Have Lunch Before or After you Pick!

Apple College and Picking Now Open on Saturdays!
This year we're doing things a bit different, you're not just getting apples, but you're getting an apple experience! You not only get to pick apples, but you get to learn about apples with guided tours through the orchards. You'll be able to learn about the many different apple types we have, learn how to pick the best apples, and best of all it's more affordable for the family than ever before! We will no loger require every guest to purchase their own bag, but instead we will charge a $2 entrance fee for the tour for each person. So now, a family of 5 can pick apples for as low as $17* vs the $35 it would have previously cost!

 

  
 

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!

 

Crop Status
Typical Season
Comments

Ready for U-Pick on Saturdays

September 1st - October 20th

We will have both store apples (local grown and fresh picked) and U-Pick apples this year. Several of our young heirloom varieties will be available for U-Pick for the first time!

 

Pricing*
Add $2 per person to go into orchard on tour.
Container Size
Price
Picking Procedure
Small Bag (.22 pecks by vol.)
$7.00
 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.
Large Bag (.74 pecks by vol.)
$19.00
1/2 Peck Basket (by vol.)
$21.00

*Pricing and sizing subject to change without notice.

We will be updating "Ready for U-Pick" status next week after we do a crop evaluation.

Variety
Ready for U-Pick*
Comments
# of Trees**
Age of Orchard
Crab Apples
finished
Tiny tart apples, great for making jams and butter. Freeman Orchard.
2
50+
Gala
7-17
Sweet Apple good for eating
.
50+
Glen Seedling
finished
Tart Apple, very large,Jeff's favorite for pies
.
50+
Golden Delicious
Fall.
Small, very sweet, Jeff's favorite sweet apple
.
50+
Gravenstein
fnished
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
finished
Medium Size, tart, very firm, Jeff's favorite tart apple for eating off the tree
.
50+
Lori
finished
Mild, tart taste. Good for baking. Heirloom variety. New Terrace Orchard and Gold Mine Orchard.
10
3-5
MacIntosh
Fall.
A sweet taste with a hint of tartness. Good for making apple sause.
.
50+
Ozark Gold
7-5
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
Fall.
Sweet red apple, often found in store, characterized by bumps on bottom of apple.
.
50+
Rome Beauty
Fall.
Sweet red apple, good mild taste
.
50+
Senshu
.
Tart apple with green coloring, popular in stores
.
50+
Standard Delicious
7-10
Antique variety of Red and Gold delicious. Very good flavor, bumps on bottom of apple
.
50+
Stayman Winesap
Oct.
Very hard, deep red, tart apple. Very popular in restaurants for cooking.
.
50+
Granny Smith
Oct.
Bright green, very tart, very popular for apple pie (All Riley's Farm pies are Granny Smith)
.
25+
Ashmead Kernel
2010
A variety over 300 years old. Very ugly and russeted, but a very unique and fun flavor.
.
3
Black Gilliflower
2010
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
2010
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
9-15-09
.
.
3
Cornish Gilliflower
2010
Another ugly apple that has been around a long time due to it's amazing and unique flavor.
.
3
D'Arcy Spice
2010
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
2010
.
.
3
Empire
2010
.
.
3
Fearns Pippen
2010
.
.
3
Honey Crisp
2010
.
.
3
Maidens Blush
9-14-09
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
9-14-09
Great for apple pies. Very firm, slightly sweeter than Granny Smith
.
3
Orleans Reinette
2010
.
.
3
Roxberry Russet
9-14-09
.
.
3
Seek-No-Further
9-14-09
Good desert apple with a yellowish flesh. Variety over 200 years old.
.
3
Spartan
2010
.
.
3
American Summer Pearmain
2010
.
.5
2
Arkansas Black
2010
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
2010
.
30
2
Carolina Red June
2010
.
5
2
Chenango Strawberry
2010
.
5
2
Chestnut Crab
2010
.
10
2
Cox's Orange Pippin
2010
.
5
2
Discovery
2010
.
5
2
Dorsett Golden
2010
.
5
2
Early Blaze
2010
.
5
2
Early Joe
2010
.
5
2
Early Strawberry
2010
.
5
2
Esopus Spitzenburg
2010
.
30
2
Garden Royal
2010
.
5
2
George Carpenter
2010
.
5
2
Golden Russet
2010
.
30
2
Green Brown
2010
.
5
2
Green Sweet
2010
.
5
2
Grimes Golden
2010
.
30
2
Hackworth
2010
.
5
2
Hall
2010
.
1
2
Hewe's Crab
2010
.
20
2
Horse
2010
.
5
2
July Delicious
2010
.
5
2
Junaluska
2010
.
5
2
Lady Williams
2010
.
10
2
Mollie's Delicious
2010
.
5
2
Nittany
2010
.
30
2
Pitmaston Pineapple
2010
.
5
2
Putty Henck
2010
.
5
2
Red Astrachan
2010
.
5
2
Samo
2010
.
5
2
Snow
2010
.
30
2
Summer Pearmain
2010
.
5
2
Summer Rambo
2010
.
5
2
Tarbutton
2010
.
5
2
Terry Winter
2010
.
10
2
White Winter Pearmain
2010
.
30
2
Yates
2010
.
19
2
Yellow Transparent
2010
.
5
2
York Imperial
2010
.
20
2
Zeke's Long Keeper
2010
.
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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