APPLES WITH A VIEW !
2615 MAD TOM ROAD
EAST DORSET, VT
802-366-8107
RASPBERRIES - First day for picking will be Tuesday July 7. More sun and less rain will make the berries ripen faster, but the Preludes are now turning red. Picking will last for most of July. Look forward to seeing you soon.
APPLES - Thanks for making 2008 a great season. We had good sunny weather for bloom and bees are now working on the raspberries. There are lots of small green apples out there now. Picking will start again in mid September and run thru mid October.
We are located on Mad Tom Road 2 1/2 miles from US RT 7 at the East Dorset General Store. Look forward to seeing you. Open Tuesday - Sunday 9:00AM to 5:30PM - closed Mondays.
Pictures - Winter Spring Fall Raspberries Family
Apple Picking
is fun! Children love to pick the low fruit and we provide picking
poles for ambitious people who want the best from the top. Picnickers
are welcome, and bring your camera to record the fun. We make cider
on Columbus Day weekend and the weekend before. Raspberries also add to the
fall harvest.
We are Sylvia and
Tom Smith, and we began to restore the Mad Tom Orchard in 1999.
Planted in 1940 by the Parsons family, the orchard was purchased by Tom's
dad in 1961, and run for many years as a commercial orchard, then as pick-your-own. Loss of the airplane spray service forced the
orchard to close in 1997. We now have pruned over 100 of the best old
trees and planted 700 new trees bringing 8 acres back into
production.
Welcome - Sylvia & Tom Smith
The old trees are big and beautiful, and are all
McIntosh and Cortland, two premier New England varieties. The new ones
include more of these two old favorites plus Gingergold, Gala, Honeycrisp,
Macoun, Empire, Golden Delicious, Fortune, Northern Spy, and Jonagold.
Fruit is available on the old trees and the new trees as well. The mountains around us provide the views, the refreshing
breezes, and a perfect spot to enjoy autumn in Vermont.
Looking south toward Green Peak