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On going Fruit Picking near NYC... (Local Food)
spring/berries: may/june and later fall/apples: need to do by early October, preferably in September!
make sure that listings specify pick-your-own go to http://pickyourown.org/ for locations and calendars
do they have child-friendly Rest Room-s available? is there food nearby?
from [Wonderful Weekends] book
north of [RedHook] ([Rhine Beck]): Greig Farm. Yes, but not in December
New Paltz: Dressel Farms, Wallkill
Dr. Davies Farm : we went
845-268-7020
34 mi.
no berries
apple picking Sat 10-4, Sun 10-3:30
Cross G.W. Bridge
Stay on Rt. 303 for 12 miles & Merge with Rt. 9W and stay North 1/2 mile. Turn [LEFT] onto [RT] 304.
Farm stand is 1/4 mile on the left
hayride/pumpkins from which location? 304
where lunch: Wendy's, [KFC]. Palisades Mall along 303. Pizza places further along 303.
NY Westchester: couple apple places
Stuart's Fruit Farm - peaches, pears, apples, pumpkins? - really just apples/pumpkins in the fall
NY [Dutchess County] ([Rhine Beck] - 2hrs)
[Keepsake Orchards]: berries, petting zoo. 67mi, 1h36m (now part of Barton Orchards) opens July
Barton Orchards upstate 1h45/75mi, Poughquag, www.bartonorchards.com various berries, starting July
[Ace Farms]: http://www.orangetourism.org/farm_wine_upic_farm.htm raspberries mid-Jun? 845-783-1381
[Hodgson Farms] http://www.hodgsonfarm.com/upick.asp strawb (Jun), blueb (Jul), raspb (Sept). Walden, 85mi, 1h45m - M-F only!
Long Island all out in [Suffolk County] http://www.riverheadli.com/stands.html
Riverhead is 75mi http://www.lileisure.com/pyo2.htm
Lewin Farms: strawb (Jun, but not in 2007), peach (Aug), apples. 75mi, 1h34m
Wickham's: 88mi http://www.wickhamsfruitfarm.com/ strawberries mid-Jun, cherries early Jul
Connecticut list http://info.med.yale.edu/yaxis/resources/kit/car2.html
Bishop's Farms, 91mi, 2hr
others same distance
Hudson Valley http://www.hvnet.com/tour/co/sprt/upick.htm
[Berry Farm] Kinderhook 130mi http://www.hvnet.com/tour/lower/sprt/upick.htm closer, but no summer/berries, all fall stuff
[Columbia County]: all 2 hrs away http://www.arthurlee.com/cornucopia.htm
Metro ([NYS]) area search http://www.longisland.com/www_frame.php?http://www.agmkt.state.ny.us/AP/ffgsearch.asp?mapID=28#Step2
[NJ]: http://www.pickyourown.org/NJne.htm
Morris County - Alstede's Farm
picking of berries and apples, but not in December
strawberries May-Jun
end May
raspberries, peaches Jul-Sept
apples Sept-Oct but not enough this year
(908) 879-7189
Sat * 9-5, Sun 10-4:30
County Route 513 South (#84 Old Rte. 24 West)
3/4 mile from the center of Chester
directions:
From Lincoln Tunnel, Route 3 West to Route 46 West to Route 80 West.
To Route 206 South (exit 27A). Route 206 to the center of Chester. Make right at the traffic light where 206 intersects with County Route 513. Larson's Turkey Farm Inn will be on your right. Follow Route 513 South for approximately 1 mile.
You will go past Chubb Park on your right. We are just past Chubb Park on the left.
restaurants: on [MainSt] on Chester: Diner 206/Main, Old Mill Tavern
other Morris County - mostly pumpkin, apple
Hillview Farms http://www.hillviewfarmsnj.com/ Gillette blueberries in July, apples in fall
Bergen County
Demarest Farm peaches Jul
Somerset County
Sunhaven Farms, Hillsborough http://www.gokidsnj.com/nj-business-directory/all-about/Sunhaven-Farms.html strawberries mid-Jun (908) 369-6504 Sat-Sun 9a-7p best starts around Jun6
restaurants nearby
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