Apple U-Pick Orchards in Phoenix and Surrounding Counties in Arizona in 2024, by county
Below are the U-Pick orchards and farms for apples that we know of in this area. Not all areas of any state, nor even every state, have apples orchards that are open to the public. If you know of any others, please tell us using the add a farm form!
Remember to always check with the farm's own website or Facebook page before you go - or call or email them if they don't have a website or Facebook page. Conditions at the farms and crops can change literally overnight, so if you want to avoid a wasted trip out there - check with the farm directly before you go! If I cannot reach them, I DON'T GO!
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Maricopa County
- Date Creek Ranch - ORGANIC, apples, peaches Grass-fed Beef, Natural pork, Grass -fed lamb, Pasture-raised chicken
Date Creek Ranch Rd, Wickenburg, AZ 85358. Phone: 928-231-0704. Email: theranch@datecreekranch.com. Open: weekends. Directions: 22 miles northwest of Wickenburg. Highway 93 milepost 177.5. Pick your own organic tree-ripened apples and peaches. We also offer our own grass-fed lean natural beef. Please call to order and for fruit updates. . Click here for a map and directions.
Date Creek Ranch Facebook page. . Open Peaches and Summer Apples available on weekends in July, 7 am to 3 pm. Fall Apples (Golden and Red Delicious) in September, possibly into October. Call before coming: (928)776-8877 for updates on fruit availability. For directions and additional info visit our web site. Eat while you pick and pick all you want. Admission is free. Boxes and all the tools you will need are provided. Picnic under mesquites, hike the creek, place an order for grass-fed beef, grassed lamb, and pastured poultry. Experience life on a ranch more than 100 years in the making. Just bring sunscreen, hats and water, and you've got the mix for great family fun. The ranch is located 22 miles north of Wickenburg on Hwy. 93. Turn right at highway marker 177.5 and follow the dirt road 4 miles to the orchards. Check our map for directions. Apple picking will be available every weekend in September and possibly into October, while supplies last. (We planted the orchard over 45 years ago and feature mostly Golden Delicious apples and a few pear and peach trees. When the fruit is ripe, the public is invited to visit the ranch, weekends only, from 7 AM to 3 PM, to pick the orchard's bounty. Boxes, wheel barrows and picking tools are supplied. Admission is free. Scales are at the stand for weighing. The fruit is organic, so please be encouraged to sample as you pick. Fall apples are typically ready in September and October. Mother Nature calls the shots as to timing, however. (UPDATED: April 10, 2018, JBS) - Fenway Park Orchards - - Uses natural growing practices, apples, peaches,
42610 highway 60-89, Morristown, AZ 85342. Phone: 623-388-2603. Email: away106824@aol.com. Open: Peaches are available May - early June, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday, from 8:30 am to 4:30 pm; Apples and grapes in early June. Directions: We are located 23 miles northwest of Surprise and Sun City West, Arizona. We are 9 miles east of Wickenburg, Arizona. Those coming from the east on Highway 74, will turn right at the intersection, proceed west 1/2 mile to the crossover on the median, and turn left going east, approximately 1/4 mile. Look for giant yellow signs! Hard to miss! Turn right at the large yellow mailbox (42610 Highway 60-89) Proceed up the hill to the fruit stand about 100 feet and you are there. . Click here for a map and directions. Payment: Cash, Check. . . We use natural practices, but are not seeking organic certification. Click here for an Fenway peach coupon. There are no restroom facilities on the property. Rest area is located about 3 1/2 miles down the road - heading towards Wickenburg. - Mother Nature's Farm - apples, peaches, pumpkins, farm market, Christmas trees
1663 E. Baseline Road, Gilbert, AZ 85233. Phone: (480) 892-5874. Open: Call ahead for hours. Directions: Located on Baseline between Stapley and Gilbert. U-pick peaches and apples in May and June. . Click here for a map and directions. . Open for U-pick garden in May, June, & July. World pumpkin weigh-off first Saturday in October. Pumpkin patch, hayrides, school tours, animals, picnic area, and corn maze. We provide lots of grassy areas for birthday parties or any other occasions you can think of. We do school tours for thousands of children. has so many activities, it will be hard to experience everything in one day. In October we have a pumpkin patch where you can select from thousands of pumpkins, and then use your artistic skills to decorate it as you wish! Visit us in December to pick out the perfect Christmas tree, or play in the snow! Visit and feed the farmyard animals, play on the spider web crawl, take a hayride, or run through Alexander's Adventure Maze. When you get hungry, visit Maneau's Munchies or let us make you some cotton candy.
Yavapai County
- Quiet Valley Ranch - Uses natural growing practices, Apricots, Peaches, Plums, Pears, Apples, Nectarines, Pomegranates, Quince
1300 North Page Springs Road, Cornville, AZ 86325. Phone: (928) 649-0600. Email: quietvalleyranch@gmail.com. Open: June to September 8am to 6pm. Directions: directions. . Click here for a map and directions. Payment: Cash, only. . Click here for a map and . Organic Orchard (ADDED: June 18, 2017)"
Apple Picking Tips, Recipes and Information
Apples ripen from the outside of the tree towards the center, so the apples out the outside of the tree will ripen first. Once they are picked, they stop ripening. Picking apples directly from a tree is easy. Roll the apple upwards off the branch and give a little twist; don't pull straight away from the tree. If two apples are joined together at the top, both will come away at the same time. Don't shake the trees or branches. If the apple you are trying to pick drops, (or others on the tree) go ahead and pick it up. They're perfectly fine! But do wash them before you eat them! More info: How to tell when apples are ripe
- Once picked, don't throw the apples into the baskets, place them in gently, or they will bruise and go bad more quickly.
- Don't wash apples until just before using to prevent spoilage.
- For an explanation of why apple slices turn brown and how to stop it, see this page!
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Keep apples cool after picking to increase shelf life. A cool basement is ideal, but the fruit/vegetable drawer of a refrigerator will work, too. A refrigerator is fine for small
quantities of apples. Boxed apples need to be kept in a cool, dark spot
where they won't freeze. Freezing ruptures all of an apple's cells, turning
it into one large bruise overnight. The usual solution is to store apples in
a root cellar. But root cellars often have potatoes in them: apples and
potatoes should never be stored in the same room because, as they age,
potatoes release an otherwise ethylene gas, which makes apples spoil faster.
If you can keep the gas away from your apples, they will keep just fine.
Just don't store them right next to potatoes.
Prevent contact between apples stored for the winter by wrapping them individually in sheets of newspaper. The easiest way to do this is to unfold a section of newspaper all the way and tear it into quarters. Then stack the wrapped apples . See more here: How to store apples at home - Apples don't improve or "ripen" after being picked - this is an urban myth - see this page for the truth - with references!
Which apple variety is best?
There are tens of thousands of varieties of apples, developed over centuries. They vary in sugar, acoidity, flavors, storing, crispness and many other attributes. See our guides to apple varieties:
- Summary table of many apple varieties and their characteristics
- Detailed descriptions of each apple variety with detailed characteristics
- Apple varieties, sorted by the order in which they typically ripe
- Apple varieties that don't turn brown when they are cut
- Why are some apples brown or spotted inside when you first cut them open?
Canning apples - fully illustrated, with step-by-step instructions
- How to make applesauce
- How to make apple butter
- How to make apple jelly
- How to make apple pie filling (canned)
- How to can apples
- Home canned apple juice
Recipes, illustrated with step by step instructions
- Apple pie recipe and directions and illustrated! I can say, with, ahem, no bias at all, that this is the best apple pie recipe in the world! (Alright, I did have an apple strudel in Vienna once at that place listed in Fodors that was REALLY good, but that wasn't a pie, was it? And since this was the recipe my grandmother used, it must be great!)
- How to make applesauce for a single meal (not canning it) with NO special equipment
- Apple cobbler
- Apple crunch - best of all! Moist, low sugar and using oats!
- Apple crisp - ever-popular, low sugar and using oats!
- Apple, blackberry, cherry, and/or peach cobbler
- Apple-blackberry, crumble - a English favorite (or favourite)
Using fresh apples and miscellaneous
- How to stop cut apples from browning
- Apple festivals - find one near you!
- Apple facts
- Apple seeds and cyanide