Crabapple U-Pick Orchards in Augusta area of Maine in 2025, by county
Below are the U-Pick orchards and farms for crabapples that we know of in this area.
Not all areas of a state have crabapples 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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Knox County
- Hope Orchards - Uses integrated pest management practices, apples, pears, Honey from hives on the farm, Cider mill fresh apple cider made on the premises, U-pick and already picked, farm market, porta-potties are available, school tours, crabapples,
434 Camden Road, Hope, ME 04847. Phone: (207) 763-2824. Email: apples@hopeorchards.com. Open: Thursdays: noon to 5 pm Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays: 9 am to 6 pm. Directions: From Camden: Route 1 to Route 105 west, six miles to Hope Center. Orchard on left, across from Creative Paint Concepts and the Hope Town Office. From Union: Route 17 toward Rockland, left onto Route 235 \\(sign for Hope there\\). Drive 8 miles to Hope Center, turn right onto Route 105. Hope Orchard is on right, one quarter of a mile from corner. Click here for a map and directions. Payment: Cash, Check.
Hope Orchards Facebook page. Orchard on left, across from Creative Paint Concepts and the Hope Town Office. From Union: Route 17 toward Rockland, left onto Route 235 (sign for Hope there). Drive 8 miles to Hope Center, turn right onto Route 105. Hope Orchard is on right, one quarter of a mile from corner. . Paula Red Apples: September 9 to September 17 Ginger Gold Apples: September 9 to September 17 Mcintosh Apples: September 15 pm to 30 Cortland Apples: September 15 to 30 Crabapples (Hyslop): September 9 to 30 Empire Apples: September 29 - October 23 Macoun Apples: September 29 - October 23 Spartan Apples: October 6 to 23 Northern Spy Apples: October 6 to October 23 Golden Delicious Apples: October 13 pm to October 23 Red Delicious Apples: October 13 pm to October 23 Golden Russet Apples: October 28 to 30 Baldwin Apples: October 28 to 30 Tolman Sweet Apples: October 28 to 30 Bosc Pears: October 13 pm to 30 Spartlet Pears: September 29 to October 12. We use integrat..
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Lincoln County
- Bailey's Orchard - apples, crabapples,
North Hunts Meadow Road, 2 miles off Rte 17, Whitefield, ME . Phone: 207-549-7680. Open: Pick your own apples starts Labor Day weekend and ends approximately late October; The barn and orchard are open seven days a week - rain or shine ;see website, as hours change throughout the season. Click here for a map and directions. Orchard, started and run by the same family for over 50 years. Now run by 2nd and 3Road, generations. Over 50 varieties of apples to pick throughout the season. Crabapples, apples, plums, pears, cider, pumpkins, squash, fudge and honey available for sale. Bus parking. We grow over 50 varieties of apples, 7 varieties of pears, 3 varieties of plums, crabapples, pumpkins squash and gourds. Our barn is open mid-August with early apples, plums, crabapples, honey and fudge. We have our own cider mill here at the farm where we press our own cider without any additives or preservatives. Varieties Golden Mac, Earlymac, Paulared, Honeycrisp, McIntosh, Cortland, Macoun, Spencer, Red Delicious, Golden Delicious, Northern Spy, Mutsu, Baldwin. (UPDATED: July 6, 2025, JBS)
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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!
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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