more than 30 years.

From NorthForker:

www.northforker.com/2017/09/29/31-days-31-things-to-do-on-the-north-fork-in-october/  

Apple cider

Early Americans were enthusiastic drinkers of apple cider in part because it could be fermented into hard cider, and hard cider, in a time before modern drinking water, was a healthier beverage to drink than other alternatives at the time, because the alcohol in it provided some safeguard against contamination, in somewhat the same way …

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