PICK-YOUR-OWN

Here at Evans Orchard we provide a wide variety of fruits and flowers for U-Pick. Please see the calendar below for picking dates.

U-Pick apples will begin September 9th. Please call ahead to ensure availability.
(502) 863-2255

Strawberry Season:

Our strawberries begin ripening around mid-May. Our strawberry plants are grown in hydrostackers that make the picking process a breeze!

Blueberry Season:

Blueberries begin ripening around the first week of June. They last 3-4 weeks.

Sunflower Season:

Sunflowers are in bloom around the first week of August. Please always call first for availability. We have over 10 acres of Sunflowers and Zinnias. Tickets to visit the fields may be purchased in the gift store upon arrival.

Pear Season:

Pears ripen around the second weekend of September.

Apple Season:

Apple season begins the second weekend of September. View apple schedule below.

View Apple Schedule

Pumpkin Season:

Pumpkins are available to pick the third week of September and last through the end of October.

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Apple Schedule

Golden Delicious – Sept 15
Sweet taste, crisp texture and juicy inside, great for salads because the flesh stays white longer, ideal for baking and cooking, a favorite for applesauce and apple butter

Jonagold – Sept 15
Mix between a Jonathon and a Golden Delicious, great all around apple, good for everything!

Stellar – Sept 15
Sweet flavor with a hint of tartness, crisp and juicy, great for fresh eating

Razor Russet – Sept 15
Heirloom variety, similar to Golden Delicious, sweet flavor, good for baking

Liberty – Sept 15
Tart flavor, great for baking and apple butter

Sweet 16 – Sept 20
Intense flavor, sweet and crisp, good for fresh eating

Mutsu – Sept 25
Sweet and juicy, great for pies and baking

Suncrisp – Sept 25
Tart flavor, very crisp, great apple for drying and excellent for pies

Enterprise – Oct 1
Tart flavor, crisp, great apple for butter and baking

Cameo – Oct 5
Crisp, sweet-tart flavor, fresh eating, excellent for salads, pies, sauce and baking

Rome – Oct 10
Ideal for baking because of its firm texture, mildly sweet taste and tendency to hold its shape, makes flavorful sauces, pies, and baked apples, sweet-tart when first picked, but matures into a mellow flavor, tasty snack when eaten fresh

Goldrush – Oct 10
Tart, crisp and juicy apple, extended shelf life-stores at least three months under refrigeration, flavor mellows over time, great for baking, fresh eating and caramel apples

Fuji – Oct 15
Excellent sweet flavor, extended shelf life – at least three months under refrigeration, excellent for fresh eating, baking and cooking.

Arkansas Black – Nov 1
Very firm with a tart, spicy flavor, stores well under refrigeration, great for baking and pies.

Asian Pears – Aug Nov
Crisp like an apple, texture like a pear, juicy and sweet.