Fort Salonga Farm

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updated  11/07  @  10:30 am  

  CLOSED for the season

We will reopen mid-August 2009

APPLES: There is a $15.00 minimum for each adult; there is no charge for children under 12 years of age.  For the $15.00 we provide you with a peck bag, and you fill the bag with the apples you pick - approximately 10 lbs. 

RASPBERRIES:  There is a $5.00 minimum for adults (again, no charge for children under 12 years of age); the $5.00 is for a one-pint container we provide and you fill. 

PUMPKINS:  $ .69 per pound

NOTE:  Only pickers are permitted in the orchard!

Please note there are no other activities or picnicking.  ( Sunken Meadow State Park is 2 miles away !! )

   E-mail us at  wacapple@optonline.net if you have any questions.

Would you like to pick an apple from a tree that's only 6' tall?

All of our 4,000 apple trees are grafted on "size-controlling" rootstocks. In other words they're "dwarfed" apple trees - fruiting begins about 18" from the ground. A perfect size tree for small children. We grow  varieties that begin ripening August (Jersey Mac, Burgundy) and continue till mid-October (Granny Smith, Fuji). All apples are "pick your own" from the orchard or pick your own from our farm stand.

One crop that is not pick your own is our incredible honey which is extracted from our hives and made available at our farm stand.  We are generally open 7 days a week from 10 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.  NOTE that we are a small orchard and occasionally do close temporarily when there is no ripe fruit to pick.

 Class tours are available for children in K to 2nd Grades. Call for details.

And what about our bees?  They do all of our pollinating; and, busy bees that they are, they supply us with plenty of delicious honey. Some of our customers claim that the honey they buy from us has been very effective in easing their allergies. We hope so. 

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American Society for Horticultural Science     American Pomological Society  

International Dwarf Fruit Tree Association      New York State Horticultural Society  

Pacific Northwest Fruit Testers Association    North American Fruit Explorers

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