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Rocky Brook Orchard

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Rocky Brook Orchard

Pick-Your-Own Orchard We're a family-run orchard located minutes from Newport, RI.
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Our friendly staff will help you to find your favorite varieties and discover new varieties too . Our trees are tagged with the variety name so you know what you are picking, and our unique color-coding spool system makes it easy to see what is ripe. In addition to over 60 types of apples, we also offer pears and quince throughout the season.

04/03/2026

Paradise found…a crunchy, tasty, Rocky Brook Orchard apple, hiding in the back of the fridge!

This is a first. We’ve never eaten one of our apples picked in the fall five months+ later, but we did today and this still juicy and flavorful Cameo hit the spot. 😋

Happy Easter, Happy Passover, happy spring! 🌺 🍃

11/06/2025

Another picking season is complete!

And what a season it was, thanks to our amazing customers. 💫

Have a wonderful holiday season. See you in 2026! 🍎🍏🍎🍏🍎🍏🍎🍏

- Greg, Katy, Andy, Apryll and John

10/30/2025

What’s one of the scariest thoughts of the upcoming Halloween weekend? 🎃

The idea of missing apple season at Rocky Brook Orchard! 🍏 🍎 😱

We still have loads of late season apples, but depending on how busy we are this weekend, it could be the last chance for picking in 2025.

Come by Friday, Saturday or Sunday, 10-4:30, for tasty apples like Braeburn, Mutsu, Red Delicious, Cameo and more. Plus quince—there’s plenty left.

See you there!

10/23/2025

And just like that…it’s pie time. 🥧 🍏 🍎

We have several great tasting apples ready this weekend for eating fresh, or to use as the essential ingredient for your next baking creation, including Mutsu and Newton Pippin, plus 10+ other delicious varieties. 😋

And there is still quince on hand!

See you on Friday, Saturday or Sunday—we’re open 10-4:30.

10/16/2025

Hello, apple pickers!

Here’s the update for weekend of October 17-19.

We will be picking several varieties of apples, including:

🍏Calville Blanc: from Normandy, France, this variety has been around since the 1600s. It’s a delicious apple perfect for eating fresh or as part of a baked Tarte aux Pommes.

🍎Jonagold: this beauty is a cross between a Jonathan and Golden Delicious. Crispy with a white flesh, this apple’s flavor is sweet with a balancing acidity.

🍎Macoun: boasts a crunchy texture, a sweet-tart taste and creamy white flesh. Ideal for eating fresh.

Plus: there is plenty of quince still available!

We are open 10-4:30, Friday through Sunday.

See you there!

10/10/2025

It's an exciting time for apple picking this Columbus Day weekend, with recently ripened varieties including these delectables:

- Caville Blanc: a uniquely shaped culinary apple of France; yellow with gorgeous pink blush; excellent flavor and holds its texture when cooked.

- Ida Red: Crisp, tangy, classic eating and baking apple. From Idaho hence its name. Cross between Jonathan and a Wagner apple. Full of antioxidents and stores for months.

- Ludicrisp: Sweet and troipcal flavor; developed from a Honeycrisp.
Versatile, eat fresh or use for baking.

- Cherry Bomb: Our own apple, tastes like wild cherry.

- Red Delicious: Not to be compared with over ripe Red Delcious found at most stores, our Red Delicous are crunchy and full of flavor, and we found actually improve with time in the fridge.

- Topaz: Sweet-tart flavor with floral and spicy notes. Sharp and clean when first picked, this variety sweetens with storage.

In addition to these harder-to-find apple types, we have well-known favorites like Macoun, Cortlands and Yellow Delicous.

And.... we have QUINCE--and lots of it!

We're open 10-4:30, Friday through Sunday, with hours for the holiday Monday still in question at this time due to the weather forecast.

Call ahead or check back here; we will keep this post updated!
🍎🍏

10/02/2025

The quince are here!

Quince is part of the pome family, like apples and pears, but is astringent and is best eaten after it’s been cooked in a sugar syrup and its white flesh turns a deep ruby hue. It makes a delicious quince paste that would be the star of any cheese platter. And it’s wonderful when added to meat when roasting.

Quince has been used in cooking for hundreds of centuries with the earliest varieties hailing from the Caucasus region and northern Persia.

Check out recipes online, we have listed one source below.

We’re open Friday through Sunday, 10-4:30 and on Saturday will still have mid season apples available like Macoun, Cortland, Macs, and more unusual types like Corail.

We will likely have some pears available too. The Bosc should be ready next weekend, October 10-13. 🍐

IMPORTANT SUNDAY UPDATE:

We are waiting for later season apples to ripen. By Sunday--while we should have ample quince on hand--ripe apples will likely be in very short supply. As such, we are encouraging picking ONLY QUINCE on this day.

Hope to see you there! 🍎 🍏

09/25/2025

We're now officially mid-season for apples, pears and quince!

With our color-coded ripening system, you know what's ready when. Early season starts with the trees with a Red spool, then the Orange are ready, then Yellow. The season finishes with the Green and Blue spools in October/early November.

This weekend, some Reds and many Oranges are still available now, including Silken, Macoun, Cortland, and Macs. The Yellow are making their debut, and include these sumptious treats:

Yellow Delicious: A popular and sweet, crips apple with a golden-yellow skin

Shizuka: A cross between a Yellow Delicous and and Indo variety, this apple is much like a Mutsu but sweeter

Rubinette: An apple with a Swiss heritage, with an intense, honeyed and sharp flavor

Ambrosia: A sweet, crisp, juicy apply with honey-like flavor and distinctive pinkish-red blush

Hart Fancy: What a combo! A Honeycrisp and Gala cross breed, that is sweet, crunchy with lots of juice

We're open Friday through Sunday, rain or shine, 10am-4:30pm.

See you there!

09/19/2025

Hello, apple pickers!

It’s another beautiful RI weekend, perfect for getting outside and getting your fruit supply for the week straight from the trees. 🌳 🌳 🌳

We have over two dozen varieties of apples ready this weekend, including those mentioned in last week’s post like Honey Crisp.

We also have Scarlett Crush, a rosy-red apple that is a cross between a Honey Crisp and Pink Lady—yum! 🍎

Macs are at their finest, and we even have some Cortlands and early season quince on hand too.

We’re open today, Saturday and Sunday, 10-4:30.

09/11/2025

Dare we say it? The HONEY CRISP are ready! 🎉

Come get these scrumptious sweet delights, along with several other apple varieties this weekend including:

🍏 Silken: Sweet, honey-like flavor. Crispy.

🍏 Ginger Gold: Balanced sweet-tart taste. Nice crunch.

🍎 Rockstar: AKA NY 75414, and also “Early Macoun”, our version is unique and has small white stars on its skin. Hence, we renamed it! Crisp with an excellent flavor.

🍎 Gala: Distinctly sweet flavor with notes of honey and floral aroma.

🍎 McIntosh: Tender flesh, both sweet and tart. Refreshing when eating fresh. Breaks down quickly so also good for apple sauce.

🍎 Cortland: Crisp white flesh, juicy. Sweet-tart flavor. Many like it for baking.

🍎 Elstar: Honeyed with a good balance of acidity. Soft crunch.

🍎 Autumn Crisp: Well-balanced, refreshing sweet-tart flavor. Firm, crisp flesh.

🍎 Rubens: Balanced flavor with tangy and sweet notes. Reminiscent of a Gala with hints of melon.

🍎 Bardsey: A rare apple, with origins of Bardsey Island, a place of pilgrimage in Wales from Celtic times sometimes linked to Avalon, the mythical island in King Arthur’s legends. Similar in crispness and taste to a Honey Crisp.

🍎 Orange Cox Pippin: Heirloom Apple discovered in England in the 1830s, known for its red and yellow striped skin and crispy, aromatic, and juicy flesh. Subtly sweet and spicy.

We are open RAIN OR SHINE, Friday through Sunday, 10-4:30. See you there!

09/05/2025

Don’t you love it when the seasons collide? 🏖️ 🍎

This weekend consider partaking in a little apple picking on your way to the beach. We have loads of tasty early season apples to pick from now, including these crowd favorites:

Akane
Ginger Gold
Zestar
Fulford Gala
Sommerset

And more!

We are open rain or shine, Friday, Saturday and Sunday, 10-4:30.

🍎 🍏 🍎 🍏 🍎 🍏

Address

997 Wapping Road
Middletown, RI
02842

Opening Hours

Friday	10am - 4:30pm
Saturday	10am - 4:30pm
Sunday	10am - 4:30pm

Telephone

+14018517989

Website

http://rockybrookorchard.com/

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