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Pick Your Own Or Already Picked, It's Apple Time In New Haven County

There's nothing better than locally grown apples (except maybe pies made with locally grown apples) - here's your complete guide to local orchards!

 

Fall = Apples.

But this season, if you're looking to get your hands on the fresh-picked fruit, you should go soon.

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"The apples are early this year thanks to a mild winter and spring so if you're planning to go apple picking, it would be smart to go soon," said Abbie Walston, whose family own Rose Orchards in North Branford.

In New Haven County, we are lucky enough to have so many orchards where we can buy locally grown apples. There are a multitude of orchards where you can pick your own – always a fun day out for the family (share your apple-picking photos on our Pics & Clips gallery). 

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Tell us in the comments – what’s your favorite orchard? And please – share your favorite apple recipe as well!

If you like your apples already picked, you can stop by Barberry Hill Farm farm stand at 353 Boston Post Road in Madison. While they don't have their own orchard, they do get Connecticut grown apples from Scott's Orchard & Nursery in Glastonbury, CT.

Source: Connecticut Department of Agriculture

Apple Growers in New Haven County

KEY: PYO - Pick Your Own, R - Retail, W - Wholesale, C - Cider, S - Seasonal, Y - Year Round

Bishop's Orchards       PYO  C  R  Y  W
1355 Boston Post Road, US Rte. 1, I-95 Exit 57
Guilford, CT  06437
203-458-PICK (7425) 
farminfo@bishopsorchards.com     

Bishop's Orchards       PYO  C  R  S   
1920 Middletown Avenue
Northford, CT  06472
203-458-PICK  (7425)
pyoinfo@bishopsorchards.com  

Blue Hills Orchard, Inc.       C  R  S  W
141 Blue Hills Road
Wallingford, CT  06492
203-269-3189 
eric@bluehillsorchard.com    

Drazen Orchards       PYO  C  R  S    W
251 Wallingford Road
Cheshire, CT  06410
203-272-7985 
gordraz@sbcglobal.net    

Hickory Hill Orchards       PYO  C  R  S  W
363 South Meriden Road
Cheshire, CT  06410
203-272-0181  

High Hill Orchard Company       PYO  C  R  S  W
170 Fleming Road
Meriden, CT  06450
203-294-0276   

Hindinger Farm       R  S  W
835 Dunbar Hill Road
Hamden, CT  06514
203-288-0700 
hindinger@att.net   

Norton Bros. Fruit Farm, LLC       PYO  C  R  S  W
466 Academy Road
Cheshire, CT  06410
203-272-8418   

Rose Orchards  PYO       C  R  S   
33 Branford Road
North Branford, CT  06471
203-488-7996   


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