Before you pick, call the farm. For apple varieties, check the websites, call the Department of Food and Agriculture (877-627-7476), or go to www.massgrown.org.
Amesbury: Cider Hill Farm, 45 Fern Ave. (978-388-5525). Daily 9 a.m.-6 p.m. From I-95 take Exit 58B (Amesbury) onto Route 110 west. Right at the rotary onto Market Street (Route 150). Go 1 mile. Right onto Fern Avenue. Farm on left. www.ciderhill.com.Bolton: Bolton Spring Farm, 149 East Main St. (Route 117) (978-779-2898). Daily 9 a.m.-6 p.m. I-495 to Exit 27 on Route 117. Go east toward Stow for 2 miles; orchard on left. Bolton: Nashoba Valley Winery Orchard, 100 Wattaquadoc Hill Road (978-779-5521). Daily 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Mass. Pike or Route 2 west to I-495 to Exit 27. Go 1 mile west on Route 117 to Bolton Center, left at the yellow light on Wattaquadoc Hill Road; orchard on left. www.nashobawinery.com.Where you can pick apples
East Bridgewater: C. N. Smith Farm, 325 South St. (508-378-2270). Sat.-Sun. 9 a.m.-4 p.m. I-93 south to Route 24 south. Exit 16A (West Bridgewater). Stay on Route 106 about 8 miles. Right onto South Street at the YMCA.Fitchburg: Apple Barn at Marshall Farm, 340 Marshall Road (978-343-6255). Mon.-Fri. 9 a.m.-5 p.m.; Sat.-Sun. 8 a.m.-6 p.m. Route 2 west to Route 13 north to Route 2A west. Right at lights. Right at blinking light. Follow signs. www.marshall-farm.com.Groton: Autumn Hills Orchards, 495 Chicopee Row (978-448-8388). 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays. Route 119 to Groton, right on Hollis Street (it turns into Chicopee Row). Orchard on left. www.autumnhillsorchard.com.Harvard: Carlson Orchards, 115 Oak Hill Road (800-286-3916). Daily 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Retail: 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Route 2 west to Exit 38B. Go mile. Right on Poor Farm Road. Follow signs. www.carlsonorchards.com.Harvard: Doe Orchards, 327 Ayer Road (Routes 110/111) (978-772-4139). Daily 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Route 2 west to Exit 38B (Routes 110/111, Ayer/Groton exit). Go about 1 miles north. Follow signs.Harvard: Phil's Apples, 24 Prospect Hill Road (978-456-3361). Mon.-Fri. 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Weekends 8 a.m.-6 p.m. Route 2 west to Harvard exit Routes 110/111. First right onto Old Shirley Road to Prospect Hill Road.Harvard: Wade Orchard, 62 Westcott Road (978-456-3926). Daily 9:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. I-495 to Exit 28 to Route 111 toward Harvard, left onto Codman Hill Road. At stop, turn right on Stow Road, left on Westcott Road. Orchard on left. www.wadeorchard.com.Harvard: Westward Orchards Farm Stand, Massachusetts Avenue (Route 111), (978-456-8363). Daily, except Tuesdays, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Route 2 west to Route 111 south; go about 4 miles. www.westwardorchards.com.
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