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This Week's Varieties

U-Pick Pricing

2011 U-Pick Apples Start Soon!
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August 30, 2011: This year's crop won't be as large as last years, but we should have a fair amount of all varieties, so get your fall gear ready and make plans!
Standard Delicious Apples Stayman Winesap Granny Smith Apples
Standard Delicious
Stayman Winesap U-Pick, Store
Granny Smith
Golden Delicious Apples Virginia Winesap Apples Arkansas Black Apples
Golden Delicious

Virginia Winesap

Arkansas Blacks
  Rome Beauty Apples  

Rome Beauty

 

  
 

Apples at Riley's FarmOak Glen is famous for it's apples, and we're proud to have one of the largest orchards in The Glen. We also support the largest assortment of apples, with almost 100 varieties. We have tree's that are over a hundred years old, planted by the original Oak Glen family, and we have tree's less than a year old. Every year we attempt to plant several hundred new trees and restore old orchards that have been forgotten or destroyed.

We specialize in "heirloom" apples, which are apples that have been forgotten until now. Modern grocery store culture has breed the flavor and life out of apples in order to get pretty apples that last on the shelves for years. While we have some modern varieties, our favorites are the ones we grow for their wonderful flavor and uses. Some of those apples may be a bit ugly, but boy do they taste good!

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Pricing*
Add $1 per person to enter the orchard area. (Under 3 free)
Remember -- you cannot take any of your own bags or conainers into the orchard.
Apple Pricing U-Pick
Check in at one of our general stores before picking. Your tour will start at the apple picking tent. Make sure you know the apple picking rules before entering the orchard.

*Pricing and sizing subject to change without notice.

Estimated Dates change weekly depending on weather and picking, so check back often for your favorite apples..

Variety
Ready for U-Pick*
Comments
# of Trees**
Age of Orchard
Crab Apples  
Tiny tart apples, great for making jams and butter. Freeman Orchard.
2
50+
Gala  
Sweet Apple good for eating
.
50+
Glen Seedling  
Tart Apple, very large,Jeff's favorite for pies
.
50+
Golden Delicious  
Small, very sweet, Jeff's favorite sweet apple
.
50+
Gravenstein  
Hard, tart apples. Good for baking or eating right off the tree. Not as good for pies as granny smith or glen seedling, but better for eating right off the tree. Freeman Orchard and Barn Green Orchard.
4
50+
Jonathan  
Medium Size, tart, very firm, Jeff's favorite tart apple for eating off the tree
.
50+
Lori  
Mild, tart taste. Good for baking. Heirloom variety. New Terrace Orchard and Gold Mine Orchard.
10
3-5
MacIntosh  
A sweet taste with a hint of tartness. Good for making apple sause.
.
50+
Ozark Gold  
A golden color and sweet taste, similar to Golden Delicious.
.
50+
Pink Lady  
A premium apple with a limited amount of trees allowed. Sweet taste with pink coloring.
.
50+
Red Delicious  
Sweet red apple, often found in store, characterized by bumps on bottom of apple.
.
50+
Rome Beauty  
Sweet red apple, good mild taste
.
50+
Senshu  
Tart apple with green coloring, popular in stores
.
50+
Standard Delicious  
Antique variety of Red and Gold delicious. Very good flavor, bumps on bottom of apple
.
50+
Stayman Winesap  
Very hard, deep red, tart apple. Very popular in restaurants for cooking.
.
50+
Granny Smith  
Bright green, very tart, very popular for apple pie (All Riley's Farm pies are Granny Smith)
.
25+
Ashmead Kernel  
A variety over 300 years old. Very ugly and russeted, but a very unique and fun flavor.
.
3
Black Gilliflower  
Deep red, almost purple. A rich and sweet flavor but not very juicy, almost dry. Good for cooking and eating right off the tree. Over 300 years old.
.
3
Breaburn  
Ranking number 5 for top produced apples in the USA. Popular because it both looks good and tastes good. A strong and complex flavor, with a juicy sweetness which is not too overwhelming.
.
3
Campfield  
.
.
3
Cornish Gilliflower  
Another ugly apple that has been around a long time due to it's amazing and unique flavor.
.
3
D'Arcy Spice  
A late apple with lots of colors too it, but mainly green. On hot years, it develops a "spicy" taste that is hard to describe.
.
3
Dutches De Oldenburg  
.
.
3
Empire  
.
.
3
Fearns Pippen  
.
.
3
Honey Crisp  
Wow! Jeff's new favorite apple. Amazingly flavorful, sweet, juicy and pretty. Wow!.
.
3
Maidens Blush  
A yellow, green apple with a bright red "blush" on one side. Great for drying because the flesh stays a nice white.
.
3
Newton Pippen  
Great for apple pies. Very firm, slightly sweeter than Granny Smith
.
3
Orleans Reinette  
.
.
3
Roxberry Russet  
.
.
3
Seek-No-Further  
Good desert apple with a yellowish flesh. Variety over 200 years old.
.
3
Spartan  
.
.
3
American Summer Pearmain  
.
.5
2
Arkansas Black  
Deep red, almost black color. Very tart when first picked. Sweet after several months of cellar storage. Jeff's favorite for long term storage.
40
2
Baldwin  
.
30
2
Carolina Red June  
.
5
2
Chenango Strawberry  
.
5
2
Chestnut Crab  
.
10
2
Cox's Orange Pippin  
.
5
2
Discovery  
.
5
2
Dorsett Golden  
.
5
2
Early Blaze  
.
5
2
Early Joe  
.
5
2
Early Strawberry  
.
5
2
Esopus Spitzenburg  
.
30
2
Garden Royal  
.
5
2
George Carpenter  
.
5
2
Golden Russet  
.
30
2
Green Brown  
.
5
2
Green Sweet  
.
5
2
Grimes Golden  
.
30
2
Hackworth  
.
5
2
Hall  
.
1
2
Hewe's Crab  
.
20
2
Horse  
.
5
2
July Delicious  
.
5
2
Junaluska  
.
5
2
Lady Williams  
.
10
2
Mollie's Delicious  
.
5
2
Nittany  
.
30
2
Pitmaston Pineapple  
.
5
2
Putty Henck  
.
5
2
Red Astrachan  
.
5
2
Samo  
.
5
2
Snow  
.
30
2
Summer Pearmain  
.
5
2
Summer Rambo  
.
5
2
Tarbutton  
.
5
2
Terry Winter  
.
10
2
White Winter Pearmain  
.
30
2
Yates  
.
19
2
Yellow Transparent  
.
5
2
York Imperial  
.
20
2
Zeke's Long Keeper  
.
5
2

*estimated date
**aprox

Heirloom Orchard. 

Not Available for U-pick. This orchards is planted to attempt to preserve several rare and antique varieties of apples. Many of these varieties are available for U-Pick in our main orchards. We will also be propagating these orchards over time to allow U-Pick. Let us know if you discover a historic apple that needs saving, or any old trees on your property that you're not sure about.
Variety
Ready for Store*
Comments
# of Trees
Age of Orchard
Baldwin
2011
Heirloom
1
2
Calville Blanc D'Hiver
2011
Heirloom
1
2
Clarks Yellow Post
2011
Heirloom
1
2
Esopus Spitzenburg
2011
Heirloom
1
2
Gloria Mundi
2011
Heirloom
1
2
Golden Delicious
2011
Heirloom
1
2
Gravenstein
2011
Heirloom
1
2
Jenks Meadow
2011
Heirloom
1
2
Pinecrest 57
2011
Heirloom
1
2
Pumphouse Stump
2011
Heirloom
1
2
Putty Henck
2011
Heirloom
1
2
Ribston Pippin
2011
Heirloom
1
2
Rome Beauty
2011
Heirloom
1
2
Snow
2011
Heirloom
1
2
Twenty Ounce
2011
Heirloom
1
2
Virginia Winesap
2011
Heirloom
1
2
White Winter Pearmain
2011
Heirloom
1
2
Yellow Bellflower
2011
Heirloom
1
2

 

  
       
   

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