Apple Picking Orchards and Apple Farms Guide for Milo, Maine
category:Arts and Entertainment posted:September 1st, 2008
Apple Picking Resource Guide - go Apple picking in Milo, Maine!
Want a unique, fun activity for fall in the Milo, ME area? This is where you can find Milo area apple picking orchards, apple farms, apple festivals for Milo and Piscataquis County, Maine.
Here is a list of the best 'pick your own' Maine apple orchards and apple farms that offer the best apple picking in and around Milo, Maine!
Apple Acres Farm
365 Duringtown Road
South Hiram, ME 04041
Oxford County, Maine
Phone: (207) 625-4777 or (800) 647-4725
Website: www.appleacresfarm.com
Apple Ridge Farms
Perkins Ridge Road
Auburn, ME 04210
Androscoggin County, Maine
Phone: (207) 777-1696
Bailey Orchard
North Hunts Meadow Road
South Windsor, ME
Lincoln County, Maine
Phone: (207) 549-7680
Benoit Orchard
Ferry & Cotton Road
Lewiston, ME
Androscoggin County, Maine
Phone: (207) 783-0875
Bracket Orchards
Route 11
Limington, ME
York County, Maine
Phone: (207) 637-2377
Chick Orchards, Inc.
155 Norris Hill Road
Monmouth, ME 04259
Kennebec County, Maine
Phone: (207) 933-4452
Clark's Cove Farm & Inn
107 Ridge Road
Walpole, ME 04573
Lincoln County, Maine
Phone: (207) 563-8704
Website: www.clarkscovefarm.com
Conant Orchards
Main Road
Etna, ME 04434
Penobscot County, Maine
Phone: (207) 269-2241
Cooper Brothers
1833 Auburn Road
Turner, ME
Androscoggin County, Maine
Phone: (207) 225-5001
County, Maine Fair Farm
Rt 32
Jefferson, ME 04348
Lincoln County, Maine
Phone: (207) 549-3536
Website: www.countyfairfarm.com
Cura Family Farm
Rt 137
Knox, ME
Waldo County, Maine
Phone: (207) 382-6161
Dole Orchards
Doles Ridge Road
Limington, ME 04049
York County, Maine
Phone: (207) 793-4409
Website: www.dolesorchard.com
Douglas Hill Orchard
Doles Ridge Road
Sebago, ME
Cumberland County, Maine
Phone: (207) 787-2745
Elm Crest Farms
Norris Hill Road
Monmouth, ME
Kennebec County, Maine
Phone: (207) 933-3778
Five Fields Farm
Route 107
South Bridgton, ME
Cumberland County, Maine
Phone: (207) 647-2425
Giles Family Farm
Brock Road
Alfred, ME
York County, Maine
Phone: (207) 324-2944
Goss Farm
158 Megquier Hill Rd
Poland, ME
Androscoggin County, Maine
Phone: (207) 998-2565
Goughan Farms
Fort Fairfield Road
Caribou, ME
Aroostook County, Maine
Phone: (207) 496-1731
Greenwood Orchards
174 Auburn Road
Turner, ME
Androscoggin County, Maine
Phone: (207) 996-3637
Hammond Farms
180 Old North Berwick Road
Lyman, ME
York County, Maine
Phone: (207) 985-2550
Hardy Farms Apple Orchard
106 Church Street
Hope, ME 04847
Knox County, Maine
Phone: (207) 763-3262
Website: www.hardyfarms.com
Harndon's Family Farm
1152 Main Street
East Wilton, ME
Franklin County, Maine
Phone: (207) 645-2568
Harris Orchard
Wiswell Road
Brewer, ME 04412
Penobscot County, Maine
Phone: (207) 989-3435
Hillcrest Orchards
560 Main Road South (Rte. 1A)
Winterport, ME 04496
Waldo County, Maine
Phone: (207) 223-4416
Kelly Orchards Inc.
82 Sanborn Road
PO Box 48
Acton, ME 04001
York County, Maine
Phone: (207) 636-4591 or (207) 636-1601
Kents Hill Orchard
1625 Main Street
Kents Hill, ME 04349
Kennebec County, Maine
Phone: (207) 685-3522
Lakeside Orchards
318 Readfield Road
Manchester, ME 04351
Kennebec County, Maine
Phone: (207) 622-2479 or (877) 453-7656
Website: www.lakesideorchards.com
Lamb Abbey Orchards
2009 North Union Road
Union, ME 04862
Knox County, Maine
Phone: (207) 863-9309
Website: https://auth.gardenweb.com/members/lamb_abbey_orchards
Lemieux's Orchard
Priest Hill Road
North Vassalboro, ME 04989
Kennebec County, Maine
Phone: (207) 923-3518
Libby and Son U-Pick
86 Sawyer Mt. Rd
Limerick, ME
York County, Maine
Phone: (207) 793-4749
Website: www.libbysonupicks.com
Lombard's Appleberry Orchard
Rte 23
St. Albans, ME
Somerset County, Maine
Phone: (207) 938-2861
Lowell Orchard
Buckfield, ME
Oxford County, Maine
Phone: (207) 336-2411
Maine-ly Apples
Rt. 7
Dixmont, ME 04932
Penobscot County, Maine
Phone: (207) 234-2043
McDougal Orchards
201 Hanson's Ridge Road
Springvale, ME 04083
York County, Maine
Phone: (207) 324-5054
Website: www.mcdougalorchards.com
Meadow Brook Farm
Rt. 85
Raymond, ME 04071
Cumberland County, Maine
Phone: (207) 627-7009
Merrill Apple Farms
Route 1A, Bangor Road
Ellsworth, ME 04605
Hancock County, Maine
Phone: (207) 667-5121
Molly's Orchard
Point Street
Columbia Falls, ME
Washington County, Maine
Phone: (207) 483-4178
Morrison Hill Orchard
Morrison Hill Road
Farmington, ME
Franklin County, Maine
Phone: (207) 778-4945
Moulton Orchards
Rt. 35
Standish, ME 04084
Cumberland County, Maine
Phone: (207) 225-6018
Mt. Nebo Orchard
339 Wings Mills Road
Mt. Vernon, ME
Kennebec County, Maine
Phone: (207) 685-3627
North Chester Orchard
North River Rd
Chester, ME 04330
Penobscot County, Maine
Phone: (207) 794-3547
North Star Orchards
Orchard Road
Madison, ME 04950
Somerset County, Maine
Phone: (207) 696-5109 or (877) 696-5109
Notre Dame Institute
Rt. 202
Alfred, ME
York County, Maine
Phone: (207) 324-2983
Pine View Orchard
17 Sunset Lane
Berwick, ME 03901
York County, Maine
Phone: (207) 698-5891
Pleasant Pond Orchard
430 Brunswick Road
Richmond, ME 04357
Sagadahoc County, Maine
Phone: (207) 737-4443
Website: www.pleasantpondorchard.com
Plummer Hill Orchards, Inc.
Plummer Hill Road
Waterford, ME
Oxford County, Maine
Phone: (207) 583-6508
Rand's Orchards, Inc.
379 Orchard Drive
Wilton, ME 04294
Franklin County, Maine
Phone: (207) 645-4823
Randall Orchards
Box 145-1 Randall Rd
Standish, ME 04084
Cumberland County, Maine
Phone: (207) 642-3500
Raven Hill Orchard
255 Ossipee Hill Rd.
E. Waterboro, ME 04030
York County, Maine
Phone: (877) 213-1672
Website: www.ravenhillorchard.com
Ricker Hill Orchards
Ricker Hill Road
Turner, ME 04282
Androscoggin County, Maine
Phone: (207) 225-3455
Website: www.rickerhill.com
Rocky Ridge Orchard and Bakery
Route 201
Bowdoin, ME 04287
Sagadahoc County, Maine
Phone: 207 666-5786
Website: www.rockyridgeorchard.com
Rollins Orchards
Rte. 94
Garland, ME 04939
Penobscot County, Maine
Phone: (207) 924-3504
Romac Orchard
H Road
Acton, ME 04001
York County, Maine
Phone: (207) 636-3247
Website: romacorchards.freeservers.com
Rowe Orchards
Rte 7
Newport, ME 04953
Penobscot County, Maine
Phone: 207 368-4777
Website: www.roweorchards.com
Schartner Farms
Route 220
Thorndike, ME
Waldo County, Maine
Phone: (207) 568-3668
Sewall's Organic Orchards
259 Masalin Road
Lincolnville, ME 04849
Waldo County, Maine
Phone: (207) 763-3956
Website: www.sewallsorchard.com
Shackley Hill Orchard
Shackley Hill Road
Livermore, ME 04253
Androscoggin County, Maine
Phone: (207) 897-4283
Snell Family Farm
Route 112 Bar Mills, ME 04093
York County, Maine
Phone: (207) 929-6166
Spiller Farm
85 Spiller Farm Lane
Wells, ME 04090
York County, Maine
Phone: (207) 985-2575
Website: www.spillerfarm.com
Stoneset Farm
Hale Woods Road
Brooklin, ME
Hancock County, Maine
Phone: (207) 359-5513
Stukas Farms
144 Ferry Road
Lewiston, ME 04240
Androscoggin County, Maine
Phone: (207) 786-2639
Sweetser's Apple Barrel/Orchards
19 Blanchard Road
Cumberland Center, ME 04021
Cumberland County, Maine
Phone: (207) 829-3074
The Apple Barn/Hope Orchards
Rt. 105
Hope Corner, ME 04847
Knox County, Maine
Phone: (207) 763-4080
Thompson's Orchard
276 Gloucester Hill Road
New Gloucester, ME 04260
Cumberland County, Maine
Phone: 207-926-4738
Website: www.thompsonsorchard.com
Treworgy Family Orchards
3876 Union Street
Levant, ME 04456
Penobscot County, Maine
Phone: (207) 884-8354
Wallingford's Fruit House
1240 Perkins Ridge
Auburn, ME 04210
Androscoggin County, Maine
Phone: (207) 784-7958
Whit's Apples
42 Case Road
East Winthrop, ME 04364
Kennebec County, Maine
Phone: (207) 395-4436
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 Milo, Maine 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.
