Provided the apples make it through the spring, summer and into the fall without damage, harvest time varies from August though October. This is the time when the orchard is bustling wiht activity. People are out picking fruit all day everyday. There is a limited amount of time that apples have to be picked. Too soon and the apples have a green, sour flesh, too late and they have a soft mealy flesh.
The apples are carefully harvested into bins out in the orchard, the Bins are then collected and brought to the main building where they are prepared to go into storage. We take great pride in the handling of the apples because if they are bounced around at all they can be bruised and damaged, which makes them not sale-able.
Damaged fruit will be used for cider or sent through our peeling machine and used for baking.
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