2024 Lehigh County, Pennsylvania Apple U-Pick Farms and Orchards - PickYourOwn.org

Apple U-Pick Orchards in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania 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 a 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!

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Lehigh County

• Bob White Acres - pick your own strawberries, peaches.nectarines, blueberries, apples, beans, tomatoes
  3879 E. Mill Hill Road, Coopersburg, PA 18036. Phone: 215-679-7756. Open: Monday to Friday from 9 am to 12 pm and 4 pm to 7 pm; Saturday from 9 am to 4 pm and closed on Sundays. Click here for a map and directions. Payment: cash, only. They also have spinach and some other goods in their farm store, as well as already-picked strawberries. Strawberries Starts around early June until early July; Blueberries Beginning of July and last until August; Apples Starts early July; String Beans Green & Yellow (Mid July); Peaches Starts early August; Nectarines Starts early August; Plum Tomatoes Mid August; Lima Beans Mid August. Please bring your own containers to pick & weigh your containers at our stand before you pickWE DO NOT ACCEPT CREDIT CARDS OR CHECKS. PETS ARE NOT PERMITTED IN ORCHARD. Pick Your Own Seasons are typically and approximately:Strawberries Starts around early June until early July Blueberries Beginning of July and last until AugustApples Starts early JulyString Beans Green & Yellow (Mid July)Peaches Starts early AugustNectarines Starts early AugustPlum Tomatoes Mid AugustLima Beans Mid August Also spelled Bobwhite Acres
  Comments from a visitor on October 16, 2010: "We have been driving from Philly out to Bobwhite Acres for about 8-9 years now. It is always worth the drive of about 45 minutes. They train their apples trees to grow low and in rows almost like bushes. This is great experience for even the smallest of children to reach out and pick their own apples. Thanks you for running this website. I've used it to verify listings where ever we are going in the country! Thanks for supporting all those local farms."
  Comments from a visitor on May 07, 2009: "I was only there once, but they were very helpful."
  Comments from a visitor on August 04, 2008: "I recently visited which is named for a pet bobwhite they have there. You can hear him while you pick fruit. The farm is clean, the people are lovely and I highly recommend the produce. I picked blueberries and lodi apples there two weeks ago.. What a great place. The peaches are heavenly. I picked 30 lbs yesterday for $0.60 a pound. Yippee"
• County Line Orchard - apples, blueberries
  9200 Kings Highway, Kempton, PA 19529. Phone: (610) 756-6411. Email: todds@ptd.net. Open: Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays from late June into the fall. Directions: From Exit 35 \(Lenhartsville\) of I-78, 6 miles north o Route 143. . Click here for a map and directions. Payment: Cash, Visa, MasterCard, Discover, AmEx.
  County Line Orchard Facebook page. Picking updates: Click here for picking updatesFrom Exit 35 (Lenhartsville) of I-78, 6 miles north o Route 143Blueberry season is typically July 1 to August 20 Apple pick-your-own season is typically August 30 to November 10. In our market we sell our seasonal fruit including cherries, blueberries, apricots, pluots, peaches, nectarines, pears, and apples. We also grow and sell PCO certified organic apples. Check for updates, which are posted weekly on our Facebook Page. Typical first-availability dates are:Blueberries early July PYO Blueberries mid-July Cherries early-July Apricots [hardly any due to spring frosts]Peaches late-July Gala Apples early-Sep Honeycrisp Apples mid-Sep New owners in 2021: After 33 seasons (Todd) and 14 seasons (Cindy), we are retiring from owning the orchard. With the arrival of spring, we have transitioned the farm to Victor Fluke and his wife Kim. You should continue to see similar sales at the market, but maybe there will be some nice innovations with the new management. Stay tuned for future messages from them. (ADDED: March 18, 2017)
• Gogle Farms - Cherries, Plums, Apricots, Peaches, Pears, Apples, Pumpkins
  5017 Mulberry Street, Coplay, PA 18037. Phone: 610-262-4275. Email: info@goglefarms.com. Open: in season Saturday and Sunday from 9 am to 5 pm. Click here for a map and directions. Payment: Cash and Credit Cards.
  Gogle Farms Facebook page. . (in season) Saturday and Sunday from 9 am to 5 pm is a family run orchard about 10 miles north of Allentown. They offer a variety of fresh, in-season fruits and vegetables from July to OctoberFacebook page.
• Grim's Orchard & Family Farm - pick your own apples, cherries, strawberries, pumpkin patch-pick in the field, pumpkin patch- already gathered from the field, corn maze, child-sized haybale maze, farm market, gift shop, snacks and refreshment stand, restrooms, picnic area, birthday parties
  9875 Schantz Rd, Breinigsville, PA 18031. Phone: 610-395-5655. Email: grims@grimsorchard.com. Open: Corn Maze, Pumpkin Patch, Pick Your Own Apples: Monday - Friday: 10 am to 6 pm; Hayrides, Corn Maze, Pumpkin Patch, Pick Your Own Apples, Saturday & Sunday: 10 am to 6 pm; Flashlight Maze & Hayride, Friday & Saturday Nights: 6 pm - 10 pm. Directions: . Click here for a map and directions. Payment: Cash, Check, Visa, MasterCard.
  Grim's Orchard & Family Farm Facebook page. Last admission is 1 hour prior to close time. Columbus Day Monday: Hayrides, Corn Maze, Pumpkin Patch, Pick Your Own Apples: 10 am to 6 pmFall Festival, Corn Maze and Pumpkin Patch is open from Mid September to last weekend in OctoberFall Mums, gourds, corn shocks, and Indian corn. Grim's Greenhouse and Farm Market is back and open. Not to be confused by Mike Fink's Greenhouse and Farm Market. We are no longer associated with Mike Fink's Greenhouse and Farm Market. We now have Pick-Your-Own Apples. Hayride tours (Note: We do not put hay on our wagons because of allergies and people slipping) run only on Saturday & Sunday, Flashlight Maze Nights, and on Columbus Day Monday. Over 18,400 dwarf apple trees on a trellis system, literally creating a wall of apples, for the Pick-Your-Own orchard in the surrounding Lehigh Valley. In 2013, we planted 2,500 Sweet and Sour Cherry trees, available to pick in June and July. We also planted 30,000 Strawberries, to add to our Pick Your Own Farm experience. Available to pick end of May through June (UPDATED: September 12, 2018)

 

Apple

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!
• 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

New!As inflation remains high, see this page for reliable (tested) brands of generic canning lids at lower costs, and cost-saving measures for getting fruit and vegetables and home canning.
 If you are having a hard time finding canning lids, I've used these, and they're a great price & ship in 2 days.

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

 

Other Local Farm Products (Honey, Horses, Milk, Meat, Eggs, Etc.)
(NOT pick-your-own, unless they are also listed above)

• Farm markets and roadside stands
• Local Honey Finder
• Local Meat, Milk and Eggs
• Venues: Farms, Wineries, Orchards for your event, wedding or party
• Easter egg hunts
• Children"s consignment sales
• Fruit and vegetable festivals
• Winery tours and wine tastings
• Horse rides, stables, lessons, trails
• Maple Syrup farms and sugarworks
• Bed & Breakfasts on Farms, Wineries, Ranches and Orchards
• Pumpkin patches
• Corn mazes
• Zombie Paintball venues
• Christmas Tree Farms & lots
• Environmental resources
• Consumer fraud information
• Wholesale food sources
• Resources for Farmers