We conserve the soil by seeding grass in the orchard between the rows of trees.
Category Archives: The Farm
Wagon ride to pick apples
September 22 · At Wickham’s Fruit Farm, we offer a family-friendly and kid-friendly experience. When you take a wagon ride to pick apples with us, the kids will enjoy riding the wagon through one of the most scenic farm landscapes on Long Island.
Wickham’s Fruit Farm
Wickham’s Fruit Farm provides ample off-highway parking at no charge, with three curb cuts along Route 25. When you come to pick apples with us, you will not have to park along the highway and walk alongside traffic to get to our property, and you can get back onto the road easily.
Wagon rides
September 18 · Looking for something to do with the kids with school closed Wednesday? Stop in at Wickham’s for some apple picking. Wagon rides are included.
Barn
September 18 · The view inside the barn. In former years, we hoisted hay from a trailer by means of a hook through the window shown, and then along a trolley system that can still be seen under the ridge, at the top of the ceiling.
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
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 …
Strawberries
September 11 · We grow these everbearing strawberries right here on our own land. They are available at our farmstand and feature the most intense flavor of any strawberry we sell.