11 Best Fruit Picking Farms in Long Island

 

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Milk Pail U-Pick Farm

50 Horsemill Ln, Water Mill, NY 11976

Milk Pail U-Pick Farm.  “Bring your family and friends to enjoy a day on our u-pick farm in the Hamptons at 50 Horsemill Lane, Watermill. Pick your own apples from our trees and pumpkins from the vine. We grow over twenty apple varieties throughout the months of September and October.

Our dwarf apples trees are the perfect height for all ages. Select your own great Halloween pumpkins from our patch filled with all sizes, shapes and colors. We grow pumpkins from Minis to 150 pounds plus! We have over 60 different varieties of pumpkins, squash and gourds all grown on site. We also serve coffee, hot cider and other treats from our Fresh Market.

We are open Friday, Saturday and Sunday (Starting Saturday of Labor Day Weekend) from 10am to 5:30pm throughout September and October.”

 

 

 

Condzella’s Farm

6211 N Country Rd, Wading River, NY 11792

At Conzella’s Farm they grow:

“Strawberries:  We grow approximately 9 different varieties of strawberries, each having a different time for fruiting.  All of the varieties that we grow are selected for the best possible flavor.  All of our fields are mulched with straw, which keeps the berries from coming into contact with the ground insuring that the fruit is clean and free of dirt when harvested.

Peas:  We grow Traditional English Peas.  We also grow Snap Peas, which are eaten like a snap bean.  The mature plant produces delicious edible pods and sweet, full-size peas.

Tomatoes:  The rich, sweet, complex taste of freshly picked tomatoes is unmistakable, and you will find it at our farm.  We grow beefsteak and plum tomatoes, red and yellow grape tomatoes, red, yellow, orange, chocolate, and black cherry tomatoes, and two varieties of heirloom tomatoes.  All of our tomatoes are trellised, and grown on black plastic to insure that they are of the best possible quality.

Beans:  We offer three different varieties of Green Bush Beans, each of which produces a very high quality dark green bean with a slim pod and excellent eating quality.  We also offer one variety of Bush Wax Bean, and one variety of Romano Bush Bean.

Pumpkins:  Our pumpkins are of the highest quality, ranging in size from 3 to 30 lbs, all with strong handles and a deep orange color.  They are available beginning the end of September.

Sunflowers:  The iconic symbol of summer.  Grown with care in our fields, we cut and bunch daily for the maximum enjoyment in the vase.  Use new, fresh water and cut two inches off the bottom every other day.”

 

May’s Farm

6361 NY-25A, Wading River, NY 11792

The May family has been farming on Long Island since the late 1800’s.  They have U-Pick Sweetpeas and Pumpkins, but all other fruit is on the farmstand.

“Originally the farm was located in Melville. In the early 1980’s the operation was moved to its current location at 6361 RT. 25A, Wading River, Long Island, NY. We grow a large selection of annuals and perennials in our greenhouses, which are available at our farm stand. We also sell wholesale to local garden centers and have many years of experience supplying plants to local schools and organizations for fundraising plant sales. 

In our fields, we grow many varieties of fresh fruits and vegetables, including sweet corn, tomatoes, peppers, eggplants, melons, cucumbers, squash, string beans, pumpkins and much more. We sell these at our farm stand 7 days a week.  In June we open our fields for sweet pea picking. In October, we feature Pumpkin Picking, along with a corn maze, hayrides, pony rides and much more. 

We also have many delicious varieties of May’s Farm Jams and Jellies, and you’ll love our fresh hot roasted sweet corn!”

 

 

Bhavana Blueberries

4395 Hortons Ln, Southold, NY 11971

Bhavana Berries is a 30+ acre organic blueberry orchard located on the North Fork of Long Island.  “From July to late August, the farm is open to the public for U-Pick blueberries.  In addition to blueberries, we grow organic garlic that may be available at our farmstand in front of the farm.

We named our farm after the Sanskrit concept bhavana, meaning the cultivation of mind, body, and spirit.  Bhavana Berries are dedicated to cultivating a sustainable blueberry orchard.  But to a larger degree, we are dedicated to cultivating a healthy and responsible food community that connects the farm itself to the people who work on the farm everyday to the people who eat the fruit of our labor.  We believe that building such a community is not only important for the success of our farm, but also for our society at large.  The ancient South Asian concept of bhavana is inextricable from our approach to sustainable, organic farming.

Bring your friends and family to Bhavana Blueberries and pick as many blueberries as you’d like. We supply the buckets but you can bring your own if you choose. Fresh picked organic blueberries.”

 

 

 

Wickham’s Fruit Farm 

28700 Main Rd, Cutchogue, NY 11935

Wickham’s Fruit Farm is “located on 28700 Main Road, PO Box 928, in Cutchogue, Long Island, about 90 miles east of New York City. Wickham’s fruit is grown on some of the oldest continually cultivated land in the country, much of the farm dating from 1661. Wickham’s Fruit Farm is an historic, bicentennial farm, beautiful to behold against the sparkling waters of Peconic Bay. 

It is one of the largest farms on the North Fork, approximately 300 acres, of which 200 acres are in fruit, all of which is retailed at the farm. The emphasis is on fruit of the highest quality, and all fruit sold is guaranteed.  

A very large proportion of Wickham farm land has been placed in Suffolk County’s Farmland Preservation program, which means that for generations to come, this land is “forever agriculture.” 

Wickham’s Fruit Farm is a family enterprise which has taken pride in producing and marketing the choicest of fruit. The retail market is open usually from May through December from Monday through Saturday.  Wickham’s is closed on Sundays, Thanksgiving Day, and Christmas.”

At Wickham’s there are u-pick strawberries, cherries, raspberries, blueberries, blackberries, apples and pumpkins.

 

 

 

 

Windy Acre Farm

3810 Middle Country Rd, Calverton, NY 11933

Windy Acre Farm have lots of upick fruit at various times throughout the year (check their Facebook for what is current)  it includes:

• strawberries
• white peaches
• yellow peaches
• apples
• pumpkins
• sunflowers
• blackberries
• raspberries
• blueberries
• grapes
• nectarines
• sour cherries (on the farmstand, not upick)
• gooseberries

They also have sunflowers for you to cut and a corn maze in the Fall.

 

Lewin Farms

812 Sound Ave, Calverton, NY 11933

Lewin Farms is a family farm now in the fourth generation. “We were the first pick your own farm on Long Island and are continuing that long tradition with a wide variety of u-pick fields throughout the spring summer and fall. We also continue into the winter with our cut your own Christmas trees at our baiting hollow nursery. Over the years our crop offerings have become more and more numerous and diversified to cater to the wants of our customers. We hope you and your family plan a trip out to visit our families farm in the near future.

• Strawberries : Late May-June

• Raspberries: Late June through early September

• Blueberries : Late June – mid-August

• Blackberries : Late July – Late August

• Peaches : Mid July – Mid September

• Apples : Late Aug/September – Into November

• Pumpkins/Gourds : mid/late September – Late October

• CORN MAZE

• Christmas Trees.  Cut your own