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 …
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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.
Cider
Taking a batch of cider from the cider press up to the farmstand. We make our cider in Cutchogue’s original cider press, which dates from the early days of the 20th century. The cider press was located next door to the building where the King Kullen supermarket is now, on the north side of Route …
This week’s farm news
Now cooking apple butter
Autumn offerings
Our autumn offerings at Wickham’s include our traditional cold-press apple cider, apple turnovers, pies, jams, apple cider donuts, pumpkins, pears, pick-your-own apples, wagon rides, and the ability to experience the landscape of a traditional North Fork working farm, not virtually, but live, in person… the real thing.
Pick-your-own as of Wednesday September 20
Empire, Jonomac, and Aceymac apples are available for pick-your-own as of Wednesday September 20. Please call ahead at (631) 734-6441 before coming out, as we may run out of apple varieties as the week goes on.
Honeycrisp apples
Our Honeycrisp apples, with their characteristic bright green and bright red coloration, are a premium-quality variety with intense flavor and little tartness.
We conserve resources
By planting a special kind of grass in the orchard between the rows of fruit trees, we conserve resources in several ways. We help prevent the soil from eroding, we establish a less-hospitable environment for insect pests, and we enable fewer passes to be made per year through the orchard with mowing equipment.