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Top 5 Places To Pick Apples In Da' Burgh

October 23, 2014
In no particular order here is a listing of the fantastic orchards that offer apple picking.  We encourage you to call ahead each establishment to be sure that times and seasonal hours have remained.  Happy picking!


1. Half Crown Hill Orchard


600 North Branch Rd
McDonald PA, 15057
412-913-4981
From the Half Crown Hill Orchard Facebook Page:  
We are open select hours during apple harvest season and offer fresh apples and apple products as well as pick your own apples. During October we have free hay wagon rides to a pumpkin patch on the weekends.
We also offer honey from our bees as well as bees wax products.
Visit the website for more information and for hours of operation. 

2.  Triple B Farms

823 Berry Lane
Monongahela, PA 15063 
724-258-3557

From the Triple B Website: 

Triple B Farms opens its orchard to customers hungry for the region’s tastiest apples!! Pick Your Own style!  Customers can walk to the apple orchard to pick their own apples on Saturdays and Sundays. Call for exact starting date.  First varieties to be picked: Galas & Honeycrisps.  Stay tuned for more varieties as the apples ripen. Three different sized bags are available and priced for families to enjoy! You might think that “an apple is an apple is an apple,” but you’d be amazed at how much better a fresh-from-the-field apple tastes than a grocery-store apple. When apples don’t sit on the shelf, they retain a crispness that just can’t come from the grocery store. And Triple B grows only the very best varieties, including Honeycrisp, Jonagold, Fuji and more. Take your pick of eating apples and baking apples – Triple B has both!

3. Woodward's Orchard

727 Achortown Rd, Beaver Falls, PA 15010 
Phone: (724) 891-0102
 We are a family owned orchard located in Chippewa Township. (Above Bradys Run Park) Our store will open for the season august 30th 2014. We will have pick your own apples this year. Bulk and canning tomatoes can be ordered by calling 724-891-0102. Please leave name and number and we will call you back for amount and time for pick-up. We do offer a party room for birthday and other parties. Group hayrides also available.

4. Norman's Orchard

2318 Butler Logan Road 
Tarentum, PA 15084 
Frazer Township
You can pick your own fruit directly from the tree or bush or vine, or select from pre-picked fruit. Call or email in advance to be sure that we have the fruit you want: 724-224-9491, 480-220-8228, or normansorchard@gmail.com  We sell our beautiful and delicious fruit by the pound, peck (chip), half-bushel and bushel.

Most of the apples and pears that we grow are considered heirloom, or antique, fruit. These varieties have existed for hundreds of years and have a distinctive look and flavor not found in the fruit generally available in stores. Most heirloom fruit are not bred for durability and appearance, but are bred for flavor. You will not find many of our apples in a store because they have more fragile skin and flesh and thus cannot be stored for long periods. Heirloom apples are best when picked ripe and used fresh, rather than being picked before they are fully ripe, shipped, and held in storage.


5. Simmon's Farm

170 Simmons Road 
McMurray Pa 15317 
From the Simmon's Farm website:
Pick-Ur-Own apples is now open at Simmons Farm. Our first variety is Gala a sweet eating apple, great for snacking on. 
Hours:
Mon-Sat 9am-6pm 
Sunday 9am-4pm 
Picking is weather/availability based so always call (724-941-1490) or email (market@simmonsfarm.com) before your visit.


Know of another farm that offers apple picking?  Email debbyperry@macaronikid.com