2025 Capital Region (aka Hudson Valley) of New York State Apple U-Pick Farms and Orchards - PickYourOwn.org

Apple U-Pick Orchards in Capital Region (aka Hudson Valley) of New York State in 2025, by county

Below are the U-Pick orchards and farms for apples that we know of in this area.

Not all areas of a 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!

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

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Saratoga County

• Bowman Orchards - Pick your own and picked apples, cherries, strawberries, raspberries, blackberries and blueberries, cider and donuts.
  141 Sugar Hill Road, Rexford, NY 12148. Phone: 518-371-2042. Email: kevin@bowmanorchards.com. Open: right through Thanksgiving. Click here for a map and directions.
  Bowman Orchards Facebook page.
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• Devoe's Rainbow Orchards - U Pick Apples
  1569 U.S. 9, Clifton Park, NY 12065. Phone: 518-371-8397. Email: devoesrainboworchards@hotmail.com. Open: 9 am to 6 pm, daily, year round, call for picking conditions and availability. Click here for a map and directions.
  Devoe's Rainbow Orchards Facebook page. Roadside Stand. DeVoe's Rainbow Apple Orchards, The upstate NY apple orchard! We are a century old 100 acre family farm located in Clifton Park (Southern Saratoga County), at the foothills of the great Adirondack Mountain region. Come visit us. Bring the whole family and enjoy all the fun things we have to offer. Including beautiful apples, baked goods from the oven, fresh produce, gift baskets and ice cream. . (UPDATED: May 15, 2025, JBS)
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• Hicks Fruit Farm - U Pick Apples, cherries, blueberries
  160 Sugar Hill Road, Rexford, NY 12148. Phone: :518-642-1788. Email: hicksorchard@gmail.com. Open: Cherries EARLY JULY; Blueberries mid July through mid August; apples in the Fall, For up to the minute harvest conditions, check the home page of our website or call us. Directions: . Click here for a map and directions.
  Hicks Fruit Farm Facebook page. New York's Oldest U-Pick OrchardA Family Tradition since 1905Located in Middle Granville, New York, in the Lower Adirondack Region on the New York/Vermont border, pick cherries, blueberries or applesWhether you're picking your own fruit on our farm, tempting your taste buds with hot cider donuts, watching apple cider being pressed in our cider mill, partaking in a guided tasting of our award winning hard ciders and Ice Ciders in Slyboro Ciderhouse, visiting the barnyard animals or enjoying a fall wagon ride through the orchard, Hicks Orchard has something for everyoneAnd a Farm Market(UPDATED: May 15, 2025, JBS)
  Comments from a visitor on July 14, 2011: "I picked sour cherries at Hick's Orchard last weekend and loved the farmThere is a wonderful store on site with great prices on local honey as well as a selection of kitchen itemsThe cherries were wonderful and reasonably priced at 1.60/lbThey also have blueberries and apples in th..
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• Riverview Orchards - U Pick Apples, farm market
  660 Riverview Road, Rexford, NY 12148. Phone: 518-371-2174. Email: isabel@rivervieworchards.com. Open: September to December, daily, 9-6 pm; Store Hours 9 to 5 after time change. Directions: Located in the Township of Clifton Park. Click here for a map and directions.
  Riverview Orchards Facebook page. is .And a Farm Market, Special Events. . Since 1944 not only are we a pick-your-own apple orchard, our farm store provides our prize-winning fresh apple cider donuts, over 35 kinds of homemade pies, seasonal home baked goods and a beautiful selection of local and regional crafts and delicious foods including honey, eggs, cheese, maple, salsa, preserves, hot sauce and baking and soup mixes! Our farm store is also home to our observational bee hive, where visitors young and old love to watch the bees at work making honey, and learn how to spot the Queen Bee! (UPDATED: May 15, 2025, JBS)
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• Saratoga Apple. - U Pick Apples, farm market
  1174 Route 29, Schuylerville, NY 12871. Phone: 518-695-3131. Open: from 9 to 6 daily, all year, with an outstanding selection of apples. Directions: on US Route 29, just west of the village of Schuylerville, NY. Our refrigerated warehouse and low oxygen \\("controlled atmosphere"\\) storage keeps the apples crisp and juicy year round. \\[ . Click here for a map and directions.
  Saratoga Apple. Facebook page. Pick apples, ride wagons to the orchards, taste a delicious cider donut or other freshly baked treat. , Cider. . Saratoga Apple is a small farm and apple orchard with about 40 acres of apples, sweet and sour cherries, plums, peaches, nectarines, apricots, asparagus, raspberries, and quite a few vegetables. Our refrigerated warehouse and low oxygen ("controlled atmosphere") storage keeps the apples crisp and juicy year round. (UPDATED: May 15, 2025, JBS) Comments about the farm (positive or negative)? Write me!Google has other reviews here.
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Washington County

• Apple Hill Orchard - apples, U-pick and already picked
  County Route 21, Whitehall, NY 12887. Phone: 518-796-7575. Email: lakegeorgenorth@verizon.net. Open: Monday to Sunday from 9am to 6pm; September 7 to October 20. Directions: Go to Whitehall, New York and take Route 4 East. Continue about four miles and take a right onto County Route 21. UPICK is .3 of a mile on the left. Payment: Cash, Check. We pick Macs, Empires, Regular Cortlands, Red Cortlands, Red Delicious and limited Spies. \\[ . Click here for a map and directions. Payment: Cash, Check. Continue about four miles and take a right onto County Route 21. UPICK is .3 of a mile on the left. We pick Macs, Empires, Regular Cortlands, Red Cortlands, Red Delicious and limited Spies. [ ] (UPDATED: May 15, 2025, JBS)
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• Billy Bob's Orchard - apples, and prepicked produce, school tours
  720 County Road, Putnam Station, NY 12861. Phone: (518) 547-8309. Open: Fall Hours: Friday, Saturday, and Sunday from 10 am to 5 pm. Click here for a map and directions. Payment: Cash, only. [ ] (UPDATED: May 15, 2025, JBS)
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• Fairview Orchard - U Pick Apples
  11962 State Route 4, Whitehall, NY 12887. Phone: 518-282-9616. Click here for a map and directions. Roadside Stand, Cider. (UPDATED: May 15, 2025, JBS)
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• Sbardella Orchards - apples
  141 Manchester Road, Hampton, NY . Phone: 802-345-2704. Email: donna@sbardellaorchards.com. Open: Please see the Orchard Hours page for hours and more information. Directions: . Click here for a map and directions. We are a pick your own apple orchard located in Hampton, New York(on the NY/VT border) We will be opening on only one day in September for U-pick and will be picking early Macintosh We also have cider doughnuts, apple cider, maple syrup, honey, and animals for the kids to see! (ADDED: August 29, 2008, suggested by a visitor) (UPDATED: May 15, 2025, JBS)
  Comments from a visitor on August 29, 2008: "Macintosh, Cortland, Northern Spies all pick your own! Honey, maple syrup, and fresh cider from local providers as well."
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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

New!As inflation remains high, see this page for reliable (tested) brands of generic canning lids at lower costs, and cost-saving measures for getting fruit and vegetables and home canning.
 If you are having a hard time finding canning lids, I've used these, and they're a great price & ship in 2 days.

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

 

Other Local Farm Products (Honey, Horses, Milk, Meat, Eggs, Etc.)
(NOT pick-your-own, unless they are also listed above)

• Farm markets and roadside stands
• Local Honey Finder
• Local Meat, Milk and Eggs
• Venues: Farms, Wineries, Orchards for your event, wedding or party
• Easter egg hunts
• Children"s consignment sales
• Fruit and vegetable festivals
• Winery tours and wine tastings
• Horse rides, stables, lessons, trails
• Maple Syrup farms and sugarworks
• Bed & Breakfasts on Farms, Wineries, Ranches and Orchards
• Pumpkin patches
• Corn mazes
• Zombie Paintball venues
• Christmas Tree Farms & lots
• Environmental resources
• Consumer fraud information
• Wholesale food sources
• Resources for Farmers