Pink Lady and Mutsu
My favorite apple, the Pink Lady is now available at Crow Mountain Orchard. It is a beautiful, juicy, sweet-tart, eating apple that is one of the best keeping apples there is. Store it in the bag we sell them in, in a cold refrigerator and they will keep for months.
Our Granny Smith apples are available. We have a much smaller crop of them than normal, so don’t wait to get yours, and call the orchard before you go. 256-437-9254.
Jonagold apples are one of my favorite eating apples. They are crisp, juicy, and favored by people who like Honey Crisp. The Honey Crisp are all gone, but the Jonagold are a great apple.
We usually start making cider in mid-September when the fall apples get ripe. I will post it as soon as we have some.
Here is what we have at the orchard right now.
A skillet of fried Jonathan apples. Serve on vanilla ice cream, pancakes, or stuff them in a flour tortilla and saute until browned and crisp!
The farmers markets may not have all varieties and container size is limited. To learn what is available at the orchard before you come, please call the salesroom 8:00 to 5:00 at 256-437-9254.
Pippin Apples
The Indian Cling peaches and Early Gold apples are gone for the season.
Good news is that Pippin apples are ripe! Pippins are very large, green, ugly, tangy apples. Yep, that is true, but they are a favorite for many people who love them to cook with. They make great applesauce, apple butter, and pies. We also have customers who buy them for eating.
Pippin is one of the oldest original US varieties discovered in 1759 on Long Island. Thomas Jefferson grew it, and Benjamin Franklin shared it with the English royal court, causing it to become one of the first US apple exports to England. Dad loves the Pippin, and it has been in every orchard he and his family has planted since he was a young boy–and he is 88 now. Come to the orchard now to experience a true American heirloom apple.
We have only a few trees of Laura Red apples, so we have a small crop that won’t last long. I recommend that our Laura Red fans get them as soon as possible. Call the orchard at 256-437-9254 before you go.
Here is what is available at the orchard salesroom now.
The farmers markets may not have all varieties and container size is limited.
Posted in apples, Available fruit, Grapes, peaches
Tagged Asian pears, Gala, grapes, Laura Red, Peaches, Pippin apples
The good news is we still have freestone peaches, seedless grapes, Early Gold (June) apples, and pears. The bad news is that the nectarines are finished for the season.
Seedless Grapes
The sale for 1/2 bushel boxes of #2 peaches is over. The price for a 1/2 bushel box of #2 quality (smaller or blemished) is $15.00. #1 quality is $25.00 for 1/2 bushel, $4.00 for 1 quart, $7 for 2 quarts, $9.00 for 1/2 peck, and $13.00 for a peck.
Posted in apples, Available fruit, peaches, peaches, Pears
Customers Ty & Elli Anna
Our yellow freestone peaches are ripe and available at the orchard salesroom and our farmers market booths. We also have plenty of white freestone peaches, nectarines, and Early Gold apples.
We have 1/2 bushel boxes of #2 quality peaches (smaller or blemished) on sale–2 half bushel boxes for $25. Bring a friend and share!
Here are the prices and container sizes available in the salesroom. Sizes and prices may vary at the farmers markets.
Posted in apples, Nectarines, peaches
Early Gold Apples
Crow Mountain Orchard salesroom has just started getting in some Early Gold apples and a few nectarines.
Early Gold are always the first apples to get ripe in the season. They are a summer green apple, crisp and a bit tart. They can be used to cook with, but only take about half the time to cook as later apples. They always remind me of the big green apple tree that was in my grandparents’ yard in West Virginia when I was a kid. We have them in the salesroom in the following sizes:
Nectarines are very limited right now. We have them in the salesroom for $7.50 for a 2 quart box.
We have plenty of peaches right now–Red Haven semi-cling yellow peaches and white freestone peaches. In the salesroom we have them in the following sizes:
Sizes, varieties, and prices may vary at the farmers markets. For availability, please call the orchard salesroom between 8:00 and 5:00, 7 days a week, at 256-437-9254.
Posted in apples, Nectarines, peaches
Apples just picked
Fall fruit is in full swing at Crow Mountain Orchard! We currently have:
The salesroom is open 7 days a week, 8 to 5, at 6236 C.R. 39, Fackler, AL. Bring cash or a check–we don’t accept debit or credit cards. Call us during business hours if you have any questions at 256-437-9254.
We also sell at the following farmers markets. The ending hours may vary based on when we sell out of fruit. At some of the markets we almost always sell out early. We do not have all varieties at the markets due to limited space on the trucks.
Cooked fried apples
Although I live in North Carolina, I try to visit the orchard and see my dad frequently. I brought home some Jonathans, my favorite cooking apple, as it was my mother’s. I use a half-peck bag to make a large skillet of fried apples. They are wonderful warm served over vanilla ice cream. They are good in fried pies or even just spooned into a small flour tortilla, folded over and fried in a skillet with butter and sprinkled with a bit of cinnamon sugar. People in North Carolina also like fried apples with breakfast or served as a side dish with pork.
Raw apples
Directions:
These are the last days at the orchard for our delicious peaches. We have very few of the yellow and white varieties left. Make sure to get them before they are gone for the season. We also have a limited amount of Honey Crisp left.
