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Welcome to Mead Orchards 2010

U - PICK
... Labor Day Weekend ...
Sept 4-5-6 ... Sat, Sun, Mon
PEACHES; PLUMS;
APPLES: Cortland, Gala, McIntosh

Please Note our U-Pick hours: Weekends, 10 am to 6 pm

PLEASE NOTE: Due to early warm weather this spring, our fruits and berries have
ripened much earlier than is usual, so the harvest seasons begins and ends
sooner than normal! So please check back often! See the Pick-Your-Own page for details.

Mead Orchards is our family's picturesque, 180-acre fruit orchard and vegetable farm, located in the beautiful Mid-Hudson River Valley of New York! We've been here since 1916, and now grow nearly 40 varieties of apples, as well as peaches, pears, plums, cherries, strawberries and other berries. We also grow a wide variety of delicious greens, summer vegetables, winter squashes, pumpkins, and decorative gourds.

On Weekends during the harvest season (plus the national Monday holidays of Labor Day and Columbus Day), some of our fruits and berries are available for you to "pick-your-own." We also bring our produce to several farmers markets throughout the week. We're located about 100 miles north of Manhattan, 50 miles south of Albany, and just 4 miles east of the Hudson River. Go to How to find us for mapand directions.

ON the farm: JUNE through OCTOBER,

PICK-YOUR-OWN From June through October, we open our family's picturesque farm to offer some of our fruit and our pumpkins to you as Pick-Your-Own, and more of our delicious, already picked, fruits and vegetables at our Farm Stand adjacent to the barn. (Note: Pick Strawberries every day as long as they last, BUT everything else picks WEEKENDS ONLY... and the national Monday holidays: Labor Day and Columbus Day.

(Please note that U-PICK dates and varieties are subject to change -- influenced by such things as weather, ripening times, crop size, how soon they are all picked...)

           STRAWBERRIES - (NO farm stand)
JUNE - Every Afternoon 3 to 7 pm, Weekends 10 am to 7 pm

---------- below: Pick WEEKENDS ONLY ----------

           CHERRIES (Tart and Sweet)
Late JUNE - Mid JULY WEEKENDS 10 am to 7 pm (NO farm stand)

            BLUEBERRIES - Weekend Farm Stand opens
JULY WEEKENDS 10 am to 7 pm
AUGUST WEEKENDS  10 am to 6 pm

             PEACHES - Weekend Farm Stand
Late JULY - Early SEPTEMBER WEEKENDS and Labor Day 10 am to 6 pm

• Weekends throughout August you may come to the farm and pick your own luscious, ripe peaches right off the tree! Please see the Pick-Your-Own page for details. Also, please visit our farm stand, open during U-Pick hours.

Late August, SEPTEMBER & OCTOBER WEEKENDS and Columbus Day 10 am to 6 pm

            APPLES, PUMPKINS - Weekend Farm Stand
• Weekends in late August, September and October, you may come to the farm and pick your own juicy apples! Many varieties are available as they ripen throughout the harvest season. And, about mid-September, we'll have several varieties of pumpkins. See the Pick-Your-Own page for details. Also, please visit our farm stand during U-Pick hours.

OFF the farm: MAY/JUNE through NOVEMBER/DECEMBER,

FARMERS' MARKETS. This year, 2010, we expect to participate in five farmers' markets located in Dutchess and Westchester counties. Wednesdays, Saturdays and Sundays. Please see the Farmers Markets page for details.

page updated September 2, 2010

Mead Orchards LLC
Mailing address: 15 Scism Rd, Tivoli NY 12583
LOCATED: in northern Dutchess County, just off Route 9,
four miles north of the Red Hook Village traffic light.
Phone: 845-756-5641 -- Fax: 845-756-4008