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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!Adams County
- Beechwood Orchards Farm Market - Pick your own
peaches
Biglerville, PA. Phone: (717) 677-6536. Family owned operated for nearly one-hundred years. We have pick your own products, including peaches and friendly service :o) Come see the Springer puppies we raise. 20 years of selective breeding. Call for info. Open May to November, 7 days a week 8am-6pm - Brownvalley Farms - Strawberries, Blueberries, Black raspberries and Red raspberries
Littlestown, PA. Phone: 717-359-5084. Black raspberries will be ready about mid-June. PYO hours 8:00-12:00AM. Blueberries should be available about mid-July. Price to be determined later based on market conditions. PYO by appointment only. Red raspberries around mid-August; PYO by appointment only. -
Hollabaugh Bros., Inc. - apples, blueberries, raspberries,
strawberries, prepicked produce, gift shop, snacks and refreshment stand,
restrooms, school tours
545 Carlisle Road, Biglerville, PA 17307. Phone: 717-677-8412. Fax: 717-677-7157. Email: info@hollabaughbros.com. Directions: Located nine miles north of Gettysburg right on route 34. Just a short drive from Route 15, Route 30, and Interstate 81!. Click here for a map and directions. Crops are usually available in May, June, July, August, September, October, November. Open: Monday through Thursday, 9am to 6pm Friday and Saturday, 9am to 5pm Sunday, 12pm to 5pm. Payment: Cash, Check, Visa/MasterCard, Discover. Hollabaugh Brothers is a three-generation, family-owned and operated fruit and vegetable farm. Growing on 500 acres, the Hollabaugh family grows a wide variety of fruits and vegetables, including small fruits, apricots, plums, peaches, pears, Asian pears, apples, melons, cut flowers, and more! A retail market provides the freshest produce throughout the season, as well as home-made baked goods, jarred goods, and a country gift shop!. (ADDED: May 13, 2008) -
Yellow Hill Farm - blackberries, raspberries
670 Yellow Hill Road, Biglerville, PA 17307. Phone: 717-677-8188. Email us at: YellowHill Farm@earthlink.net. Directions: From the south (Gettysburg): Take Rt 34 north from Gettysburg to Rt 234 in the center of Biglerville. Turn left on Route 234 West. Go 1 mile. Turn right on Yellow Hill Road and go 6/10 of a mile. Yellow Hill Farm is on the right. >From the north (Carlisle): Take Rt 34 south to Biglerville. Turn right at the light on 234 West. Go 1 mile. Turn right on Yellow Hill Road and go 6/10 of a mile. Yellow Hill Farm is on the right. >From north (Harrisburg) Take US 15 south to the Rt 234 exit (Heidlersburg). Turn right (west on Route 234) and go about 6 miles to traffic light in center of Biglerville. Continue on 234 West 1 mile. Turn right on Yellow Hill Road and go 6/10 of a mile. Yellow Hill Farm is on the right. >From the west (Chambersburg and RT 30): Turn east from Rt 30 onto the Cashtown-Arendtsville Road at the blinking light (Adams County National Bank on corner). Go about 3 miles to Arendtsville to the stop sign (Getty gas station will be in front of you). Turn left, then make an immediate right, you will now be on Rt 234 East. Go about 2 miles and bear right at the stop sign (still on 234 East). You will go about another 3/4 mile, then turn left onto Yellow Hill Road. Yellow Hill Farm is 6/10 mile on the right. And for a map to our farm, Click here. Crops are usually available in July, August, September. Open: Monday to Saturday 9am to 5pm, Sunday 1pm to 4pm. Thornless Blackberries: Late July to early September, Red and Yellow Fall Raspberries: Early August to mid September Payment: Cash, Check. Our berries our sold by the pound. To keep the cost down, we encourage customers to bring suitable containers for taking the berries home. Picking buckets are provided for easy picking. All the berry plants are in neatly trellised rows for easy picking. Please visit out website for more details and pictures.
Blair County
Bradford County
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Bohlayer's Orchards - Apples, pears, prepicked produce
RR 2 Box 2530, Troy, PA 16947. Phone: 570-297-2480 Crops are usually available in August, September, October, November. Open: Monday-Saturday 9 to 5, Sunday 1 to 5 during apple season only Open from mid-August to Thanksgiving. Payment: Cash, Check. Bohlayer's Orchards - Apples, Peaches, Pears, Cider RR 4 Box 2530, Troy, PA 16947. Phone: 570-297-2480. Directions: Two miles west of Troy . From scenic Route 6, turn onto Farmers Valley Road at Rolosons Maple Syrup. Located on a Pennsylvania Century Farm in Bradford County, our family owned and operated orchard has been welcoming visitors for decades. We offer our guests both U-Pick and harvested apples and pears, as well as our own freshly pressed cider in season. Local honey and maple products are also available. Weekday school tours are welcome. Please call the orchard to make a reservation. Some of our apple varieties include Quinté, Red Melba, Macintosh, Jonamac, Cortland, Gala, Macoun, Empire, Jonagold, Red Delicious, Golden Delicious, Northern Spy, Red Spy, Ida Red, Melrose, and Mutsu. Call for Peach and Pear availability. Open: Monday-Saturday 9-5, Sunday 1-5 during apple season. Season: August through December; by appointment beginning January. Peaches are available harvested only. We participate in the Farmer's Market Nutrition Program. -
Berry Fields Farm - blueberries, Turkeys (ORGANIC
not-hormone-fed), prepicked produce, gift shop, farm animals
7 miles from Millview off of rt. 87 , Forksville, PA 18833. Phone: 570-924-3019. Email: gerlach@epix.net. Directions: From rt 80(major east west interstate in northern PA) Take the exit adjacent to the Susquehanna river onto rt 180 west. Just before Williamsport take exit 21 onto rt 87N. At the end of the exit ramp turn left. Travel 23 miles to Forksville. Two miles past Forksville turn left onto Millview Mountain Road. The farm is 7 miles from that point. The final 2 miles are on gravel road. And for a map to our farm, click here. Crops are usually available in July, August. Open: Please call 570-924-3019 to confirm times of availability. Blueberry Festival August 4th and 5th. Farm vacation guest house available. We follow organic methods, but are not yet certified. Payment: Cash, only. We serve organic meals from products produced on the farm on Saturday evenings and Sunday brunch. Berryfields Farm was established in 2000 to promote sustainable agriculture. We are dedicated to producing organic products of the highest quality. Our goal is to sustain ourselves and market the excess. - Gardiner's Farm - apples, peaches, cherries
RR#2 Box 48A, Fallbrook Road, Troy, PA 16947. Phone: (570) 297-3929. Email: gard@sosbbs.com. Scenic orchard in Bradford County featuring dwarf apple trees on stakes and trellis. Fantastic fall colors. U-pick and We pick. APPLE varieties include: Redfree, Gala, Red McIntosh, Red Cortlands, Red and Yellow Delicious, Jonathan, Jonagold, Empire, Honeycrisp, Northern Spy, Spy Gold, Rome, Stayman Winesap. Tree-ripened PEACHES from mid-August to mid-September. Three varieties of SWEET CHERRIES, ripening the end of June to mid-July. We make own apple butter/jams. School tours-reservations. Open Monday: 9 - 5 through Saturday, Sunday: 12 - 4. Season: Mid August - Thanksgiving. - Pumpkin Lane Farms - corn (sweet), pumpkins, pumpkin patch-pick in the field, pumpkin patch- already gathered from the field
RR 1 Box 2502, Monroeton, PA 18832. Phone: (570)-265-7952. Email us at: jwecker@tsd.k12.pa.us. Directions: Our farm is on State Route 414 west approximately 3 miles from the 220/414 intersection in Monroeton. If heading west on 414, we are located just past the Monroe Frankin Elementary School on the left. Click here for a map to our farm. Crops are usually available in July, August, September, October. Open: The corn stand will be open generally from Noon until 6:00pm all summer. There will be an "honor bucket" if no one is available to work the stand. Pumkin hours are all day on weekends and after 4:00pm during the week throughout the month of October. Anyone wanting free pumkins after Halloween may stop and take as many as you would like. Sweet corn is available from the middle of July until September, as the weather conditions permit. Pumkin sales begin the first weekend in October and run through the end of the month. Payment: Cash, Check. We also have prepicked cucumbers, summer squash, winter squash, and hay and straw for sale, as well as decorative gourds and ornamental corn.
Centre County
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Way Fruit Farm
- U-pick strawberries, sour cherries, and Pumpkins. Many other
prepicked fruits corn, vegetables
Port Matilda, PA 16870. Phone: (814)692-5211. Open: 8am-6pm Monday-Friday 8am-5pm Saturday. Strawberries start in Mid-June and last till around July 4th. We have numerous varieties and a couple acres of Strawberries to be picked. The large Sour Cherry orchard is available for U-pick usually starting Mid-July and ending at the beginning of August. We start selling pumpkins in late September and continue until October. We also have a fall festival in October that you can get a wagon ride out to our patch and pick a pumpkin from the field yourself. See the Fall Festival page for more information. Every year Way Fruit Farm hosts a Fall Festival on the 2nd and 3rd Saturday's of October. The Festival is a great time to come out with family or friends and take a free wagon ride out to the pumpkin patch and pick just the pumpkin you want. There is also numerous other things to do at the festival. There is an apple slingshot, over a dozen crafters, a petting zoo and other activities to enjoy. Food is provided by a local Lions Club and baked goods including apple dumplings are available. The best part of it all is that 10% of all the earning's on both Saturday's will go to an orphanage in the Dominican Republic.
Columbia County
- Seesholtz Bros. Farms - strawberries
two locations at Mifflinville and Lime Ridge near, Bloomsburg, PA 17815. Phone: 570-784-1038. Fax: 570-784-5323. Email us at: sjsee@aol.com. Directions: The Lime Ridge fields are located at Interstate 80 exit 241 off Route 11. The Mifflinville fields are located off Interstate 80 exit 242 on Route 339 on the Mifflinville/Nescopeck Highway. Crops are usually available in June. Open: everyday including Sundays from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Children are welcome in the fields. Strawberries are generally ready the month of June. Best to call first for picking conditions and varieties. Payment: Cash, only. The Seesholtz family has been growing strawberries since 1923 and now has the fourth generation working at the farm. Berries are sold by the pound. Please bring containers to pick in. Small buckets, pots, pans, bowls, etc. work best.
Cumberland County
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Oak Grove Farms - PYO Strawberries, PYO peas, PYO raspberries
(red, black), other produce @ farm stand, open year round
846 Fisher Road, Mechanicsburg, PA, 17055. Phone: 717 766-2216. Directions: Off Williams Grove Road in Mechanicsburg, PA, click here for a map. A visitor writes: "Nice operation, on the smaller side, they are open year round, sell baked goods, jams, jellies, produce, etc at the farm stand, take credit cards, cash and checks, have hand-dipped ice cream."
Dauphin County
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Blyler Fruit Farm - Strawberries and Sugar Peas
7922 Route 25, Spring Glen, PA, 17978. Phone: 717-365-3177. Email us at: john@blylerfruitfarm.com. Open: Monday-Saturday 8:00 am to 5:00 pm There are restrooms. Payment: Cash, only - Rudy's Christmas Tree Farm - Christmas trees-you choose and you cut, Christmas trees- you choose and we cut, Precut Christmas trees, Christmas wreaths and boughs, gift shop
Narrow Road at Route # 849, New Bloomfield, PA 17068. Phone: 717-921-2154. Directions: Directions: 7 miles west of Duncannon, PA on Route 849 at the intersection of Narrow Road. Click here for a map to our farm. We are open November, December. Our hours are: Thanksgiving to Christmas- Open Thursday-Friday-Saturday-Sunday from 10AM till 4PM. Other days by appointment or by chance. Open for Christmas Tree Cutting from Thanksgiving until December 23rd. Thursday-Friday-Saturday-Sunday from 10AM till 4PM. Other days by appointment or by chance. Handmade wreaths: pre-made to order or selected from our freshly made wall of wreaths. Christmas Craft Barn features hand crafted ornaments, wood furniture benches, wooden clocks, flea market items, old fashioned hand cranked apple cider. Honey from the farm's bees is available in 1, 2 or 5 pound jars and bears. Homemade raspberry, blackberry and strawberry jelly from the farm berry bushes available in one pound jars. Free greens with purchase of tree and free tree wrapping!
Luzerne County
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Split Rock Blueberry Farm - blueberries, prepicked produce,
snacks and refreshment stand, restrooms, picnic area
472 Mingle Inn Road, Berwick, PA 18603. Phone: 570-752-0800. Email us at: gotberries@hotmail.com. Directions: Please visit our website for directions. And for a map to our farm, Click here. Click here for picking updates. Crops are usually available in July, August. Open: Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, 7 am to 8 pm, Saturday, 7am to 12 noon We usually open after July 4th and close around the middle of August. Please call us or visit our website for specific opening and closing dates. Payment: Cash, only. Berries are sold by the pound. Please bring your own containers to pick in. We have a nice pavilion so that you and your family can sit and enjoy the berries that you just picked. New for 2006, we will have blueberry bushes available for sale.
Lycoming County
- Ralph Styer Farm - blueberries, pears
7745 Armstrong Road, Muncy, PA 17756. Phone: 570-546-5706Directions: From I-180 South exit at PA Route 405, travel west towards Montgomery. Cross Susquehanna River Bridge, take first right after the RR underpass and follow the signs Click here for a map to our farm. We are open June, July, August. Our hours are: Open 8 AM to 8 PM everyday but Sunday Family run and owned since 1952. Currently run by 90 year old original owners, Ralph and Edna Styer, with the help of their many children, grandchildren and great grandchildren. Nestled in the Susquehanna Valley this scenic farm welcomes kids and adults of all ages.
Perry County
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Rudy's Christmas Tree Farm - apples, walnuts, Chestnuts, Honey
from hives on the farm, Cider mill (fresh apple cider made on the premises),
Christmas trees
3 Narrow Road at the intersection of Route 849, New Bloomfield, PA 17068. Phone: 717-921-2154. Directions: From Duncannon, PA, go west on Route 849 for 7 miles. Watch for a large Christmas Tree Farm sign in a mowed field on the left. At one room, red brick schoolhouse make SHARP left (watching for traffic) onto Narrow Road. Park across from the red barn in marked area.. And for a map to our farm, Click here. Crops are usually available in September, October, November, December. Open: Apples and hand cranked apple cider from September to November. Choose and Cut Christmas Trees: Friday, Saturday, and Sunday from Thanksgiving to December 23rd. Closed Christmas Eve. Open for Choose and Cut Christmas Trees: Friday, Saturday, and Sunday from Thanksgiving to December 23rd. Closed Christmas Eve. Payment: Cash, Check. New this year, farm grown Chestnuts!.
Susquehanna County
- Jayne's Orchards - cherries
Jayne Road, West Auburn, PA, 18623. Phone: 570-869-1405.They also have prepicked apples, peaches, cherries, pumpkins, gourds, corn stalks & other seasonal items. A visitor writes: "Jayne's is a very impressively run and well-maintained orchard. Also makes their own apple cider. It is located in a the very scenic mountains of NE Pennsylvania with a lovely farm atmosphere. Down-home "Mom & Pop" run business."
York County
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Barefoot Farm - pumpkins, raspberries, strawberries, pumpkin
patch-pick in the field, pumpkin patch- already gathered from the field,
prepicked produce, gift shop
6621 Bluebird Lane, Dover, PA 17315. Phone: 717-292-1390. Directions: Just 10 to 20 minutes from Dover, Manchester, Wellsville, Dillsburg and York. Exact directions and a map can be easily viewed on our web site. Search for Barefoot Farm on PA's AgMap website or click on the link on our name above! (Note: some internet maps do not correctly picture our Lane being a no outlet road off of Rohler's Church Road). Click here for a map to our farm. Crops are usually available in June, July, October. Open: June Hours: Monday to Friday 6am-1pm and 4pm-8pm Saturday 6am-1pm only Sunday closed Call for other seasonal hours and harvest information Strawberries: typically May 25-July 3 Raspberries: typically June 25-July 15 Pumpkins: September 30-October 30 Payment: Cash, Check. A family friendly farm. A shaded play area is available next to strawberry fields for younger children who tire from picking. A Summer house (over 200 years old) is where you'll find a variety of interesting items like...strawberry sunglasses, a personal letter to the previous owner from Pres. Ronald Reagan or a cold soda. Previously known as Luther Crone's Produce. -
Maple Lawn Farms, Inc.
- U Pick fruit
2885 New Park Road, NEW PARK, PA 17352. Phone: (717) 382-4878 Email: gailmc@maplelawnfarms.com Regional leader in U Pick fruit, best new and old varieties. Easy access in Baltimore-Washington to Harrisburg corridor. Expanded market w/ gifts & bakery. Fruit for Fund Raising. Home of Maize Quest, cornfield maze adventure & theme park. See www.cornmaze.com . Premier destination for families, groups, school tours, scouts, young and old alike. Great escape to scenic countryside, breath-taking views! Open: Monday - Sat: 8 - 6, Closed Sunday. Season: Mid-June/cherries - Nov. 1 Exceptions: Open July 4th/Labor Day/ Columbus Day/ Halloween/ Election Day. -
Paulus Orchards - apples, blueberries, pumpkins, Honey from hives
on the farm, prepicked produce, gift shop, snacks and refreshment stand,
restrooms, picnic area, birthday parties, school tours
522 East Mount Airy Road, Dillsburg, PA 17019. Phone: 717-432-2544. Email: information@paulusorchards.com. Directions: Take Route 15 to the Mechanicsburg/Bowmansdale exit. Go towards Bowmansdale. Go straight for 3.2 miles (do not follow route 114 signs). Turn left onto E. Mt. Airy Road Drive a mile and a half to orchard. It will be on your right. Very close to Ski Roundtop. See link for other directions. Click here for a map and directions. Open: Monday to Friday, 9 am to 7 pm, Saturday, 9 am to 5 pm, and Sunday, 11 am to 5 pm (during the season, check our web site for exact dates). Farm Stand Open July to January Corn Maze is open on weekends in September and October U-Pick Apples and Pumpkins is open on weekends in September and October Birthday and Group Parties scheduled August through November Group Tours scheduled August through November. Click here for picking updates. Payment: Cash, Check, Visa/MasterCard. Paulus Orchards participates in the Farm Market Nutrition Program. - Raab's Fruit Farm - cherries, peaches,
apples, thornless blackberries, pumpkins and gourds
209 Fruitlyn Dr., Dallastown, PA. Phone: (717) 244-7157. Email: raabfarms@aol.com -
Raven's Chestnut Sands Farm - blueberries,
137 Butter Rd, York, PA 17404. Phone: 717-266-1470. Directions: From Dover - East on Butter Road or on Canal Rd/PA 921. From Canal, North on Lewisberry Road. Right on Butter Road From York – I-83 North to Zion’s View Exit. First Right on Cloverleaf. First Left on Butter Road OR Go North on Susquehanna Trail. Left on Copenhaffer Road Left on Butter Road From Manchester – West on Zions View Road /PA 921. Right on Copenhaffer Road Left on Butter Road. And for a map to our farm, click here. Crops are usually available in June, July, August. Open: Blueberries available the last weekend of June through mid - August; Open 7 days a week from 8 am to 7 pm. Payment: Cash, Check. We’re just 15 to 20 minutes from York, Dover, Manchester, Wellsville, and York Haven. We welcome family members of all ages. We supply buckets with plastic liners for your use. When you’ve picked berries. . . Come walk our nature trail and spot wildlife. Please -- no pets. View our website for a map (Click on our name) or call for exact directions. (Alternative phone: 717-880-7158) We use zero pesticides. Wear a hat, bring a cold drink, bring your friends!. (UPDATED: April 06, 2008) -
Shaw Orchards - Apples, apricots, beans, blackberries,
blueberries, cherries, corn (sweet), cucumbers, eggplant, flowers, grapes,
melons, nectarines, other berries, pears, peaches, peppers, plums, pumpkins,
raspberries, strawberries, tomatoes, other vegetables, pumpkin patch-pick in
the field, pumpkin patch- already gathered from the field, prepicked
produce, snacks and refreshment stand, restrooms, picnic area, wagon rides
21901 Barrens Road South, Stewartstown, PA 17363. Phone: 410-692-2429. Email us at: shaw@cyberia.com. Directions: From Baltimore, I 83 North to exit 36. East on 439 to Bond Road. Left on Bond and stay straight for 6 miles to Pa. Route 24. Right (South) on Route 24 (Barrens Road South) for about 2 miles. Market on the Right at the Mason-Dixon-Line. Open: Monday thru Friday 8 to 6 (8 to 5 in Nov.) Saturday 8 to 5 and closed Sunday Pick-Your-own Strawberries in Late May, early June. Pick-your-own Sweet cherries in June/July. Pick-your-own Blueberries June through August. Pick-your-own apples Friday and Saturday's in September and October. Payment: Cash, Check, Visa/MasterCard, Discover. We provide a weekly e-mail service called the RipeLine with up to the minute seasonal information. Sign up by going to Shaw Orchards and click on Ripeline at the lower right of home page. -
Susquehanna Orchards - apples
560 Orchard Road, Delta, PA, 17314. Phone: 717-456-5115. Open: weekdays: 9 am to 6 pm Saturday: 9 am to 5 pm Sunday: 10 am to 5 pm. Check this page on their website for approximate apple pick-your-own dates. Also have prepicked peaches. A visitor says: "They don't have alot of things to do but they have the best variety and tasting peaches and apples." -
Swamp Fox Farms, Inc.
- U-pick pumpkins
13541 Country Club Road, Glen Rock, PA 17327. Phone: (717) 235-8712. Email: Swampfoxfarms4@aol.com. This will be our 3rd year owning the farm. We start our season in March in our greenhouses with annuals, bedding plants, hanging baskets, etc. Late May, early June is our u-pick strawberries, or already picked. Our early sweet corn is ready by July 4th. We are then in our produce season with a variety of berries and vegetables. October is u-pick pumpkin time. Season: March - December.
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