APPLES WITH A VIEW !
2615 MAD TOM ROAD
EAST DORSET, VT
802-366-8107
APPLES - Thanks for a great season ! Our last day was Sunday October 14. This year was an excellent harvest with lots of fine weather and lots of good customers. Almost all the apples were picked and the food bank came in to scour up the few that were left. Be sure to put us on your calendar for next fall.
RASPBERRIES - The raspberry crop was also great. Watch the web site for when we open in early July 2008 for summer raspberries.!!
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
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 600 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