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Welcome to Mead Orchards 2011

Our U-PICK is CLOSED for this year*
~ Thanks for "picking" with us this year! ~

* Harvest season 2011 is over. All our apples have been picked,
and our Farm Stand is closed. May you have a blessed winter,
and we'll look for you when our Pick-Your-Own opens next year.

Farmers' Markets are still underway. Check the Farmers' Markets page
for dates and locations.

Mead Orchards is our family's picturesque, 180-acre fruit orchard and vegetable farm, located in the beautiful Mid-Hudson River Valley of New York! We've been here since 1916, and now grow nearly 40 varieties of apples, as well as peaches, pears, plums, cherries, strawberries and other berries. We also grow a wide variety of delicious greens, summer vegetables, winter squashes, and pumpkins. And now we also have our own honey, apple cider, and tomato sauce.

On Weekends during the harvest season (plus the national Monday holidays of Labor Day and Columbus Day), some of our fruits and berries are available for you to "pick-your-own." We also bring our produce to several regional farmers markets throughout the week.

We're located about 100 miles north of Manhattan, 50 miles south of Albany, and just 4 miles east of the Hudson River. Go to How to find us for map and directions.

OFF the farm: May/June through November/December

FARMERS' MARKETS. From May through December we participate in several farmers' markets, located in Dutchess and Westchester counties. Please see the Farmers Markets page for locations, dates and times.

ON the farm: June through October

PICK-YOUR-OWN From June through October, we open our family's farm to offer some of our fruit, berries, and our pumpkins to you as Pick-Your-Own.

And, beginning around late-July, we'll have more of our delicious, already picked, fruits and vegetables available at our Farm Stand adjacent to the barn.

PLEASE NOTE: Pick Strawberries every day of the week as long as they last,
BUT everything else picks WEEKENDS ONLY plus on national Monday holidays: Labor Day and Columbus Day. And please remember: all our listed U-PICK dates and available varieties are subject to change due to conditions such as weather, ripening times, crop size, and how soon they're all picked. It's nature, folks!

            STRAWBERRIES
JUNE WEEKDAYS: Afternoons - 3 to 7 pm, WEEKENDS: 10 am to 6 pm
(NO farm stand)

---------- below: Pick WEEKENDS ONLY ----------

           CHERRIES (Tart and Sweet)
Mid-JUNE to Mid-JULY WEEKENDS and Independence Day: 10 am to 6 pm
(NO farm stand)

            BLUEBERRIES - Weekend Farm Stand opens
JULY WEEKENDS and Independence Day: 10 am to 6 pm
AUGUST WEEKENDS:  10 am to 6 pm

             PEACHES - Weekend Farm Stand
Mid-JULY to Early SEPTEMBER WEEKENDS and Labor Day: 10 am to 6 pm
� Weekends throughout August you may come to the farm and pick your own luscious, ripe peaches right off the tree! Please see the Pick-Your-Own page for details. Also, please visit our farm stand, open during U-Pick hours.

            APPLES, PUMPKINS - Weekend Farm Stand
Late August, SEPTEMBER & OCTOBER WEEKENDS and Columbus Day: 10 am to 6 pm
� Weekends in late August, September and October, you may come to the farm and pick your own juicy apples! Many varieties are available as they ripen throughout the harvest season. And, about mid-September, we'll have several varieties of pumpkins. See the Pick-Your-Own page for details. Also, please visit our farm stand during U-Pick hours.

page updated October 28, 2011

Mead Orchards LLC
Mailing address: 15 Scism Rd, Tivoli NY 12583
LOCATED: in northern Dutchess County, just off Route 9,
four miles north of the Red Hook Village traffic light.
Phone: 845-756-5641 -- Fax: 845-756-4008