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Winding Down for the Season

This is the final week of apple picking.  What a bummer!  Not much to harvest this week, Suncrisp, Myra Fuji, Chesapeake and Snow apple.  These varieties will be offered for sale on this Friday, October 2nd.  We will again open … Continue reading

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Change of Hours

Please be advised that our hours have been changed.  Since we only sell what we grow and our crop was almost entirely wiped out by the Mothers’ Day weekend freeze, we have had to reduce our hours.  We had planned … Continue reading

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Open!

It’s Labor Day weekend and we’re spending it a little differently around the orchard this year.  What is usually a very busy opening of the apple season was somewhat more quiet than in past years.  There was no hustle and … Continue reading

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Season Opener

Just a reminder that our business hours have changed somewhat for this season only.  We will open beginning September 4th from 10:00 am to 6:00 pm at the u-pik location.  There will be signs posted.  We hope to be able … Continue reading

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New Hours

The apples that survived the Mothers’ Day weekend freeze are beginning to ripen and will be harvested in the next several weeks.  There are not many apples and picking will be a challenge but we hope to offer what produce … Continue reading

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Heavy losses resulted from the late Spring freeze.  Many varieties were entirely wiped out and other varieties have been greatly reduced.  Harvest will be lean.  We are now working to develop a plan to harvest and market what is left.  … Continue reading

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Not Much!

We’ve spent the last few weeks going up and down the rows in the orchards mowing, weed-eating and looking for apples on the trees.  We haven’t spotted much fruit thanks to the freezing temperatures during the night of May 8th.  … Continue reading

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Ouch!, Ouch!

As if the April freeze wasn’t enough with which to contend, the area was hit again with freezing temperatures on May 8th.  The freeze covered a region wide area and this time the apple trees didn’t fare so well.   Recorded … Continue reading

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Ouch!

The bloom was beautiful.  Peaches and apples had prolific blossoms.  The outcome of an orchardist’s crop, however,  always hangs in the balance of one or two degrees on the thermometer.  This year the 14th and 15th of April brought freezing … Continue reading

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Bloom Is Just Around the Corner

The stages of growth progression in apple trees are consistent every year.  The timing and appearance of each stage may be different because of the weather conditions,  but once the trees come out of dormancy they display the same stages … Continue reading

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