Fresh Fruit Like It Was Meant To Be
We expect to have some Pink Lady apples later this week. We will post it when they are available.
We are at the end of the Mutsu apples with only a few left. The Arkansas Black are available in 3 lb bags only.
Call the orchard before you go. 256-437-9254
Arkansas Black and King Lusk apples are ready! Arkansas Black are the hardest apples we grow and are great keepers. King Lusk are a great eating apple and should be tried by fans of the Jonagold. We don’t grow many of these varieties, so get them while you can.
It’s time to get your apples and cider for the Halloween and fall parties. When we were kids, Mom always made us caramel apples rolled in nuts using Jonathan apples. Make a great punch by heating some of our fresh apple cider with cinnamon sticks and float thin-sliced apples on top. How many of you remember dunking for apples?
Call the orchard before you go. 256-437-9254
Fuji and Granny Smith apples are ready! Fujis are a sweet, crisp eating apple similar to Galas. Everyone knows the green, tart, crisp Granny Smith apples that are wonderful for cooking and dehydrating. They hold their shape in pies and as fried apples.
Today we are packing the last bin of Muscadine grapes. If you don’t get to the orchard soon, count them as gone.
Call the orchard before you go. 256-437-9254
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.
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.
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.
