Karen, Gail, and Stephanie at Westward Orchards, on keeping apples after the season:
“In the old days, people kept apples in their root cellar until spring. Now some people wrap them and keep them in the garage. Good keepers are Baldwin, Golden Delicious and Roxbury Russet. If the skins wrinkle, just spritz them with water.”
Carlson Orchards, 115 Oak Hill Road
McIntosh, Cortland, Macoun, Empire, Gala, Ginger Gold, Northern Spy, Honeycrisp, and Jonagold apples.
Doe Orchards, 327 Ayer Road
Macoun, Fuji, Honeycrisp, McIntosh, Cortland, and Gala apples; pumpkins and gourds; dahlias..
Old Frog Pond Farm, 38 Eldridge Road
Pick your own raspberries; potatoes. All produce certified organic.
Phil’s Apples, 24 Prospect Hill Road
(open under new ownership)
Pick your own McIntosh, Cortland, Macoun, Fuji, Red Delicious, Enterprise, Gold Rush, and Suncrisp apples.
Westward Orchards, 178 Mass Ave.
Peppers; red cabbage; tomatoes; plums; Bosc, Bartlett, Asian and Seckel pears; McIntosh, Cortland, Macoun, Empire, Mutsu, Jonagold, Gala, Baldwin, and Roxbury Russet apples.
Willard Farm Stand, 218 Still River Road
Yellow and bi-color corn; eggplant; sweet and hot peppers; pumpkins; winter quash; gourds; Indian corn.
—Compiled by Joan Eliyesil
