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Fruit Picking

On going Fruit Picking... (Local Food)

near Barrington IL

http://www.pickyourown.org/ILChicago.htm#listings

Strawberries: early June http://www.littlelakecounty.com/2011/06/its-strawberry-season-u-pick-and.html

Raspberries: mid-July http://www.littlelakecounty.com/2011/08/fall-raspberry-u-pick-round-up.html

AllSeasons (Woodstock Il, 16mi W) http://www.allseasonfarm.com/ Apples, Pumpkins; Sat/Sun - some unhappy reviews online

Royal Oak (25mi NW) http://www.royaloakfarmorchard.com/Crops.htm Peaches (no U Pick), Blackberries (mid-Sept), Apples (Aug-Sept); Sat not Sun; all happy reviews

Geobbert's http://www.pumpkinfarms.com/ actually no U Pick, but harvest market, pony rides, etc.

Blueberries: June/July, but in the South - 3-5hrs away

near NYC

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 WonderfulWeekends book

  • north of Red Hook (Rhine Beck): Greig Farm. Yes, but not in December

  • New Paltz: Dressel Farms, Wallkill

  • CT, Washington Depot: Hallock Orchards

  • CT, Middlefield: Lyman Orchards

  • CT, East Lyme (Mystic): Yankee Farmer

NY Rockland County

  • Dr. Davies Farm : we went

    • 845-268-7020

    • http://www.drdaviesfarm.com/

    • 34 mi.

    • no berries

    • apple picking Sat 10-4, Sun 10-3:30

    • Cross G.W. Bridge

    • Take the PALISADES PARKWAY

    • Get OFF at Exit 5N (303 N)

    • 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.

  • Orchards Of Conklin: apples

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)

  • KeepsakeOrchards: 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

  • Greig Farm, Red Hook blueberries

NY Orange County

Long Island all out in Suffolk County http://www.riverheadli.com/stands.html

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

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/N Jne.htm>

  • Morris County - Alstede's Farm

    • Chester, NJ, 49mi, 1:15

    • http://www.alstedefarms.com/

    • 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 Main St on Chester: Diner 206/Main, Old Mill Tavern

  • other Morris County - mostly pumpkin, apple

  • Bergen County

    • Demarest Farm peaches Jul

  • Somerset County

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