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Franklin County
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Adams Family Organics - ORGANIC,
Phone: 207-778-5490. Email: adamsorganic@yahoo.com Find us from the corner of Rte 156 and Knowlton Corner Road. We are about a
mile from the corner heading towards Farmington, Maine.
Call ahead.
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Blueberry Hill Farm -
wild blueberries
Dallas Hill Road. Follow the signs. Rangeley, Maine. Phone:
207-864-5647. Email: Palmer@rangeley.org
Pick your own wild blueberries in our fields in the scenic mountains of Western Maine at the foot of Saddleback Mountain. Open:
July 21 - September 1, 10 am to 3 p.m.
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Firth's Fruit Farm -
highbush blueberries
26 Intervale Road,
New Sharon, Maine. Phone: 207-778-3904.
5 acres of highbush blueberries, close to the road. Established plantings. Call
for availability. Open: July 25 - August 30 - sunrise to sunset. Call for
availability.
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Island Farm - ??? I haven't found out what they have yet
Rte 149 North, Avon, ME. Phone: 207-639-5044. Fax: 207-639-5044. Email:
islandfarm@tds.net. Directions: Take
Rte 4 North from Farmington, then Rte 145 North across river towards Strong;
half mile on left take Rte 149 North for 3.5 miles. Farm Road is on left.
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King Farms - Blackberries, wild
blueberries, vegetables, apples and raspberries.
Rte 156 east, Weld, ME. Phone: 207-585-2025. Fax: 207-585-2025. Email:
loncher@tds.net. Directions: Rte 156
east, 11 miles from Wilton, past the Maine Forestry Station but before
Proctor's Pond with the windmills.
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Morrison Hill Orchard -
apples
West Farmington, follow Rte 43 west to a left-hand turn onto Morrison
Hill Road. The orchard is about one half mile. Farmington, Maine. Phone:
207-778-4945. Email: simxxl@tdstelme.net .
Two varieties of MacIntosh available after September 15. Call ahead for availability. Open Tuesday through Sunday, 9 am to 5 pm.
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Peace and Plenty Farm - ORGANIC,
Phone: 207-639-5550. Email: iamlloyd@aol.com
and Email: lloyd.griscom@gmail.com.
Organic wild sour top Maine blueberries. Call for special orders or information.
Rte 142 north from Phillips for 2 miles. Go left onto East Madrid Road (Manzer
Hot Mix sign) We are 7 miles on left. Phillips, Maine. Open: Tuesday through
Sunday from 8:30 - 10:30 am and 4 - 6 pm.
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Wilton Blueberry Farm
- blurberries
Wilton, ME. Phone: 207-645-2128. Email:
irvfaunce@gwi.net. Directions: East Wilton - behind Harnden's Harvest
Hutch. Open mid-July to late September, 7 days a week from 8 am to 4 pm,
also Tuesday and Thursday evenings. Every berry beautiful! 4,500 highbush
blueberry trees located on 4 beautiful acres in the Western foothills of
Maine. Pick your own or pre-picked. Order in advance. Restrooms. Can
Accommodate Bus Tours.
Oxford County
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Apple Acres Farm -
apples
Durgintown Road, South Hiram, Maine. Phone: 207-625-4777 Toll
free;800-647-4725. Fax 207-625-4777. Email: bjon@psouth.net Many varieties to choose from including Paula Reds, Macs, Cortlands, Macouns, Red Delicious, Spensers, Mutsus, Honey Crisps and Northern Spys. Open September 1 - October 10.
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Barton's PYO Strawberries - strawberries
Barton Road, Albany Township, Maine.
Phone: 207-824-2834. Pick your own strawberries last week of June to Mid July. Family run business. Easy access to field, plenty of parking. Call to verify picking dates. Flats available. From Bethel;3.5 miles from the junction of Route 5/35 in Albany Township on Hunts Corner Road. Turn left at sign onto Barton
Road,
Albany Township, Maine.
Open:
7 am until 12 pm and 5 pm to 8 pm. Restrooms available.
- Buzzy's Greenhouse - strawberries
Phone: 207-625-4454. Cross Road, Porter, ME.
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Carter's Farm Market -
beans, tomatoes and flowers
Rte 26,
Oxford, Maine. Phone: 207-539-4848. Fax 207-539-4485.
Pick your own beans, tomatoes and flowers in gardens near our farm stand. 6 miles South of South Paris and Rtes 26 -121 junction. Restrooms available.
Bus parking.
- Fairwinds Berry Farm - strawberries, prepicked
produce
346 Skeetfield Road, Oxford, ME 04270. Phone: 207-890-9601. Alternative
phone: 207-890-3807. Email:
dcknightly@gmail.com. Directions: Right off Route 26. Traveling North go
one mile beyond Oxford Plains Speedway, take a left at the blinking light.
Traveling South travel 8 tenths of a mile beyond Walmart and take a right at
the blinking light. Farm is on the right. And for a map to our farm,
click here. Crops are usually available in June, July. Open: Monday to
Saturday; Call for picking availability. Strawberries mid June into July.
Payment: Cash, Check. (ADDED: January 13, 2009) (UPDATED: September 08,
2009)
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Lyon Orchard -
apples
684 Grover Hill Road, Bethel, Maine. Phone: 207-824-2842.
Pick your own apples. Open:
Fall, 7 days, 8 am to 7 pm.
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Maple Crest Farm -
raspberries
349 Paris Hill Road, Buckfield, Maine. Phone: 207-336-2466. Email: cooper@megalink.net Fresh, sweet raspberries, ripe and ready. Come visit us in Buckfield to fill your berry needs. Call for hours and days open.
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McSherry Orchards -
pumpkins
Sweden, Maine. Phone: 603-447-2737.
Pick your own pumpkins in Sweden, Maine. or visit our farm stand on Rte 16 in Conway, NH. Free quart of cider with each bushel picked. Free small pumpkins for the children. Free wagon and hay rides. Open September and October, daily, 9 am to 5 pm. Restrooms available.
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Plummer Hill Orchards -
apples
Waterford, Maine. Phone: 207-583-6508.
Pick your own MacIntosh, Cortland, Red and Golden Delicious apples while enjoying beautiful views of the Western Maine Mountains. Take
Rte 37 or 35 to Waterford Road, Village, take Plummer Hill Road north from
village for 1.2 miles. Saturday and Sunday 9 am to 4 pm in September and October.
Bus parking.
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Silver Fox Farm -
pick their own flowers and some vegetables
Fryeburg, Maine. Phone: 207-935-6304. Fax 207-935-3058. Email: amos3@nh.adelphia.net Customers are welcome to pick their own flowers and specified vegetables. Fryeburg Village, on Rte 5N 3.5 miles, right on Cornshop
Road, 1/2mi on right.
Open:
June to September.
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Valley View Orchard -
apples
212 Hebron Centerd Road, Hebron, Maine. Phone: 207-966-2630. Fax
207-966-2328. Email: info@valleyvieworchardpies.com
Pick your own apples. Open:
Call for hours.
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Weston's Farm Stand -
Choose and cut your own flowers,
48 River Street, Fryeburg, Maine 04037. Phone: 207-935-2567. Email: weston@pivot.net Choose and cut your own flowers, or we can pick them fresh for you.
Open July, August, September - until frost. 8 am to 6 pm. Handicapped Accessible.
Restrooms available.
Bus parking.
Somerset County
- Badgerboro Berry Farm - strawberries
Palmyra, ME. Phone: 207-938-2497.
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Blackwell Hill Nursery - flowers
Madison, Maine. Phone: 207-696-3709. Fax 207-696-3709. Email blackwellhillnursery@tds.net The nursery has several "row-out" gardens for cutting flowers. From
Madison go east on Rte 148 turn left onto Blackwell Hill Rd- nursery is 1 2/10
mile on the right (from Skowhegan go north on Rte 201, turn right ).
Open May through August from 10 am to 6 pm daily. Weekends in September from 10 am to 6 pm.
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Cayford Orchards - apples, peaches, pears, raspberries,
blueberries, pumpkins and squash
Hilton Hill Road, Skowhegan, Maine. Phone: 207-474-5200. Email:
cayfordorchardsfarms@yahoo.com. PYO
apples and pears or ready picked. Specializing in antique varieties and many
new varieties. Also pumpkins and squash. Hay rides on weekends. Coming soon,
pyo raspberries, blueberries. 3 miles north of Skowhegan post
office on Route 150, half mile up Hilton Hill Road, Skowhegan, Maine. Open:
September 1 thru Thanksgiving from 9 am to 5 pm. (UPDATED: July 09,
2008)
- Cray's Produce - strawberries and raspberries
Route 151 Palmyra (stand is on
Route 2 in Palmyra),
Palmyra, Maine. Phone: 207-938-2006. Email
cray@tdstelme.net Pick your own strawberries and raspberries. Open:
Call for more information 938-2006 or 478-8279.
- Forever Green Farms - strawberries,
74 Ten
Lots Road, Fairfield Center, ME 04937. Phone: 207-465-9649. Email:
thiltz@roadrunner.com. Open: Sunday to Saturday, from 7:00 am to 5:00 pm
or until picked out; Call ahead as the strawberries sometimes need a day or
two to ripen between pickings; Always call ahead to know the next picking
day. Directions: Forever Green Farms 74 Ten Lots Road Fairfield Center North
or South of Fairfield Take Interstate 95 north to the Fairfield exit.
Northbound take a left on Western Avenue (southbound take a right)and go to
the end of the road. Take a right on route 139. Take a left on the Davis
Road. Go to the stop sign (2 or 3 miles) Go straight on Ten Lots Road. We're
74 (3 tenths of a mile on the left) It's a gray cape set back from the road
with a rock wall in the front.
Click here for a map and directions. Strawberries: Approximately June 25
to July 10. Payment: Cash, Check. We're a family owned farm that has been in
operation for 15 years. Picking strawberries is a traditional family affair
in Maine. We love to see people enjoying the fresh air, beautiful, peaceful
landscape, and go home with yummy strawberries! You can bring your own
container to pick in or buy berry boxes. Come and experience one of our
premier Maine events. (UPDATED: June 18, 2009)
- Lombard's Appleberry Orchard - apples and pears.
234 Dexter Road (Rte 23),
Saint Albans, Maine. Phone: 207-938-2861. Email
kathie@tdstelme.net Pick your own apples and pears. Open September through October, 10 am to 4 pm
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North Star Orchards -
apples
97 Orchard Road (off Rte 43), Madison, Maine. Phone: 207-696-5109; Toll free: 877-696-5109.
Email:
northstarorchards@hughes.net. Numerous varieties of apples available from late August through mid-October. Free wagon rides on Saturday and Sunday to pick from dwarf trees. Great family fun.
Open:
September 1 through December 24, every day from 10 am to 5 pm; then from
January to August on weekends only from 10 am to 5 pm. Restroom available.
(UPDATED: April 05, 2009)
A visitor writes on September 19,
2009: "We really enjoy picking apples and taking the wagon ride around
the orchard with our children"
- Sandy River Apples/Fenton's Orchard - apples
Sandy River Road,
Norridgewock, Maine. Phone: 207-587-2563. Old varieties of apples. Open September 15 through October 30. Call for hours and availability. Handicapped
Accessible. Restroom available. Bus parking.
- Schartner's Mt. View Fruit & Berry Farm - strawberries
Route 220, Thorndike, ME. Phone: 207-568-3668.
- Sites Farm - strawberries
Joaquin Road, Athens, ME. Phone: 207-654-2063.
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The Apple Farm -
apples
104 Back Road,
Fairfield, Maine. Phone: 207-453-7656 Toll free: 877-453-7656. Fax
207-453-2717. Email
applefarm@adelphia.net Pick your own apples -- Macs, Cortlands, Red and Golden Delicious, Golden Russets, Pearmains, Winter Bananas and others in season. Wagon rides on weekends. Open September through October 25 from 9 am to 5 pm daily. Handicapped
Accessible. Restroom available. Bus parking.
- The Strawberry Ranch - strawberries
Rte 2, 2 miles west of Walmart in Palmyra. Palmyra, Maine. Phone:
207-938-4943. Email
vze4c9ta@verizon.net Enjoy a morning in Palmyra picking your own large juicy strawberries. We have over 2 acres of strawberries and we are offering a new variety to Maine. Open:
During berry season, 7 days a week from 6 am to 1 pm.
- Trinity Farm Bed & Breakfast -
Raspberries
North New Portland, Maine. Phone: 207-628-5223. Fax 207-628-5223.
Email
trinityfarm@hotmail.com Raspberries -- Heritage everbearing
(usually bears from midsummer right up till frost). Route 16, halfway
between Kingfield and No. New Portland.
Open:
Daylight hours. Call for availability.
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