Your Apples are Waiting at Fieldstone Orchard!!!
Bring the family, bring a friend, bring your appetite and come to Fieldstone to pick your own flavor-filled, delightfully crunchy apples.
Did you know apples and apple products are recommended as an important part of a well-balanced diet because they are chock full of fiber and antioxidants, yet have no fat, cholesterol or sodium. If you want to get fit, stay healthy and avoid weight-related diseases such as heart disease and cholesterol, apples are the perfect food for better health and fitness.
With Fieldstone’s U-Pick Electric Carts, our orchard is yours for the picking. You decide the best-looking apples on the tree and take them home. We’ve identified areas in the orchard where the apples are ripe and ready, and mowed the paths for your convenience. We even provide staff in the orchard to answer your questions and help you bring your apples back to our U-Pick Headquarters.
Our customers tell us the experience of picking fruit at Fieldstone is one that children remember for the rest of their lives. So pack a lunch and share a meal at the Refreshment Area we’ve provided. Watch the antics of our family of pygmy goats and see how many different tastes you can identify in our many varieties of heirloom apples. 

Picking Tip

• Pick apples that are bruise-free and firm to the touch. Bruised apples can decay quickly.

• Handle apples gently to prevent bruising.

Storage Tips

• Store apples in the refrigerator — they’ll last up to 10 times longer if refrigerated than if left at room temperature.

• Apples emit ethylene, a naturally-occurring gas that encourages ripening. Store apples in a plastic bag to prevent them from speeding the ripening of other produce items.

• Apples absorb odors easily, so store them away from foods with strong odors.

• Coat apple slices and dices in a mixture of 1 part lemon juice to 3 parts water to retard browning.

• Un-bruised apples, handled and stored well, have a storage life of 90 days, and often more!

Alternate Storage
You don't need a root cellar to store apples

Generally, the later an apple ripens, the harder its flesh and the better and longer it will store. Early-ripening apples have soft flesh and don't store well. Pick apples you plan to store before they're fully ripe, when the seeds are just beginning to color.

For best results, try to improvise conditions that imitate a root cellar's cold, humid-but not damp-climate. There's one slight complication-apples emit ethylene gas, which hastens ripening and, eventually, spoiling. Here's an easy way to provide the right conditions: Store only unblemished apples. Pack them in plastic bags, close tightly, and punch several holes in the bag with your thumb. Closing the bags helps maintain humidity, and the holes allow ethylene to escape. Store the bags in your refrigerator crisper. You can also keep them in a Styrofoam cooler in a cool place after first thoroughly chilling the fruit. An unheated garage works well even if outside temperatures drop to -10'F because very slight freezing won't hurt apples. Every week or so, open the cooler to check the apples and let accumulated ethylene escape.