Carlson Orchards, 115 Oak Hill Road, 978-456-3916
Apple-picking is over, but the store is stocked with Red Rome, Evercrisp, Fuji, Honeycrisp, Gala, Mutsu, Cortland, Braeburn, Macoun, Empire, Golden Delicious, and McIntosh apples, as well as utility apples. Outside the store: Brookdale Fruit Farm’s acorn, butternut, honeynut, Delicata, and spaghetti winter squash; pumpkins, sugar pumpkins, mini-pumpkins and gourds. Store is open daily 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Online ordering with curbside pickup is available; see the website for details. Masks are required in the store.
Doe Orchards, 327 Ayer Road, 978-772-4139
Customers are always welcome to look for apples to pick in the orchard, but temperatures in the 20s over the weekend will likely damage the texture of the apples there. At the stand: Honeycrisp, Macoun, Gala, McIntosh, Empire, Golden Supreme, Ruby Mac, and Cortland apples. Apple firewood by the bin for $70. Open daily 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Masks are required at the stand and in the orchard; handwashing stations available.
Westward Orchards, 178 Massachusetts Avenue, 978-456-8363
Apple-picking is over. At the store (open only for online ordering with porch or curbside pickup): Roxbury Russet, Fuji, Mutsu, Honeycrisp, Cortland, Macoun, McIntosh, Ginger Gold, Gala, Red Jonathan, and Empire apples, and mixed varieties of pears. Tomatoes (regular, heirloom, and cherry), kale, collard greens, regular and Japanese eggplant, cabbage, bell peppers, hot and specialty peppers, cauliflower, beets, regular and fingerling potatoes, mixed herbs, winter squash, pumpkins, gourds, and cornstalks. Pickup is available (masks required) 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily.
Willard Farm, 218 Still River Road, 978-456-8291
At the self-serve farmstand: Pumpkins and gourds of all sizes and winter squash, including Delicata, Carnival, blue and orange Hubbard, acorn, buttercup, and butternut. Masks are required; one person per family only at the stand. Handwashing station available.
Masks and social distancing are requested at all sites.
All produce listed is Harvard-grown unless otherwise noted.
Brookdale Fruit Farm is in Hollis, New Hampshire.
—Compiled by Joan Eliyesil
