Apple U-Pick Orchards in Los Angeles area of California in 2024, by county
Below are the U-Pick orchards and farms for apples that we know of in this area. Not all areas of any state, nor even every state, have apples orchards that are open to the public. If you know of any others, please tell us using the add a farm form!
Remember to always check with the farm's own website or Facebook page before you go - or call or email them if they don't have a website or Facebook page. Conditions at the farms and crops can change literally overnight, so if you want to avoid a wasted trip out there - check with the farm directly before you go! If I cannot reach them, I DON'T GO!
PLEASE report closed farms, broken links and incorrect info using the "Report Corrections" form below.
Los Angeles County
- Venice Beach Fallen Fruit - Peaches, Oranges, Plums, Figs, apples, Loquats, Lemons,
Ocean Ave, Venice Beach, CA . Phone: . Click here for a map and directions. - Windy Ridge Cherries - Cherries, apples, peaches, pears, and plums
9811 Leona Avenue, Leona Valley, CA 93551. Phone: 661-270-9106. Email: wrcherries@antelecom.net. Open: Update 4/15/15: The cherry crop looks good and we anticipate opening the weekend of June 6th or June 13th. Directions: . Click here for a map and directions.
Windy Ridge Cherries Facebook page. . Thank you for visiting our web site and check back for exact opening date. Click here for a map. You are welcome to call to find out about cherries, weather and orchard opening dates. We will look forward to your visit. Click here for a link to our Facebook page High atop a ridge in beautiful Leona Valley is a family-owned immaculate cherry orchard with delicious Bing and Rainier cherries growing on dwarf trees. The trees are trimmed to 7 feet so all the cherries are within easy reach from the ground. For children this is ideal and little ones love picking cherries. We grow a variety of other delicious fruits, apples, peaches, pears, and plums that ripen from July through October. Come enjoy fresh picked fruit, our picnic area, and lovely Leona Valley. Specific dates will be posted on this web site. (UPDATED: April 30, 2018, JBS) - Yingst Ranch - UPDATE for 2019: They are permanently closed apricots, peaches, plums, pears, apples, and persimmons
35349 80th Street East, Littlerock, CA 93543. Phone: . Open: permanently closed. Click here for a map and directions. - Youngblood Farms - apples, apricots, nectarines, peaches, plums, restrooms, picnic area you may bring your own food
7624 East Avenue U, Littlerock, CA 93543. Phone: (661) 944-5823. Email: youngbloodfarms@mail.com. Open: Typical season is from Late July or early August through October; in season, Monday to Friday from 8 am to 1 pm pm; Saturday and Sunday, from 8 am to 2 pm. Click here for a map and directions. Payment: Cash, Check. . Alternate Phone: (661) 537-5006. . Merge onto the I-5 toward Sacramento. Merge onto CA-14 N toward Lancaster/Palmdale. Take the Angeles Forest highway exit toward Pearblossom highway Keep left at the fork in the ramp. Merge onto Sierra highway Stay straight to go onto Pearblossom highway Turn right onto Pearblossom Hwy/CA-138. Turn left onto 77th Street Take the 2nd left onto East Avenue U. 7624 E. Avenue U is on the left. Please leave a message, as we are working in the farm or helping at the stand. Thank you. Peach season is always dependent on weather. Keep an eye out nearer July for updates! (UPDATED: June 18, 2019)
Apple Picking Tips, Recipes and Information
Apples ripen from the outside of the tree towards the center, so the apples out the outside of the tree will ripen first. Once they are picked, they stop ripening. Picking apples directly from a tree is easy. Roll the apple upwards off the branch and give a little twist; don't pull straight away from the tree. If two apples are joined together at the top, both will come away at the same time. Don't shake the trees or branches. If the apple you are trying to pick drops, (or others on the tree) go ahead and pick it up. They're perfectly fine! But do wash them before you eat them! More info: How to tell when apples are ripe
- Once picked, don't throw the apples into the baskets, place them in gently, or they will bruise and go bad more quickly.
- Don't wash apples until just before using to prevent spoilage.
- For an explanation of why apple slices turn brown and how to stop it, see this page!
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Keep apples cool after picking to increase shelf life. A cool basement is ideal, but the fruit/vegetable drawer of a refrigerator will work, too. A refrigerator is fine for small
quantities of apples. Boxed apples need to be kept in a cool, dark spot
where they won't freeze. Freezing ruptures all of an apple's cells, turning
it into one large bruise overnight. The usual solution is to store apples in
a root cellar. But root cellars often have potatoes in them: apples and
potatoes should never be stored in the same room because, as they age,
potatoes release an otherwise ethylene gas, which makes apples spoil faster.
If you can keep the gas away from your apples, they will keep just fine.
Just don't store them right next to potatoes.
Prevent contact between apples stored for the winter by wrapping them individually in sheets of newspaper. The easiest way to do this is to unfold a section of newspaper all the way and tear it into quarters. Then stack the wrapped apples . See more here: How to store apples at home - Apples don't improve or "ripen" after being picked - this is an urban myth - see this page for the truth - with references!
Which apple variety is best?
There are tens of thousands of varieties of apples, developed over centuries. They vary in sugar, acoidity, flavors, storing, crispness and many other attributes. See our guides to apple varieties:
- Summary table of many apple varieties and their characteristics
- Detailed descriptions of each apple variety with detailed characteristics
- Apple varieties, sorted by the order in which they typically ripe
- Apple varieties that don't turn brown when they are cut
- Why are some apples brown or spotted inside when you first cut them open?
Canning apples - fully illustrated, with step-by-step instructions
- How to make applesauce
- How to make apple butter
- How to make apple jelly
- How to make apple pie filling (canned)
- How to can apples
- Home canned apple juice
Recipes, illustrated with step by step instructions
- Apple pie recipe and directions and illustrated! I can say, with, ahem, no bias at all, that this is the best apple pie recipe in the world! (Alright, I did have an apple strudel in Vienna once at that place listed in Fodors that was REALLY good, but that wasn't a pie, was it? And since this was the recipe my grandmother used, it must be great!)
- How to make applesauce for a single meal (not canning it) with NO special equipment
- Apple cobbler
- Apple crunch - best of all! Moist, low sugar and using oats!
- Apple crisp - ever-popular, low sugar and using oats!
- Apple, blackberry, cherry, and/or peach cobbler
- Apple-blackberry, crumble - a English favorite (or favourite)
Using fresh apples and miscellaneous
- How to stop cut apples from browning
- Apple festivals - find one near you!
- Apple facts
- Apple seeds and cyanide