Six Days Left To Pick

We are nearing the end of the 2025 Season. We check the orchard daily and it looks like we have about 6 days left of the season. Our final day of the season will be Sunday, November 23 and it looks like the weather will be perfect for picking this final week!
All of our Apples that are available now are perfect for Thanksgiving pie making, cider making, and storing for eating all winter. Make sure to stock up while we still have them!
Don't feel like you can make the long walk down the rows? Just gives us a call or send us a message and we will have a Beilke Box picked and ready for you for pickup. We always have a variety to choose from of pre-picked apples at the stand. 

RIPE AND READY:
Cripps Pink
Braeburn
Rome Beauty
Gold Rush
Granny Smith

HOURS:
Mon-Sat 8am - 5pm
Sunday 11am - 5pm

4925 Rockdale St NE, Brooks, OR 97305

(503)393-1077

Break out Your Pie Pans

Thanksgiving is right around the corner! That means Apple Pie! We have 5 varieties to choose from that are all great for baking that perfect apple pie. Choose the classic Granny Smith, or branch out and try a new variety. Better yet, do what we do and try a mix of varieties in one pie. We have found that putting a few varieties in one pie adds a great complex apple flavor! All of the remaining apples are also great for storing and can last several months!
We also still have some of our Gold Rush apples that are absolutely the best choice to make cider, great for eating and baking too. We love having warmed cider in a crock at the holidays! Come get some while we still have them!
Don't feel like you can make the long walk down the rows? Just gives us a call or send us a message and we will have a Beilke Box picked and ready for you for pickup. We always have a variety to choose from of pre-picked apples at the stand. 

RIPE AND READY:
Rome Beauty
Braeburn
Cripps Pink
Gold Rush
Grannysmith

HOURS:
Mon-Sat 8am-5pm
Sunday 11am-5pm

4925 Rockdale St NE, Brooks, OR 97305

(503)393-1077

Sunshine and Apples

The rain has cleared and the sunshine is out! It is perfect weather to come pick some fall Apples. 
Since we have so many great storing apples still available for picking, we thought we would give our best advice for how to make those apples store for as long as possible.
Your very first step to a long lasting apple is to TAKE IT OUT OF THE BAG! Bags have eased the picking and taking home of our apples, but we have realized you may not be aware that the bag should just be for transportation. Apples release ethylene gas, and if they are in a plastic bag, that gas will make them ripen much faster. So start by taking those apples out of those bags! 
Next, you want to think of a cool dark place. Root cellar is best, but for those of us without a cellar, a garage can suffice. Just make sure your apples won't be getting hit by the sunlight from a window everyday, that will make the temperature of your apples fluctuate and ripen faster. A cardboard box is great for storing. Ideally, the apples would be in a single layer.
For those of us who do not have much garage space on shelves, a garage fridge will do as well. But there is a bit of moisture in a fridge so this method might last 2-3 months instead of 3-4 months.
The varieties we have that are great for storing are  Rome Beauty, Braeburn, Cripps Pink, Grannysmith, and Gold Rush.

RIPE AND READY:
Golden Delicious
Red Delicious
Rome Beauty
Braeburn
Cripps Pink
Gold Rush
Grannysmith

HOURS:
Sat-Sun 8am-5pm
Sunday 11am-5pm

4925 Rockdale St NE, Brooks, OR 97305

(503)393-1077