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Cold Press Apple Cider
[xf_textblock size=” font_color=” color=” animation_type=” animation_duration=’0.5′ animation_delay=’0.5′] Juicing? Try Wickham’s Fruit Farm’s cold press apple cider. We press our apple cider here on the premises with the same old-fashioned rack-and-cloth press we have been using for decades. The cider press was built in 1904. We press our cider cold, in small batches. We do not heat …
First Apple Cider of the Season
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Long Island Fair
[xf_textblock size=” font_color=” color=” animation_type=” animation_duration=’0.5′ animation_delay=’0.5′] It’s time once again for the Long Island Fair, to be held from September 24 into part of October at Old Bethpage Village Restoration in Nassau County. Wickham’s Fruit Farm recommends this fair. The Long Island Fair makes alive for the community the sights, sounds, and flavor of …
Pick-your-own apples
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The Farm Again
[xf_textblock size=” font_color=” color=” animation_type=” animation_duration=’0.5′ animation_delay=’0.5′] The blog of a young farmer in Charles City, Iowa who has returned from California to the family farm: Visit his Instagram. Visit his Facebook page. [/xf_textblock]
Late-Season Peaches
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Encore Peaches
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Candy Apple Recipe
[xf_textblock size=” font_color=” color=” animation_type=” animation_duration=’0.5′ animation_delay=’0.5′] Our Empire apples are well suited to making candy apples. Try this recipe from www.marthastewart.com: Unsalted butter, for parchment paper 2 cups sugar 3/4 cup water 1/2 cup light corn syrup 1/2 teaspoon red food coloring (optional) 6 medium-size apples Line a baking sheet with parchment paper; butter …
Brand New Apple Variety
[xf_textblock size=” font_color=” color=” animation_type=” animation_duration=’0.5′ animation_delay=’0.5′] Wickham’s Fruit Farm is proud to introduce a brand new variety of apple, named Snapdragon. The Snapdragon apple was developed this year. It is a proprietary variety of apple that is restricted to only New York State growers. [/xf_textblock]