Apple U-Pick Orchards in Adams County, Pennsylvania 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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Adams County
- Beechwood Orchards - Uses integrated pest management practices, apples, prepicked produce
984 Carlisle Road, Biglerville, PA 17307. Phone: 717-677-6536. Email: info@beechwoodorchards.net. Open: by appointment only. Directions: Located two miles north of Biglerville on Route 34. . Click here for a map and directions. Payment: Cash, Check.
Beechwood Orchards Facebook page. . Fax: 717-677-6376. . We are members of Pennsylvania Association of Sustainable Agriculture and practice Integrated Pest Management (IPM) to control disease and pests in the field. IPM is an effective and environmentally sensitive approach to pest management that relies on a combination of common-sense practices. Facebook page. - Boyer Nurseries & Orchards, Inc. - Uses integrated pest management practices, apples, blueberries, cherries, restrooms, picnic area you may bring your own food, school tours
405 Boyer Nursery Road, Biglerville, PA 17307. Phone: 717-677-8558. Email: info@boyernurseries.com. Open: during u-pick season Monday thru Saturday, 7 am to 4:30 pm and Sunday, 11 am to 4:30 pm. Directions: We\'re located 9 miles Northwest of historic Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Follow Route 30 West from Lincoln Square. . Click here for a map and directions. Payment: Cash, Check, Visa, MasterCard, Discover, AmEx, WIC Vouchers.
Boyer Nurseries & Orchards, Inc. Facebook page. . Alternate Phone: 717-677-9567. Fax: 717-677-4026. . We're located 9 miles Northwest of historic Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Follow Route 30 West from Lincoln Square. PYO Sweet Cherry season is typically: June 15 to July 4; PYO Sour Cherry season is typically: July 4 to July 31; PYO Blueberry season is typically: June 25 to August 10; PYO Apple season is typically September 10 to October 20; Dates are approximate. If you're traveling from a distance, please call ahead for pick your own availability and hours. Explore our live, evergreen hedge maze (no admission). During the holiday season, Boyer's ships one and two-layer apple gift boxes anywhere in the USA! We offer an assortment of heirloom varieties. Please call for details. - Hollabaugh Bros., Inc. - Uses integrated pest management practices, apples, blueberries, Fresh eggs, gift shop, restrooms, school tours, events at your location (call for info)
545 Carlisle Road, Biglerville, PA 17307. Phone: 717-677-8412. Email: info@hollabaughbros.com. Open: Please call before coming or check our website; Summer Hours: Monday to Thursday from 8 am to 7 pm; Friday and Saturday from 8 am to 5 pm; Sunday from 12 pm to 5 pm. Directions: Located nine miles north of Gettysburg right on route 34. Just a short drive from Route 15, Route 30, and Interstate 81. . Click here for a map and directions. Payment: Cash, Check, Debit cards, Visa, MasterCard, Discover.
Hollabaugh Bros., Inc. Facebook page. . Alternate Phone: 717-677-9494. Fax: 717-677-7157. . We use integrated pest management practices. Plan to come out to the farm to pick your own blueberries or apples this year! Not only is picking your own a great activity for families to do together, it's also a way to save some money by doing some of the work yourself! Hollabaugh Brothers is a three-generation, family-owned and operated fruit and vegetable farm. Growing on 500 acres, the Hollabaugh family grows a wide variety of fruits and vegetables, including small fruits, apricots, plums, peaches, pears, Asian pears, apples, melons, cut flowers, and more! A retail market provides the freshest produce throughout the season, as well as home-made baked goods, jarred goods, and a country gift shop. We're a family owned and operated fruit and vegetable farm with a fabulous retail farm market in Biglerville, PA filled with fun for the whole family! We grow all kinds of fruits and vegetables, including apples, blueberries, and already harvested pears, peaches, nectarines, apricots, asian pears, raspberries, asparagus, corn, tomatoes, strawberries, and plums, just to name a few! We're located just 10 minutes from Historic Gettysburg, PA. Visit other pages on our website to learn about our family farm and all the fun we can offer! Growing On? 63rd Anniversary Blueberry Festival Sat/Sun in mid July from 12 pm to 5 pm featuring: PYO blueberries, samples, bounce house, wagon rides, It's All Good Food Truck, cut your own flowers, baked goods galore, and more! Shop with us on Lincoln Square in Gettysburg every Saturday morning from 7 am to 12 pm at farmers' market! 2020 prices were: PYO for $3.00/lb for anything less than 15 pounds, or $2.75/lb if you pick over 15 lb. Pre-picked is in the store
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!
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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