Apple Picking Orchards and Apple Farms Guide for Connecticut CT
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posted:September 1st, 2008
Apple Picking Resource Guide - go Apple picking in Lolo, Montana!
Want a unique, fun activity for fall in the Lolo, MT area? This is where you can find Lolo area apple picking orchards, apple farms, apple festivals for Lolo and Missoula County, Montana.
Here is a list of the best 'pick your own' Montana apple orchards and apple farms that offer the best apple picking in and around Lolo, Montana!
Aspetuck Valley Orchards
Route 58, Black Rock Tpke
Easton, Fairfield County, Connecticut
Phone: (203) 336-7763
Appleberry Farm
1576 North Stone Street
West Suffield, Hartford County, Connecticut
Phone: (860) 668-7252, 668-7013
Applebrook Farm and Cider Mill
216 East Road
Broad Brook, Hartford County, Connecticut
Phone: (860) 654-1590
Arvidson Farm
89 Arvidson Road
Woodstock, Windham County, Connecticut
Phone: (860) 928-3217
Berruti's Harvest House
1098 Main Street
Glastonbury, Hartford County, Connecticut
Phone: (860) 657-8158
Belltown Hill Orchards
483 Matson Hill Road
South Glastonbury, Hartford County, Connecticut
Phone: (860) 633-2789
Bilton Fruit Farm
Bilton Road
Somers, Tolland County, Connecticut
Phone: (860) 749-3288
Bishop Farm and Winery
500 South Meriden Road
Cheshire, New Haven County, Connecticut
Phone: (203) 272-8243
Bishops Orchard
1355 Boston Post Road
Guilford, New Haven County, Connecticut
Phone: (203) 453-6424
Blue Hills Farm
141 School House Road
Wallingford, New Haven County, Connecticut
Phone: (203) 269-3189
Blue Jay Orchards
125 Plumtrees Road
Bethel, Fairfield County, Connecticut
Phone: (203) 748-0119
Website: www.bluejayorchards.com/
Buell's Orchard
108 Crystal Pond Road
Eastford, Windham County, Connecticut
Phone: (860) 974-1150
Website: www.buellsorchard.com
Bushy Hill Orchard
33 Bushy Hill Road
Granby
Phone: (860) 653-4022
Bussa Orchards
101 Clark Hill Road
South Glastonbury, Hartford County, Connecticut
Phone: (860) 633-2387, 633-4906
Crooke Orchards
317 Bebbington Road
Ashford, Windham County, Connecticut
Phone: (860) 429-5336
Deercrest Farm
3499 Hebron Avenue (Rte. 94)
Glastonbury, Hartford County, Connecticut
Phone: (860) 633-4407
Drazen Orchards
215 Wallingford Road
Cheshire, New Haven County, Connecticut
Phone: (203) 272-4647
Easy Pickins Orchards
46 Bailey Road
Enfield
Phone: (860) 763-3276
Ferrari Farms
675 Main Street
South Glastonbury, Hartford County, Connecticut
Phone: (860) 633-7353
Fairview Farm
60 Delay Road
Harwinton, Litchfield County, Connecticut
Phone: (860) 485-1753
Four-H Farm Resource Center and Orchard
Simsbury Road
Bloomfield, CT 06002 Phone: (860) 242-7144
Hallock Orchard
213 Calhoun StreetWashington, Depot, Litchfield County, Connecticut
Phone: (860) 868-2863
Hickory Hills Orchards
351 South Meriden Road
Cheshire, New Haven County, Connecticut
Phone: (203) 272-3824
High Hill Orchard
86 Fleming Road
Meriden, New Haven County, Connecticut
Phone: (203) 294-0276
Hilltop Orchards Inc
616 East Main Street
Branford, CT 06405 Phone: (203) 488-0779
Hindinger Farm
835 Dunbar Hill Road
Hamden, New Haven County, Connecticut
Phone: (203) 288-0700
Holmberg Orchards
Route 12
Gales Ferry, New London County, Connecticut
Phone: (860) 464-7305
Lakeview Orchards
206 Everett Road
Easton
Phone: (203) 268-0140
Lapsley Orchard
Rt. 169
Pomfret Center, Windham County, Connecticut
Phone: (860) 928-5371
Lost Acres Orchard
130 Lost Acres Road
Granby
Phone: (860) 653-6600
Lyman Orchards
Middlefield, Middlesex County, Connecticut
Located at the Junction of Routes 147 and 157 in Middlefield
Phone: (860) 349-1793
Website: www.lymanorchards.com
March Farm
160 Munger Lane, Bethlehem, Litchfield County, Connecticut
Phone: (203) 266-7721
Norton Brothers Fruit Farms
466 Academy Road
Cheshire, New Haven County, Connecticut
Phone: (203) 272-4750
Rogers Orchards
Long Bottom Road
Southington, Hartford County, Connecticut
Phone: (860) 229-4240
(203) 879-1206
Rose Orchards
33 Branford Road
North Branford
Phone: (203) 488-7996
Scotts Orchard and Nursery
1838 New London Turnpike
Glastonbury
Phone: (860) 633-8681
Scott's Yankee Farmer
436 Boston Post Road
East Lyme
Phone: (860) 739-5209
Shashok's Orchard
392 Hampton Road
Chaplin, Windham County, Connecticut
Phone: (860) 455-0297
Palazzi Orchard
1393 North Road
East Killingly, Windham County, Connecticut
Phone: (860) 774-4363, 779-0674
Tricka Farm
345 Main Street
South Glastonbury, Hartford County, Connecticut
Phone: (860) 633-7933
Woodland Farm
575 Woodland Street
South Glastonbury, Hartford County, Connecticut
Phone: (860) 633-2742
Woodstock Orchards
494 Route 169
Woodstock Windham County, Connecticut
Phone: (860) 928-2225
Wright's Orchard
271 South River Road
Tolland, Tolland County, Connecticut
Phone: (860) 872-1665
Apples are one of the easiest fruits to gather – even for little hands. Here are a few tips to get the most out of your apple picking experience:
- Apples on the outside of the tree tend to ripen first. Because there are so many varieties, color isn’t necessarily an indication of ripeness. If you’re not sure, ask.
- When going to pick your own apple picking farms, choose firm, bruise-free fruit and place it gently in your basket (just throwing them in will make them bruise and go bad more quickly).
- To increase shelf life, keep your apple haul in a cool, dry place, like a basement. Don’t wash them until you use them. Then bring on the apple pies, sauce and cider!
Some fun Lolo, Montana Apple Picking facts:
-Apple trees take four to five years to produce their first fruit.
-There really was a Johnny Appleseed, famous for planting apple trees. His real name was John Chapman and he was born in 1774
-There are about 8000 varieties of apples around the world. Only about 100 types of apples are grown commercially in the U.S.
-After you go apple picking, amaze the kids with this trick: when you slice an apple in half, the core resembles a star.