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 Maine, Counties Starting With the Letter F to K
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U-Pick Farms and Orchards, sorted by county

Remember: ALWAYS call (or follow the link to the farm's own website, if the name is a blue link) to confirm the information before you go! They may close, run out or change events, times, etc. without notifying me!

Franklin County

  • Adams Family Organics - ORGANIC,
    Phone: 207-778-5490. Email: adamsorganic@yahoo.com  Find us from the corner of Rte 156 and Knowlton Corner Road. We are about a mile from the corner heading towards Farmington, Maine. Call ahead. 
  • Blueberry Hill Farm - wild blueberries
    Dallas Hill Road. Follow the signs. Rangeley, Maine. Phone: 207-864-5647. Email: Palmer@rangeley.org  
    Pick your own wild blueberries in our fields in the scenic mountains of Western Maine at the foot of Saddleback Mountain.  Open: July 21 - September 1, 10 a.m. - 3 p.m. 
  • Firth's Fruit Farm - highbush blueberries
    26 Intervale Road, New Sharon, Maine. Phone: 207-778-3904. 5 acres of highbush blueberries, close to the road. Established plantings. Call for availability. Open: July 25 - August 30 - sunrise to sunset. Call for availability.
  • Island Farm - ??? I haven't found out what they have yet
    Rte 149 North, Avon, ME. Phone: 207-639-5044. Fax: 207-639-5044. Email: islandfarm@tds.net. Directions: Take Rte 4 North from Farmington, then Rte 145 North across river towards Strong; half mile on left take Rte 149 North for 3.5 miles. Farm Road is on left.
  • King Farms - Blackberries, wild blueberries, vegetables, apples and raspberries.
    Rte 156 east, Weld, ME. Phone: 207-585-2025. Fax: 207-585-2025. Email: loncher@tds.net. Directions: Rte 156 east, 11 miles from Wilton, past the Maine Forestry Station but before Proctor's Pond with the windmills.
  • Morrison Hill Orchard - apples
    West Farmington, follow Rte 43 west to a left-hand turn onto Morrison Hill Road. The orchard is about one half mile. Farmington, Maine. Phone: 207-778-4945. Email: simxxl@tdstelme.net . Two varieties of MacIntosh available after September 15. Call ahead for availability. Open Tuesday through Sunday, 9 am to 5 pm. 
  • Peace and Plenty Farm - ORGANIC,
    Phone: 207-639-5550. Email: iamlloyd@aol.com and Email: lloyd.griscom@gmail.com. Organic wild sour top Maine blueberries. Call for special orders or information. 
    Rte 142 north from Phillips for 2 miles. Go left onto East Madrid Road (Manzer Hot Mix sign) We are 7 miles on left. Phillips, Maine. Open: Tuesday through Sunday from 8:30 - 10:30 am and 4 - 6 pm.
  • Wilton Blueberry Farm - blurberries
    Wilton, ME. Phone: 207-645-2128. Email: irvfaunce@gwi.net. Directions: East Wilton - behind Harnden's Harvest Hutch. Open mid-July to late September, 7 days a week from 8 am to 4 pm, also Tuesday and Thursday evenings. Every berry beautiful! 4,500 highbush blueberry trees located on 4 beautiful acres in the Western foothills of Maine. Pick your own or pre-picked. Order in advance. Restrooms. Can Accommodate Bus Tours.

Oxford, County 

  • Apple Acres Farm - apples
    Durgintown Road, South Hiram, Maine.  Phone: 207-625-4777 Toll free;800-647-4725. Fax 207-625-4777. Email: bjon@psouth.net  Many varieties to choose from including Paula Reds, Macs, Cortlands, Macouns, Red Delicious, Spensers, Mutsus, Honey Crisps and Northern Spys. Open September 1 - October 10. 
  • Barton's PYO Strawberries - strawberries
    Barton Road, Albany Township, Maine. Phone: 207-824-2834.  Pick your own strawberries last week of June to Mid July. Family run business. Easy access to field, plenty of parking. Call to verify picking dates. Flats available. From Bethel;3.5 miles from the junction of Route 5/35 in Albany Township on Hunts Corner Road. Turn left at sign onto Barton Road, Albany Township, Maine. Open: 7 am until 12 pm and 5 pm to 8 pm. Restrooms available. 
  • Bucknell Farm - strawberries
    Phone: 207-452-2241. Route 160, Denmark, ME.
  • Buzzy's Greenhouse - strawberries
    Phone: 207-625-4454. Cross Road, Porter, ME.
  • Carter's Farm Market - beans, tomatoes and flowers
    Rte 26, Oxford, Maine.  Phone: 207-539-4848. Fax 207-539-4485. Pick your own beans, tomatoes and flowers in gardens near our farm stand. 6 miles South of South Paris and Rtes 26 -121 junction. Restrooms available. Bus parking. 
  • Lyon Orchard - apples  
    684 Grover Hill Road, Bethel, Maine.  Phone: 207-824-2842. Pick your own apples. Open: Fall, 7 days, 8 am to 7 pm. 
  • Maple Crest Farm - raspberries
    349 Paris Hill Road, Buckfield, Maine.  Phone: 207-336-2466. Email: cooper@megalink.net   Fresh, sweet raspberries, ripe and ready. Come visit us in Buckfield to fill your berry needs. Call for hours and days open. 
  • McSherry Orchards - pumpkins
    Sweden, Maine. Phone: 603-447-2737. Pick your own pumpkins in Sweden, Maine.  or visit our farm stand on Rte 16 in Conway, NH. Free quart of cider with each bushel picked. Free small pumpkins for the children. Free wagon and hay rides. Open September and October, daily, 9 am to 5 pm. Restrooms available. 
  • Plummer Hill Orchards - apples
    Waterford, Maine. Phone: 207-583-6508. Pick your own MacIntosh, Cortland, Red and Golden Delicious apples while enjoying beautiful views of the Western Maine Mountains. Take Rte 37 or 35 to Waterford Road, Village, take Plummer Hill Road north from village for 1.2 miles.  Saturday and Sunday 9 am to 4 pm in September and October. Bus parking. 
  • Silver Fox Farm - pick their own flowers and some vegetables
    Fryeburg, Maine.  Phone: 207-935-6304. Fax 207-935-3058. Email: amos3@nh.adelphia.net  Customers are welcome to pick their own flowers and specified vegetables. Fryeburg Village, on Rte 5N 3.5 miles, right on Cornshop Road, 1/2mi on right.  Open: June to September. 
  • Valley View Orchard - apples
    212 Hebron Centerd Road, Hebron, Maine.  Phone: 207-966-2630. Fax 207-966-2328. Email: info@valleyvieworchardpies.com   Pick your own apples. Open: Call for hours. 
  • Weston's Farm Stand - Choose and cut your own flowers,
    48 River Street, Fryeburg, Maine 04037. Phone: 207-935-2567. Email: weston@pivot.net  Choose and cut your own flowers, or we can pick them fresh for you.  Open July, August, September - until frost. 8 am to 6 pm. Handicapped Accessible. Restrooms available. Bus parking.

Somerset County 

  • Badgerboro Berry Farm - strawberries
    Palmyra, ME. Phone: 207-938-2497.
  • Blackwell Hill Nursery - flowers
    Madison, Maine.  Phone: 207-696-3709. Fax  207-696-3709. Email blackwellhillnursery@tds.net  The nursery has several "row-out" gardens for cutting flowers. From Madison go east on Rte 148 turn left onto Blackwell Hill Rd- nursery is 1 2/10 mi on the right (from Skowhegan go north on Rte 201, turn right ). Open May through August from 10 am to 6 pm daily. Weekends in September from 10 am to 6 pm. 
  • Cayford Orchards - apples and pears, strawberries, raspberries, blueberries, pumpkins and squash
    Hilton Hill Road, Skowhegan, Maine.  Phone: 207-474-2970. Email appleboy_74@yahoo.com  PYO apples and pears or ready picked. Specializing in antique varieties and many new varieties. Also pumpkins and squash. Hay rides on weekends. Coming soon, pyo strawberries, raspberries, blueberries. 3 miles north of Skowhegan post office on Route 150, half mile up Hilton Hill Road, Skowhegan, Maine.  Open: 9 to 5 daily mid-August through October, Wed - Sunday until Christmas.
  • Cray's Produce - strawberries and raspberries
    Route 151 Palmyra (stand is on Route 2 in Palmyra), Palmyra, Maine.  Phone: 207-938-2006. Email cray@tdstelme.net  Pick your own strawberries and raspberries. Open: Call for more information 938-2006 or 478-8279. 
  • Forever Green Farms - strawberries
    Fairfield, Maine. Phone: 207-465-9649. Email thiltz@adelphia.net  Pick your own strawberries at our field .  Kennedy Memorial Drive in Waterville, Jock's Variety, Fairfield Center. Fairfield, Maine.  Open in June & July 7:30 am to until picked out. Call ahead for conditions and quantity. 
  • Lombard's Appleberry Orchard - apples and pears.
    234 Dexter Road (Rte 23), Saint Albans, Maine.  Phone: 207-938-2861. Email kathie@tdstelme.net  Pick your own apples and pears. Open September through October, 10 am to 4 pm 
  • North Star Orchards - apples
    97 Orchard Road (off Rte 43),  Madison, Maine.  Phone: 207-696-5109 Toll free: 877-696-5109. Fax  207-696-5109. Email northstarorchards@tds.net  Numerous varieties of apples available from late August through mid-October. Free wagon rides on Saturday and Sunday to pick from dwarf trees. Great family fun. 
    Open: Late August through October, daily from 10 am to 5 pm. Restroom available. 
  • Sandy River Apples/Fenton's Orchard - apples
    Sandy River Road, Norridgewock, Maine.  Phone: 207-587-2563. Old varieties of apples. Open September 15 through October 30. Call for hours and availability. Handicapped Accessible. Restroom available. Bus parking.
  • Schartner's Mt. View Fruit & Berry Farm - strawberries
    Route 220, Thorndike, ME. Phone: 207-568-3668.
  • Sites Farm - strawberries
    Joaquin Road, Athens, ME. Phone: 207-654-2063.
  • The Apple Farm - apples
    104 Back Road, Fairfield, Maine.  Phone: 207-453-7656 Toll free: 877-453-7656. Fax  207-453-2717. Email applefarm@adelphia.net  Pick your own apples -- Macs, Cortlands, Red and Golden Delicious, Golden Russets, Pearmains, Winter Bananas and others in season. Wagon rides on weekends. Open September through October 25 from 9 am to 5 pm daily. Handicapped Accessible. Restroom available. Bus parking.
  • The Strawberry Ranch - strawberries
    Rte 2, 2 miles west of Walmart in Palmyra. Palmyra, Maine.  Phone: 207-938-4943. Email vze4c9ta@verizon.net  Enjoy a morning in Palmyra picking your own large juicy strawberries. We have over 2 acres of strawberries and we are offering a new variety to Maine. Open: During berry season, 7 days a week from 6 am to 1 pm. 
  • Trinity Farm Bed & Breakfast - Raspberries
    North New Portland, Maine.  Phone: 207-628-5223. Fax  207-628-5223. Email trinityfarm@hotmail.com  Raspberries -- Heritage everbearing (usually bears from midsummer right up till frost).  Route 16, halfway between Kingfield and No. New Portland.   Open: Daylight hours. Call for availability. 

 

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