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Pick Your Own Apples

Pick Your Own apple season is dependent on the weather....we usually start the pick your own season mid to late September and finish picking our entire crop near the first hard frost.

Please check in fall of 2010 for a more specific picking schedule...

Pick your own season starts 3rd week of September. Call farm to confirm picking schedule or click here for Harvest Schedule.

PLEASE LEAVE YOUR DOGS AT HOME.....WE DO NOT ALLOW PETS TO ROAM IN THE ORCHARD OR ON OUR PROPERTY.

PLEASE BRING YOUR OWN WAGON....THAT WAY YOU ARE GUARANTEED TO HAVE ONE FOR PULLING THE LITTLE ONES OR FOR CARTING YOUR PUMPKINS FROM THE PATCH OR CARRYING YOUR APPLES.

We have waited an entire year for fresh apples..............we ask that you respect our rules

  • Customers please purchase your bag prior to picking. We only use our bags to pick your apples. We do not use bushel baskets. You will either start at the outside pick your own stand or inside Apple Barn Store. Please ask about specific picking directions. If you have picked over the amount that fits into your bag you will be charged extra and any extras in the bottom of your strollers or wagons will be charged.
  • All apples ripen at different times, please pick only what is in season. Our employees will direct you to where the fruit is ripe.
  • There will be no price break on bag. We are one of just a few orchards that even allow PYO on the farm. We only pick in 1/2 bushel or bushel increments.
  • DO NOT CLIMB THE TREES. As you will see the trees are loaded with wonderful, fresh apples. It is a shame to think that you can climb the tree and then bust the limb just to get the apple up high. Please DO NOT get caught climbing the trees. Our workers use special ladders to get the apples up high where you can't reach! Actually....look at the bottoms of the loaded branches and you will see BIG apples too!
  • All apples are to be picked by you standing on the ground. Again, you will notice all of the wonderful apples on the trees. We do not like you to climb the trees at all. We have waited a year for the apples to grow. Once you break that limb it does not ever produce again.
  • No throwing or wasting of apples. Would you think of throwing apples around in the grocery store?
  • No pets in orchard or on premises. We recommend you please leave your pets at home or if traveling leave in your vehicle.
  • No driving of vehicles in orchard. All vehicles need to be parked in our designated parking area. If you need handicapped parking please let our employees know or the parking attendant near the road.
  • On weekends at designated times, the tractor will be giving rides through the orchard free! This is a complimentary ride, please thank the driver for the ride.
  • DO NOT LITTER....please keep the orchard clean.

 

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W6384 Sugar Creek Road
Elkhorn, WI 53121
262-728-3266