At Orchard Ridge, we grow apples for fresh eating, baking, sauce, juice and storing. We searched for varieties offering superior quality and low spray fruit.

We offer u-pick during all business hours and do our best to keep them stocked in the farm store, but with limited labor we are not always able to.  Check out our apple lineup and then come try for yourself!

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Low Spray

At Orchard Ridge, we like apples with great flavor and quality. And like you, we also want them to be healthy and safe to eat. That means our apples are low spray. How low spray? We farm so that we can feel confident that our children can go up to a tree, pick a ripe apple and safely eat it. Pick Your Own with confidence.

That said, apples are tough grow. All year long critters are trying to eat the crop and even the tree itself before we can harvest a single apple. So how do we do it?

Firstly, our young and growing orchard contains only apple varieties with natural resistance to disease. These need less spray.

Secondly, we farm using Integrated Pest Management (IPM). With IPM, we can use the lowest amount of spray needed and selecting the least risky modern methods available. When intervention is needed we try to use as many organic methods.

Thirdly and finally, we train and prune our trees with techniques that keep them as youthful and healthy as can be so they are naturally more resistant to pests. In this way we use less spray than regular orchards.

That said, because we choose to take the low-spray, organic, and holistic route, it also means that your apple may not appear ‘perfect’. We promise, it is just as tasty, though!