2024 Southern New Brunswick, Canada Apple U-Pick Farms and Orchards - PickYourOwn.org

Apple U-Pick Orchards in Southern New Brunswick, 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!

PLEASE report closed farms, broken links and incorrect info using the "Report Corrections" form below.

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Kings

• Bostwick's UPick Apples - apples, U-pick and already-picked
  Gorham\'s Bluff Road, Kingston, NB E5N1A3. Phone: 506-763-2943. Open: Late August until mid October, dependant on crop yield; Weekends and holidays from 10 am to 5 pm Weekdays please call ahead to confirm. Directions: From Saint John Quispamsis: After crossing the Gondola Point Ferry, turn right. Travel approximately 5 kilometers, and turn left \(between the church and the school\). Travel 7 kilometers and turn right onto Gorham\'s Bluff Road The orchard is the first farm you see. . Click here for a map and directions. Payment: Cash, only. From Saint John/ Quispamsis: After crossing the Gondola Point Ferry, turn right. Travel approximately 5 kilometers, and turn left (between the church and the school). Travel 7 kilometers and turn right onto Gorham's Bluff Road The orchard is the first farm you see

Sunbury

• Gilbert Farms - apples, strawberries, U-pick and already picked
  419 Route 102 Hwy, Burton, NB E2V 3C8. Phone: 506-357-8634. Email: melash84@gmail.com. Open: Monday to Sunday, r from 10 am to 5 pm. Directions: 7 km past Burton Bridge on River side. . Click here for a map and directions. Payment: Cash, Cheque. Mid June to Mid July for strawberries; late August to November for apples Strawberry U-Pick and Apple U-Pick. The Family owned farm has been in operation since the 50's, with beef cattle, strawberries, an apple orchard and pear trees, and with the pumpkins there is always something for everyone! Come see our little piece of the country! (UPDATED: June 25, 2018, JBS)

York

• Everett Family Orchard U-pick - Apples
  Route 102, Civic #3900 32 Everett lane, Fredericton, NB e3e1g8. Phone: 506-459-7406. Email: apples@nb.sympatico.ca. Open: Monday to Saturday 9 to 8, Sunday 10 to 6. Directions: Route 102,west of Fredericton 12 km, civic # 3900-everett lane. . Click here for a map and directions. Payment: Cash, Check. . Crops are usually available in August, September, October August 15 to October 20
• Hall's Orchard - apples
  216 Gore Road, Fredericton Junction, NB . Phone: 506-368-1898. Open: U-Pick open by appointment only. Click here for a map and directions. MacIntosh, Cortland, Golden Russets, Crab, and small quantities of other varieties. Fresh apple cider. (ADDED: May 4, 2015, JBS)
• River View Orchards Or Carlisle U-pick - Apples, raspberries,
  227 Keswick Ridge Road, Fredericton, NB E6L 1R9. Phone: 506 440-4379. Open: for McIntosh, Cortland, Lobo, Red and Golden Delicious, Empire, Spartan and Russet; Prices are 35 cents per pound for Macs, Cortland and Empire; 40 cents per pound for Red and Golden Delicious, Russet and Spartan. Directions: Fredericton North take Route 105 to Route 616 and turn right, drive until you come to the sign for Carlisle u-pick or from Fredericton South take old Transcanada highway to the Mactaquac Dam then turn right onto Routh 105 then left onto Route 616 and continue to the Carlisle u-pick sign. . Click here for a map and directions. Payment: Cash, only. Fax: 506-363-5118Crops are usuly available in September, OctoberMonday to Sunday 8 o'clock until 7 o'clock. Our u-pick is now open
• Sandow Farm - Uses natural growing practices, apples, pears, school tours
  684 Tripp Settlement Road, Keswick Ridge, NB E6L 1X2. Phone: 506-363-2262. Email: contact@sandowfarm.ca. Open: from late September until end of the day on Thanksgiving Monday 2nd week of October, 7 days a week from 11 am to dusk in any Weather, during the u-pick season only. Directions: . Click here for a map and directions. Payment: Cash, only.
  Sandow Farm Facebook page. . from late September until end of the day on Thanksgiving Monday (2nd week of October), 7 days a week from 11 am to dusk in any Weather, during the u-pick season only.Picking updates: Click here for picking updatesWe use natural practices, but are not yet certified Organic

 

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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