2024 Edmonton area of Alberta, Canada Apple U-Pick Farms and Orchards - PickYourOwn.org

Apple U-Pick Orchards in Edmonton area of Alberta, Canada 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 a province or region 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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Edmonton area of Alberta

• Attracted 2 Apples - apples,
  54264 Range Road 213, Fort Saskatchewan, AB T8L3Y9. Phone: . Email: frank@attracted2apples.com. Open: Saturday and Sunday, 10 am to 4:30 pm. Directions: - Take Highway 16 East, in the direction toward Lloydminster from Edmonton, until you reach RR213. - Turn left onto RR213 and go North for 6 miles \(~10km\) at which point you will have to stop for a STOP sign. \(Township Road 542\) - continue straight on RR213 and go north for an additional 34 of a mile \(1.2 km\). - turn left at the entrance when you see the sign \U-Pick Apples. ". Click here for a map and directions. Payment: Cash, only.
• Pork Palace Orchard enSante Winery - Saskatoons, Wild black cherries (chokecherries), Raspberries, Seabuckthorn, Apples and crabapples
  Range Road 115, Brosseau, AB T0B 0P0. Phone: 780-657-2275. Email: vicliz@telusplanet.net. Open: summer months by appointment - 7 days a week. Click here for a map and directions. Farm is certified organic by OCIA Interational. Sampling of over 50 varieties of apples established in 1997. Major planting in 2001 to 2002; over 800 apple, pear and plum trees. Open 5 miles north of North Saskatchewan River on Hwy 36 to Twnship Road 564; turn right (east) to Range Rd 115. We are on the corner. Or south on Hwy 36 from St. Brides to Range Road 115, turn left (south) for 3 miles to Township Rd 564. The Chrapkos have an 8-acre orchard (6.5 acres in apples and 1.5 acres in mixed fruits), operating primarily as a U-Pick operation. Under cultivation are rhubarb, pears, strawberries cherries, plums,
• The Berry Farm - Uses natural growing practices, apples, currants (red and black), other berries, plums, raspberries (red), raspberries (Autumn, yellow), raspberries (black), raspberries (Autumn, black), rhubarb, saskatoons, haskaps,
  52002 Range Road 232, Sherwood Park, AB T8B1B3. Phone: 780-918-3221. Email: theberryfarm@xplornet.com. Open: at 8:30 am on weekends. Directions: Look for a big white metal gate. Gates . Click here for a map and directions. Payment: Cash, Cheque. Call for an appointmen, We're sorry but drop in U Pick is not available. - Saturday Sunday 8:30 to Dark, May 24th to September 1stopen We use natural practices, but are not seeking organic certificationCash or Cheque only. All fruit and berries are $4 per lb. by weight. Also known as (at Christie's Corner). is a tiny family farm, non-certified organic, and produces limited amounts of a range of fruits, berries, and fruit-based products. These include sea buckthorn, apples, plums, cherries (Evans, Juliette, chokecherries, and pin-cherries), currants (white, red, and black), saskatoons, honeyberries (haskap), and raspberries (purple/black, yellow, and red). Limited amounts of various jams, as well as dehydrated and frozen fruits and berries, are available for sale upon request. Prices may vary from time to time without notice. We suggest checking by email in advance for prices, availability, and other unexpected changes. (UPDATED: September 7, 2018, JBS)
• The Bevilaqua - Uses natural growing practices, apples, cherries, raspberries (red), raspberries (yellow), raspberries (black),
  51165 Rr 250, Edmonton, AB T9G 0B3. Phone: 780 955 3051. Email: ldyment@telus.net. Open: Monday to Sunday, from 8 am to 8 pm. Directions: : Follow the signs on 127 street sw Edmonton until you get to 41 Avenue sw, our farm is on the left side of the road \(east side\) just past 41 Avenue at the top of the small hill, you will see signs in the driveway - Corner Of 127 Street And 41 Avenue, South of Ellerslie Road. Click here for a map and directions. Payment: Cash, only. : Follow the signs on 127 street sw Edmonton until you get to 41 Avenue sw, our farm is on the left side of the road (east side) just past 41 Avenue at the top of the small hill, you will see signs in the driveway - Corner Of 127 Street And 41 Avenue, South of Ellerslie Road Saskatoon berries; July 15 to August 15 Evans cherries; July 31 to August 31 Apples: September to October Honey; year round. We use natural practices, but are not seeking organic certification. Saskatoons are juicy and ready now! NO chemicals of any kind have been used Varieties: Northline, Smokey, Theissen and Martin $ 10;00 for 4 Litre Ice cream pail

 

Apple

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!
• 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

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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

 

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