Apple picking

hilltopper · 09-21-2012, 08:52 AM

From their Facebook page on Tuesday:
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Sadly, Mother Nature gave us a very small apple crop this year and then many of you came picking so we are now all picked out and the orchard is closed for the year! Look forward to seeing you in 2013!
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We generally go there the first week of October and the trees are full of apples. Oh well...plan B I guess.

winniplayhouse · 09-21-2012, 09:19 AM

Check out Cardigan Mountain Orchard in Alexandria. We've been going there for the past few years.

SteveA · 09-21-2012, 09:22 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by hilltopper

From their Facebook page on Tuesday:
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Sadly, Mother Nature gave us a very small apple crop this year and then many of you came picking so we are now all picked out and the orchard is closed for the year! Look forward to seeing you in 2013!
___________________________________

We generally go there the first week of October and the trees are full of apples. Oh well...plan B I guess.

Thanks for the warning... we were planning a trip to Stonybrook

Rusty · 09-21-2012, 03:14 PM

Just rec'd this e-mail from Butternut Farm, 195 Meaderboro Rd, Farmington, NH.

"I just wanted to let everyone know that the apple season here at Butternut Farm is going by quickly. Going into this weekend we still have the following early season varieties available: Cortland, empire, Jon a gold, and Acey Mac. The following "late season" varieties will begin harvest on Saturday the 22nd: Mutsu (crispin), Ida Red, Golden Delicious, Northern Spy, Snow Sweet, and Aztec Fuji. We are selling a lot of "Drops" of all the above varieties and there are still some good ones of the Macs, macouns, and Gala. However none are on the trees.

I do expect apple picking to be wrapping up by the weekend of sept 29th and 30th. Way too early I know but thats all we have this season.

Pumpkins still look good and the selection will be great all weekend and into this coming week.

I'll be in touch again next week for an apple picking update. This weekend of the 22nd and 23rd will be the last "Good" weekend of apple picking. By the 29th the selection should be greatly reduced.

Have a great weekend everyone.

Giff"

Rusty · 09-23-2012, 07:42 PM

I went to Butternut Farm this morning and picked @ 20 lbs of Cortland Apples.
The picking was real bad and I had to ask for a ladder to get the ones that were left on the trees. If you like drops then you could get all you wanted.

There were more people at the farm then there were apples. When I arrived there were cars parked on the sides of the road before the entrance of the farm and they even had two people directing traffic.

I have never seen it this bad at this time of the apple picking season.

However I was treated real well by the staff at the farm.

Slickcraft · 09-23-2012, 08:27 PM

We are saddened that the late frost killed off much of the local crop. It's a lot of work to manage a good orchard and this must be a hard year for local growers.

We normally pick a half bushel of cortlands about now and another in about 2 weeks. My wife did make a pie today with fresh cortlands that she got at the Alton Hannaford store, the display said grown in Barnstead. Not as satisfying as picking our own but I'll say that this pie with a scoop of Giffords vanilla ice cream is pretty darn good.

hilltopper · 09-24-2012, 09:04 AM

We ended up going to Smith's orchard in Belmont instead of Stonybrook, who were picked out. We got a half bushel, but you really had to work for it. Apple pickers were a must. I would guess that this weekend was it for Smith's.

09-21-2012, 08:52 AM	#1
hilltopper Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Meredith Posts: 727 Thanks: 25 Thanked 109 Times in 70 Posts	Don't bother with Stonybrook... From their Facebook page on Tuesday: ___________________________________ Sadly, Mother Nature gave us a very small apple crop this year and then many of you came picking so we are now all picked out and the orchard is closed for the year! Look forward to seeing you in 2013! ___________________________________ We generally go there the first week of October and the trees are full of apples. Oh well...plan B I guess.

09-21-2012, 09:19 AM	#2
winniplayhouse Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Posts: 205 Thanks: 32 Thanked 58 Times in 41 Posts	Check out Cardigan Mountain Orchard in Alexandria. We've been going there for the past few years.

09-21-2012, 03:14 PM	#4
Rusty Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2010 Posts: 2,028 Thanks: 603 Thanked 687 Times in 425 Posts	Just rec'd this e-mail from Butternut Farm, 195 Meaderboro Rd, Farmington, NH. "I just wanted to let everyone know that the apple season here at Butternut Farm is going by quickly. Going into this weekend we still have the following early season varieties available: Cortland, empire, Jon a gold, and Acey Mac. The following "late season" varieties will begin harvest on Saturday the 22nd: Mutsu (crispin), Ida Red, Golden Delicious, Northern Spy, Snow Sweet, and Aztec Fuji. We are selling a lot of "Drops" of all the above varieties and there are still some good ones of the Macs, macouns, and Gala. However none are on the trees. I do expect apple picking to be wrapping up by the weekend of sept 29th and 30th. Way too early I know but thats all we have this season. Pumpkins still look good and the selection will be great all weekend and into this coming week. I'll be in touch again next week for an apple picking update. This weekend of the 22nd and 23rd will be the last "Good" weekend of apple picking. By the 29th the selection should be greatly reduced. Have a great weekend everyone. Giff"

09-23-2012, 07:42 PM	#5
Rusty Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2010 Posts: 2,028 Thanks: 603 Thanked 687 Times in 425 Posts	I went to Butternut Farm this morning and picked @ 20 lbs of Cortland Apples. The picking was real bad and I had to ask for a ladder to get the ones that were left on the trees. If you like drops then you could get all you wanted. There were more people at the farm then there were apples. When I arrived there were cars parked on the sides of the road before the entrance of the farm and they even had two people directing traffic. I have never seen it this bad at this time of the apple picking season. However I was treated real well by the staff at the farm.

09-23-2012, 08:27 PM	#6
Slickcraft Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Welch Island and The Taylor Community Posts: 3,340 Thanks: 1,247 Thanked 2,120 Times in 970 Posts	We are saddened that the late frost killed off much of the local crop. It's a lot of work to manage a good orchard and this must be a hard year for local growers. We normally pick a half bushel of cortlands about now and another in about 2 weeks. My wife did make a pie today with fresh cortlands that she got at the Alton Hannaford store, the display said grown in Barnstead. Not as satisfying as picking our own but I'll say that this pie with a scoop of Giffords vanilla ice cream is pretty darn good.

09-24-2012, 09:04 AM	#7
hilltopper Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Meredith Posts: 727 Thanks: 25 Thanked 109 Times in 70 Posts	We ended up going to Smith's orchard in Belmont instead of Stonybrook, who were picked out. We got a half bushel, but you really had to work for it. Apple pickers were a must. I would guess that this weekend was it for Smith's.