Mad Tom Orchard

Very busy weekend with beautiful weather  – saw lots of familiar faces.  Most of the Honeycrisps were picked – there are still good McIntosh, Cortland, Gala, and Macoun – the few remaining Honeycrisps are  well down the hill and will probably be picked out before the weekend.

The donut crew made 1300 donuts total on the weekend and sold them all.  They say firmly that donuts are only available on Saturday and Sunday (1 1/2 hour clean up).  People who buy donuts buy a lot of cider – we ran out Sunday afternoon, but are now resupplied.

The wooden apple is still out in the orchard waiting to be found – finder gets an IPad mini 4.

Come see us during the week and enjoy a peaceful orchard without the crowd or come for apples (and donuts) on the weekend.!!!

Saturday we will open up picking for Honeycrisp, Cortland, Macoun, Fuji, and Blondee. Cortland and Macoun have a nice crop – Fuji is limited and there is a small crop on our young Blondee trees.

There continue to be good Mcintosh and Gala.  Zestar, Ginger Gold and Sansa are picked out.  The Honeycrisp crop is only moderate this year, so we will hold to the Saturday start to be fair to everyone who  waited for them to get ripe

There will be more cider and Mad Tom donuts (Saturday & Sunday only)  – the donut making crew is perfecting the process.

The wooden apple will be out in the orchard by Saturday morning – the finder will win an iPad mini 4.

The photos show a young Honeycrisp tree with some ripe fruit and the wooden apple – go find some nice apples and the wooden one!!

We had a very good weekend – lots of happy customers – they picked out the remaining Zestars, Sansas and Ginger Golds.

There are good Gala and McIntosh this week.  Saturday Sept 21 we will start Honeycrisp and Cortland – possibly Macoun and Fuji.

To make it fair for everyone, we will not start Honeycrisp before Saturday, even if your Grandmother has a toothache. The Honeycrisp crop is less than last year, but it should last until the 28’th, unless we get extremely large turnout this coming weekend.

Picture shows some very nice Galas – Macs are plentiful too.

A few Zestars and Sansas are left – good supply of Ginger Gold McIntosh and Gala.  If you want Zestars, now is the time to get them – they will be gone by the end of the weekend.   The donut crew is getting ready to fire up for the weekend.  Come help us bring in the harvest!!

Our opening weekend was very good – we saw lots of familiar folks – learning how to make donuts has gone well and we will have them on the weekends.

Currently Zestar, Ginger Gold, Sansa, McIntosh and Gala are available for picking.  Zestars will  probably be mostly picked out by the weekend.  McIntosh are plentiful and tart.  Good supply of Gala and Ginger Gold as well.

Sunflowers are late this year – same as the apples.  Come see us while the picking is prime!!