Burtt's Apple Orchard

09/29/2026

Pumpkin sale! Buy five pumpkins or more for just $6 each- any size!

Currently ripe for picking-

Honeycrisp
Macoun
Cortland
Flemish Beauty Pears
McIntosh
Pixie Crunch
Fuji
Gala
Snowsweet
Liberty
Gingergold
Jonamac
Zestar
Wolf River
Freedom
Saint Edmund’s Russet
Cox’s Orange Pippin

Blue Hubbard squash- $0.50 per pound
Buttercup, Butternut, and Acorn squash- $1 per pound

New this week! We have our own cotton candy made from our own maple syrup!

09/28/2026

Macoun are ripe for picking!

Fine grained bright white flesh, crisp and sweet, Macoun are great for fresh eating and baking.

Pick your own apples with 40 varieties to choose from. Enjoy a c***r slushy and c***r donuts!

09/25/2026

Pixie Crunch, Fuji, and Snowsweet are ripe!

Fuji are the most widely grown apple on the planet thanks to 70% of China’s apple production consisting of the variety. They are sweet and crisp.

Pixie Crunch are candy sweet, very crisp, and a nice snack size.

Snowsweet- think vanilla ice cream in an apple. Firm flesh and a good keeper.

09/22/2026

Pear drops $13 per 20 pound bag!

Blue Hubbard squash $0.50 per pound!

09/21/2026

Snowsweet, Pixie Crunch, and Liberty will be ripe for picking starting Friday!

Snowsweet- the only apple I know of that tastes a bit like vanilla ice cream. Large, firm and fine grained bright white flesh. A good keeper that will last a long time in the root cellar.

Pixie Crunch- candy sweet, very crisp, and a nice snack size for kids. These apples will get sweeter in the first week of October but can be picked this coming weekend if needed.

Liberty- one of those savory tart apple. Crisp and good for fresh eating or baking.

For the full list of what’s ripe, see burttsappleorchard.com/whats-ripe-for-picking

Alongside cherry picking, we’ll have food from Stag and Thistle on July 11,12,18,25, and 26. And on July 11 we’ll also have Wild Branch Hard C***r offering tastings and pours. Fun for the kids- find a golden cherry hidden in the cherry trees and get a free c***r doughnut! And enjoy some time at ...

09/19/2026

Currently ripe for picking-

McIntosh- a classic Vermont apple, tart and sugary, chunky flesh with a unique skin. Great for baking, sweet c***r, and fresh eating. Reminds one of snowflakes and woodstoves.

Honeycrisp- the most popular apple at our orchard. Super crisp, honey sweet

Cortland- Our favorite baking apple, but also a good eater if you prefer a more tart option. Cortland are large, relatively tart, and stay firm when baked.

Zestar- a little zing and a lot of zang. A favorite at Burtt’s. Juicy, large, sweet and zesty. The flesh is nice because you don’t feel like you’re going to break a tooth but it still has a satisfying texture.

Wolf River- In 1856, William Springer brought a seedling tree from Quebec to the Wisconsin Wolf River Basin. And there the story of the behemoth apple began. Wolf River are our largest apple, weighing well over a pound each in some cases. Wonderful for baking, they turn to a custard like texture in pies. They are, however, terrible when eaten fresh. They have almost no flavor. But for the baker, flavor is easily created.

Gingergold- thin skin with fine grained texture make for a wonderful apple. Early in the harvest window they taste like a Granny Smith. Later they sweeten up substantially and become a gourmet level dessert.

Saint Edmund’s Russet- Snickers bars and sour patch kids. That’s what these taste like at their peak flavor- nutty, caramel, and sour. A favorite at Burtt’s.

Jonamac- a sweeter version of McIntosh. Nice snack size for kids and great for apple sauce.

Freedom- similar to Cortland, Freedom are large, tart and good for baking.

Gala- Good one for keeping into winter. Firm, not overwhelmingly sweet, and fine grained flesh.

Johnnye Quinn- named after Mamma Burtt, this variety was grafted off an old apple tree on the farm from which Johnnye Burtt made award winning apple pies. Turns out it’s an original strain of Cortland.

Cabot Russet- grafted from a roadside tree just down the hill. Nutty, chewy, banana.

Ripening soon-

Snowsweet, Liberty, Macoun, Pixie Crunch

09/15/2026

Honeycrisp are ripe for picking! And Cortland! And pears! And a bunch of other varieties- McIntosh, Gingergold, Zestar, Wolf River, and more.

The pumpkins and squash are stacking up around the farmstand and we still have tender sweetcorn picked fresh everyday.

Pumpkins are on sale all season- buy five or more for $6 each any size.

09/14/2026

Bartlett pears are ripe for picking! One of the more commonly grown pears in the US, Bartlett pick green and then ripen on the countertop. They have a small harvest window so come soon if you would like to pick these. They will probably be wrapped up by 9/20.

But don’t worry! Flemish Beauty will be ripening next and will be available into early October.

09/10/2026

Saint Edmund’s Russet are ripe for picking!

Picture Snickers bars and Sour Patch kids. Nutty, caramel sweet mixed with mouth puckering sour. These are my favorite apple for fresh eating. Near the end of their harvest window when, when they have been ripe and hanging on the trees for 10 days or so, they start tasting like a pear (which is also a unique facet of Saint Edmund’s Russet). The harvest window for these is real short so don’t expect them to be here long- probably til 9/20 or so.

09/08/2026

McIntosh are ripe for picking! Peak flavor for Mac is 9/15 so they are touch tart right now but some folks prefer Macs that way. A classic Vermont variety, McIntosh remind me of the first snow fly and a good fire in the wood stove. Chunky flesh, sugar sweet mixed with sour, unique skin that some folks like and others don’t. Great for fresh eating or baking.

Pick your own apples with 40 varieties to choose from. Enjoy a c***r slushy and c***r donuts!