
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.
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U-Pick Dates |
Varieties Available to Pick |
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JUNE 7 - about End of JUNE |
Every Day, 3 to 7 pm (until they're gone) STRAWBERRIES |
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U-Pick
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WEEKENDS, 10 am to 5:30 pm
Please remember: |
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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! |
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JUNE 28-29 |
Tart CHERRIES: Danube (a sweeter tart variety from Hungary) |
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JULY 5-6 JULY 12-13 JULY 19-20
JUL 26-27 |
Tart CHERRIES: Danube; BLUEBERRIES Tart CHERRIES: Balaton; BLUEBERRIES Tart CHERRIES (?), BLUEBERRIES BLUEBERRIES, PEACHES
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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 |
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AUG 30-31 and |
PEACHES (?)... call for
update, APPLES: Gala, McIntosh |
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SEP 6-7 |
APPLES: Cortland, Gala, McIntosh |
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SEP 13-14 |
APPLES: Cortland, Gala, McIntosh |
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SEP 20-21 |
APPLES: Fortune, Golden Delicious, Macoun,
Northern Spy, |
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SEP 27-28 |
APPLES: Golden Delicious, Jonagold, Macoun, Mutsu, Northern Spy, Red Delicious; PUMPKINS |
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OCT 4-5 |
APPLES: Golden Delicious, Idared, Jonagold, Mutsu, Red Delicious, Rome; PUMPKINS |
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OCT
11-13 |
APPLES: Cameo, Fuji, Golden Delicious (?), Idared, Rome, Stayman Winesap; PUMPKINS |
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OCT 18-19 |
APPLES: Fuji, Idared, Rome; PUMPKINS |
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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