Braeburn, Pumpkins, and The Largest Apple Contest

Halloween is almost here and we have a lot of fun activities to enjoy!
Start with a Self-guided Orchard Tour! Our self-guided tour is set up and starts at the mailbox by the Apple stand. Grab a map and find seven stations in the orchard and read the informational graphic signs to learn about the steps we take throughout the year to keep our orchard healthy.
Next, search the orchard for the Largest Apple and enter the third and final week of the Largest Apple Contest! Winner is announced on Monday and receives TWO FREE BUCKETS of u-pick apples.
Third, pick some apples to take home and make some fun Halloween treats. Braeburn were added to the ripe and ready list today! They are winter storing apples that can last 3-6 months.
Fourth, rescue a pumpkin from our pumpkin patch to take home and carve! We have a huge selection of carving pumpkins to find!
Parking is free and we do not charge admission. We are excited to have some fun with you all this weekend on the farm!

RIPE AND READY:
Honeycrisp
Jonagold
Melrose
Golden Delicious
Ruby Jon
Red Delicious
Liberty
Fuji
Rome Beauty
Gold Rush
Granny Smith
Cripps Pink
Braeburn

HOURS:
Mon-Sat 8am-6pm
Sunday 11am-6pm

4925 Rockdale St NE, Brooks, OR 97305

(503)393-1077

BEILKEFAMILYFARM.COM

Largest Apple Contest Week #2 Winner

The Second week of the Largest Apple Contest has a winner! Drew won week #2 with a Jonagold Apple weighing in at 1.20 pounds. It is the winner for week #2 and also ties for the largest apple ever found in the orchard! Congratulations to Drew, he won two free buckets of u-pick apples. We start week #3 today, so make sure to stop in at the Apple stand and have your largest apple weighed to enter week #3. This is the final week to enter! The winner will receive TWO FREE BUCKETS of u-pick apples!

RIPE AND READY:

Gala

Honeycrisp

Jonagold

Ruby Mac

Melrose

Golden Delicious

Ruby Jon

Red Delicious

Liberty

Fuji

Rome Beauty

Gold Rush

Granny Smith

Cripps Pink

Pumpkins, Pears, and Storing Apples

We have made it to the sweet spot of the 2023 Apple Season! We have both the early sweet apples still Ripe and Ready, and all of the winter apples are popping up as well. Right now we have 14 different varieties to choose from! This week, Cripps Pink, Gold Rush, and Granny Smith were added to the list.
Cripps Pink are a great sweet-tart apple that are wonderful for snacking, baking, applesauce, and storing. We did a contest a few years back and made an apple crisp out of every variety in the orchard and blind tested them. The Cripps Pink was a unanimous winner! They are better known as Pink Lady.
Gold Rush is a very fun apple. It is a tart-sweet apple with a great crunch. It is great for snacking, baking, applesauce, storing, and our very favorite choice for apple cider. This apple almost tastes like it is carbonated. If you haven't ever tried one, we highly suggest you do.
Granny Smith is your classic green apple. A tart apple that sweetens when baked and makes the most amazing pies. These are great for storing as well.
Pumpkins are doing great! We still have a plentiful supply of classic carving pumpkins and a decent supply of decorative as well. We have had a lot of people ask if we have good pumpkins for baking. We do! We have a small section of baking specific pumpkins to choose from in the patch. We have also found that the blue and pink decorative pumpkins are wonderful for baking as well.
Pears are back! We have another picking of our Bosc pears already picked at the stand!
Tomatoes and Flowers are still available for u-pick as well. We will have them until the first frost.

RIPE AND READY:
Gala
Honeycrisp
Jonagold
Ruby Mac
Melrose
Golden Delicious
Ruby Jon
Red Delicious
Liberty
Fuji
Rome Beauty
Gold Rush
Granny Smith
Cripps Pink

HOURS:
Mon-Sat 8am-6pm
Sunday 11am-6pm