Where to Pick Your Own Apples Near Somerville

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Apple picking season is here and after last year’s not so great apple crop for many farmers in New England, this year’s apple picking crop is looking to be one of the best.

This season is off to an early start and is expected to be most active through late October.

There are more than two dozen apple varieties available this season. Want to know when to find your favorite? Check out the breakdown here >>>

So where do you to go to pick your own apples?

Below is a list of some of our picks nearby. In addition to pick-your-own, most orchards sell fresh-picked apples at a farmstand and also have other activities. Take a look:

Grigg’s Farm

• Where: 599 Boston Road, 3A Billerica, MA 01821
• When: Monday-Sunday, 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.
• Details: Pick your own apples, including Courtland, Lodi, Paula Red, Macintosh, Empire, Red Delicious, Mutsu, and Macoun

Smolak Farms

• Where: 315 S Bradford St., North Andover, MA 01845
• When: Monday-Sunday, 9 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
• Details: Pick your own apples, including Cortland, MacIntosh, Mac Spur, Red Delicious, Mutsu, Granny Smith and Macoun, Chenango Strawberry, Sops of Wine, Cox Orange Pippen, Sheepnose, Smokehouse, Rhode Island Greening, Fameuse Snow, Golden Russet, Winter Banana, Spitzenberg, Seek No Further, Red Stayman, Granny Smith, Yellow Newton, Lady, James Grieve, Baldwin and Wolf River

Parlee Farms

• Where: 95 Farwell Road, Tyngsboro MA, 01879
• When: Monday-Sunday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
• Details: Pick your own apples, including Honey Crisp, MacIntosh, Gala, Early Fuji, Macoun, Cortland, Royal Empire, Decoster Jonagold, Cameo, and Golden Delicious

Barker’s Farmstand

• Where: 1267 Osgood St. (Route 125), North Andover
• When: Picking, 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.; Farm stand, 8:30 a.m. - 5 p.m.
• Details: Pick your own apples, including Honeycrisp, McCoun. Empire, Cortland and McIntosh