Why Would You Want to Visit Our Farm?

We grow all the apples we sell which include more than 30 varieties, 11 of them heirloom types.  The heirloom apples are Gravenstein, Baldwin, Winesap, Northern Spy, Golden Russet, Roxbury Russet, Summer Rambeau, Wolf River, Stayman, Yellow Newton and Greening.

Because we don’t sell apples to other locations, people must come to our farm to obtain them.  If you are interested in local apples, we can show you the trees where they were picked by walking due west from our farm stand.

At our small family farm we have the luxury of picking apples when they are truly ripe.  That’s one of the best jobs on the farm…being part of daily testing until a variety is deemed “just right”!  Our customers return year after year to experience the unique flavors of our crop.

Our most popular apples are Macoun, Honeycrisp and Fuji.  By that we mean that people are intensely devoted to these varieties.  We also grow Braeburn Cortland, Empire, Gala, Ginger Gold. Golden Delicious, Granny Smith, Jonagold, Jonathan, Liberty, Macintosh, Red Delicious, Redcort and Spartan which have their own loyal followers. We sample apples so that visitors can taste varieties they didn’t even know existed!

We are continuing to plant new varieties such as Cameo, Shizuka and Snow Sweet.  These apple trees are still developing so we only have a small amount to sample but not enough to sell yet.

We begin to make Grampa Tony’s cider (named after Tom’s father) around October 1 when we have at least twelve varieties to put into the first pressing.
We do not pasteurize our cider. By late October through at least Thanksgiving our cider contains 18 or more varieties of apples. Grampa Tony’s cider was called “the gold standard” by the Hartford Courant (click for the complete article).

Customers love our cider donuts which are made with Grampa Tony’s cider by Donut Dip in West Springfield, MA.  They are so popular that there’s a rumor around that we are a donut shop with a farm wrapped around it….but that isn’t true!  We also have a baker, Luann Hoffman of Ellington, who uses our apples in pies and crisps which we sell frozen unbaked.

On week-ends we have cookies and bread which she makes as well.

Truly at our farm we’re all about taste!

PS Then there’s Buffy, our Golden Retriever, who thinks that the farm exists just so customers will come to pet her…which probably happens a lot!