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.

From NorthForker:

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Cider press

When you drink the local apple cider made in Wickham’s Fruit Farm’s historic screw-type cider press here in Cutchogue, you participate in a long and uniquely American tradition that goes back to the early years of our country’s founding and even before, to a time when many communities that had apple trees also had a …

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 …

John Ross

Who better to tour our cider press with than our longtime friend and customer, the well-known chef John Ross. John Ross is a pioneer in using fresh, local produce to showcase the unique flavors that the climate and geography of the East End make possible. We at Wickham’s Fruit Farm take our hat off to …

Apple cider

Wickham’s apple cider has a hearty red color, unlike the paler mass-market alternative.  We do not add anything to our cider.  Our cider is 100% the juice from pressed apples.  Take home our cider in 1-gallon, 1/2-gallon, and 8-ounce sizes.