Up to 60 different apple varieties are available by the bag in Brightonwoods’ store. Bill Stone, the orchard’s owner/operator, grows more than 200 different varieties of apples, including many heirloom and modern types. You can’t pick apples off the trees at this Wisconsin orchard, but you can walk through the rows upon rows of them - and the more than 20 acres of woods that are adjacent to the orchard. (Erin Hooley / Chicago Tribune) Brightonwoods Orchard Sylvania Ave., Sturtevant, Wisconsin 26 Ĭlaire Barten, left, 20, and Isabelle Florido, 19, pick apples in the orchard at Apple Holler, Oct. Minimum purchase of 1/4 peck bag for $20 per person. Elyse Flannery, one of several managers running the orchard, also pointed to their craft beer and hard cider biergarten, new this year - as is their apple cider slushie. The latter season lasts until late October or early November, depending on supply. Originally a dairy farm in the early 1900s, Apple Holler has evolved into a Wisconsin fall must-stop with hayrides, a quaint farm bakery, a lush forest of 150-year-old oak trees, and fields of pick-your-own peaches, pears and apples. 43133 Green Bay Road, Zion 84 Anderson Farm Orchard on Facebook. If that sounds like something you’d like to try, then call to preorder and bring cash or checks - no debit or credit cards are accepted. Owner Joan Anderson notes some customers buy the non-pasteurized brew to make apple wine at home. Almost to the Illinois-Wisconsin state line, this orchard makes its own fresh cider from a variety of apples each week.
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