Apples and Pears

2+ hour, 41+ min ago   (422+ words) The effects of a late April freeze are still being felt across South Jersey, where many orchards that would normally be filled with apples ready for picking are instead seeing significant crop losses. At Mood's Farm in Mullica Hill, visitors…...

1+ hour, 42+ min ago   (464+ words) STURTEVANT — Apple season is underway in Wisconsin, but this year's harvest comes after a spring and summer of heavy rain, damaging storms, high heat, and humidity across Southeast Wisconsin — and not every grower has fared the same. At Apple Holler…...

7+ hour, 10+ min ago   (886+ words) When the leaves start turning in Maryland, apples start getting pressed, and some of the best fall flavor happens at farms and cideries across the state. From tiny milking-parlor tasting rooms in the mountains to roadside produce markets near the…...

8+ hour, 14+ min ago   (372+ words) In early April, New Jersey experienced an unusual weather pattern that caused significant losses for local farms. The state first saw prolonged warm temperatures, with some areas reaching around 90 degrees. The warmth caused many fruit trees to bloom earlier than…...

12+ hour, 11+ min ago   (213+ words) READFIELD — For 25 years, Cassie McKenna of West Gardiner has been coming to Kents Hill Orchard to pick local apples. “Every year that I was in college I would come home from Massachusetts just to join the family out here,” she…...

19+ hour, 9+ min ago   (507+ words) CORVALLIS — Just a few weeks ago, Green Bench Orchard in Missoula canceled their 'u-pick' season after a spring freeze destroyed the apple crop. However, Farmer Fred, Green Bench Orchard's owner, pointed apple lovers to Swanson's Mountain View Orchard in Corvallis,…...

1+ day, 2+ hour ago   (329+ words) Grower T&G has launched its newest premium apple variety, the Joli, in Vietnam, ramping up its push into the lucrative Asian export market. T&G Apples managing director Shane Kingston said the new variety – a large red apple that…...

1+ day, 5+ hour ago   (836+ words) A hard spring freeze took out the apple crop at several Northern Virginia orchards. Here's who still has fruit on the trees, and who's worth the drive anyway. It's apple picking season! The apple-picking trip west of Alexandria is a…...

1+ day, 16+ hour ago   (250+ words) Canadian families are heading to the apple farm. But before you make some core memories, here's how the weather impacted the 2026 crop. "You'll find this year, because of all the rain, there might not be as many apples on the…...

2+ day, 12+ hour ago   (1622+ words) POUGHKEEPSIE, N.Y. — Apple season has returned to the Hudson Valley, and with it comes the annual New York ritual of driving into the countryside and becoming surprisingly opinionated about Honeycrisp. By October, perfectly reasonable adults will be debating Macoun versus Empire…...