APPLES WITH A VIEW !
2615 MAD TOM ROAD
EAST DORSET, VT
802-366-8107
RASPBERRIES - Summer raspberry season is over - We had a very good season with lots of happy pickers. Watch the web for start of fall raspberries early September. We need some sun and dry weather.
APPLES - The apples are growing nicely. Barring hail and hurricanes, we will have another good crop. Be sure to put us on your calendar for the fall. We expect to open for apples in mid September.
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