It’s apple season in Massachusetts and there are so many local orchards that allow pick your own! Although I am saddened it is no longer summer, I seriously couldn’t wait to fly up that rickety-ladder to pluck my very first apple of the season, fresh from the tree.  Of course, there is really no need to use a ladder when there are so many perfectly good apples on the lower branches, especially if your picking at Honey Pot Hill Orchards, in Stow, Massachusetts.  Every year they have a few different apple varieties to choose from.  This year they have Gravenstein, Sansa, Akane and Ginger Gold; they also have PYO pears mid-September.

I may of left with a large bag of apples that will probably last me a few weeks, but I am honestly all ready to return and pick more!   Perhaps I will make a few apple pies, and then I’ll have no choice, but to go back….

BEST APPLE PICKING IN MASSACHUSETTS:

Honey Pot Hill Orchards
138 Sudbury Road
Stow, MA 01775
Open (7 days a week) 9am – 6pm
PYO is cash ONLY!!

Russell Orchards Farm Store and Winery
143 Argilla Road
Ipswich, MA 01938
Open (7 days a week) 8am – 7pm
PYO is cash ONLY!!

Smolak Farms
315 S Bradford Street
North Andover, MA 01845
Open (7 days a week) 7am – 6pm
APPLE PICKING IS CLOSED FOR THE SEASON (normally they have a great crop) 😦

Connors Farm
30 Valley Road
Danvers MA 01923
Open (7 days a week) 8am – 6pm
Call to inquire about PYO conditions (978) 777 – 1245

Boston Hill Farm
1370 Turnpike Street
North Andover, MA 01845
Open (7 days a week) 9am – 6pm

Brooksby Farm
54 Felton Street
Peabody, MA 01960
Open (7 days a week) 9am – 4/5pm
Can pay with Cash, VISA, AM/EX, Mastercard

Cider Hill Farm
45 Fern Avenue
Amesbury, MA 01913
Open (7 days a week) 8am – 6pm