Welcome to "Pick-Your-Own" 2008
In JUNE, we have U-Pick Strawberries Every Day from 3-7 pm.

Then, from LATE JUNE through OCTOBER WEEKENDS ONLY (and Labor Day and Columbus Day ), from 10 am to 5:30  pm, we open our farm for you to pick your own CHERRIES, BLUEBERRIES, PEACHES, APPLES and PUMPKINS during our harvest season!

From AUGUST through OCTOBER, ON WEEKENDS DURING U-PICK HOURS, our Farm Stand also is open. Here we have more pre-picked fruit and vegetables in season: peaches, pears, plums, berries, and many varieties of apples. Plus vegetables, including  tomatoes, cucumbers, peppers, greens, broccoli, cauliflower, summer and winter squashes, eggplant, and corn. In addition, we usually have honey, apple cider, occasionally homemade jams and pies, and a few plants.

The orchards are lovely, with views of the Catskill Mountains, a couple of picnic tables, and of course fragrant trees heavy with fruit that's within easy reach from the ground.

Because our farm stand / U-Pick operation is seasonal and rustic, our "facilities" are rather limited... we have no concession stand, no running water (bottled water is available), and a "porta-potty" … So please be prepared, and SMILE!

Please review our ORCHARD Information and ETIQUETTE below. Thanks.

• 2008 "Pick-Your-Own" Schedule / Calendar •
Harvest dates for all items are our best GUESS ahead of time.
U-PICK dates and varieties are subject to change -- influenced by such things as weather, ripening times, crop size, how soon they are all picked...
 Updated June 2, 2008

U-Pick Dates

Varieties Available to Pick

JUNE 7 - about End of JUNE

Every Day, 3 to 7 pm  (until they're gone)

STRAWBERRIES

U-Pick
WEEKENDS
ONLY
Dates

WEEKENDS, 10 am to 5:30 pm

Please remember:
Harvest dates for all items are our best GUESS ahead of time, and may change on short notice

2008 Mead CHERRY REPORT: We had frost damage May 1st that affected our cherries. The Good News is, we WILL PICK TART cherries this year. The Not-So-Good News is, we will NOT PICK SWEET cherries. the frost killed nearly all the blossoms (future fruit) on the sweet cherries. -- All the other fruit is fine!

JUNE 28-29

Tart CHERRIES: Danube (a sweeter tart variety from Hungary)

JULY 5-6

JULY 12-13

JULY 19-20

JUL 26-27
FARM STAND OPENS

Tart CHERRIES: Danube;  BLUEBERRIES

Tart CHERRIES: Balaton;  BLUEBERRIES

Tart CHERRIES (?),  BLUEBERRIES

BLUEBERRIES,  PEACHES

 

AUG 2-3

AUG 9-10

AUG 16-17

AUG 23-24

BLUEBERRIES,  PEACHES

BLUEBERRIES,  PEACHES 

BLUEBERRIES, PEACHES, APPLES: Ginger Gold, Sansa

BLUEBERRIES (?), PEACHES, APPLES: Ginger Gold

AUG 30-31 and
SEP 1
(Labor Day)

PEACHES (?)... call for update,  APPLES:  Gala, McIntosh
 

SEP 6-7

APPLES: Cortland, Gala, McIntosh

SEP 13-14

APPLES: Cortland, Gala, McIntosh

SEP 20-21

APPLES: Fortune, Golden Delicious, Macoun,  Northern Spy,
Red Delicious, Senshu, Shizuka;  PUMPKINS

SEP 27-28

APPLES: Golden Delicious, Jonagold, Macoun, Mutsu, Northern Spy, Red Delicious;  PUMPKINS              

OCT 4-5

APPLES: Golden Delicious, Idared, Jonagold, Mutsu, Red Delicious, Rome;  PUMPKINS    

OCT 11-13
 (Columbus Day)

APPLES: Cameo, Fuji, Golden Delicious (?), Idared, Rome, Stayman Winesap;  PUMPKINS

OCT 18-19

APPLES: Fuji, Idared, Rome;  PUMPKINS

OCT 25-26

APPLES: Braeburn, Fuji, Rome;   PUMPKINS

ORCHARD ETIQUETTE: As you're in our orchards and vegetable gardens, please keep in mind that our berries, fruit trees, and vegetable plots are a long term investment for us -- our livelihood! We've nursed our crops through frosts (ouch), wind, rainfall variations, hail (ouch, ouch!), drought and other assorted problems and pests in order to bring you the highest quality food we can. So while you're enjoying the fruit of our labor, please respect our farm and the trees... the way you'd want us to respect your garden, yard and plantings!

Almost all our trees are semi-dwarf or dwarf trees.  PLEASE! No climbing the trees! Period! Also, we do NOT allow picking tools (except your hands). There's plenty of delicious fruit within easy reach from the ground. Thanks!
 

And for Safety's Sake--yours and others-- PLEASE:

- Drive  S-L-O-W-L-Y ! Watch out for other vehicles, and especially other pickers and children on foot. Plus, our driving "roads" are pretty rough and are narrow -- used mostly by tractors and other farm vehicles -- and there are "blind" intersections and turns. So please pay attention as you drive.

- Watch your step and wear shoes and clothes suitable for the "un-manicured" outdoors and the weather. As a working farm we have tractor ruts, holes, rocks and roots, so please take care. Also beware of the occasional patch of poison ivy.

- Keep the kids under control for their safety. PLEASE - No climbing, riding bikes, throwing stuff ... and running can be hazardous! There are other cars and sometimes farm vehicles moving through the orchard, as well as uneven ground with occasional ruts, holes (usually from varmints), roots and rocks. We want everyone to enjoy their picking experience, and be safe at the same time!

- Please leave the pets at home, or leash them. Thanks.

- Please don't leave litter, and PLEASE--no smoking!
Thanks! Come visit us soon!

Mead Orchards LLC
Mailing address: 15 Scism Rd, Tivoli NY 12583
 Phone: 845-756-5641 -- Fax: 845-756-4008