Apples

Mid August to December
10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Apples based on availablility

We produce a wide variety of apples throughout the season. We have apples great for eating, cooking and sauces.

The apples are available, prepicked, in the cooler in the gift shop. See below for a list of the apples we offer along with their seasons. We offer Haralson apples U-pick weekends starting late September.

Zestar! (1998)
Late Aug.- Early Sept.

Large, crunchy, juicy fruit with an outstanding sprightly sweet-tart flavor. A crisp, high-quality, early apple that's good for fresh eating and baking. Stores in refrigerator up to 2 months.

Sweet 16 (1977)
Mid-late Sept.

Crisp and juicy. Exotic cream-colored flesh and a sweet, unusual cherry candy-like flavor.

Honeycrisp (1991)
Late Sept.

Minnesota State Fruit! The standard for explosive crispness and juiciness. Large, dappled red fruit with a well-balanced flavor. Flesh is slow to brown. Excellent storage life, up to 7 months in refrigerator. Available now!

Haralson (1922)
Late Sept.- Early Oct.

Good for fresh eating and baking. Firm texture with a complex tart flavor. A great pie apple.

SnowSweet (2006)
Early Oct.

Savory, almost buttery flavor! Sweet with a slight tart balance and rich overtones. Firm, snow white flesh that is extremely slow to brown. Exceptional for snacks and salads. Only a small amount available. Samples available.

Regent (1964)
Early-mid Oct.

Red-striped, well-balanced flavor for fresh eating and baking.

Connel Red (1943)
Mid Oct.

Very large fruit with sweet, mild flavor and fine-grained flesh.

Keepsake (1978)
Mid Oct.

Very hard and crisp with cream-colored flesh and an exotic, sweet, tropical flavor. Excellent storage life.

A Unique Taste!

New better varieties of apples are created by growing out seeds of existing exceptional apples. Once common, this is rarely practiced anymore as growers everywhere plant only grafted trees to produce popular varieties with an established market. At Fairhaven Farm we planted various seedlings many years ago and now have selected a few of the best to grow out for our customers. One, that we’ve named KinderKrisp has gone commercial and will be offered nationally by Stark Bros. Nursery. We will have limited quantity of 3 of our new apples available this year, KinderKrisp, Intensity, and Peachy Keen