Hi folks, we’re here with your apple update as of September 22, the first day of fall! And it actually feels like autumn up here today with clear skies and temps in the low 70’s. Our foreman brought in three more varieties of apples: the Granny Smiths, Winesaps, and Red Delicious: two tarts and a sweet 😉  We also have a full array of our Sioux City sodas, Apple Beer (non-alcoholic!) and Pumpkin Soda, along with apple butter (both sweetened and unsweetened) and a large selection of wines.

So to recap, the current varieties of apples we have are:

Gala: sweet and crispy

Spartans: right in the middle of sweet and tart, and super snappy texture

Fuji: a bit on the tart side this year and nice and firm

Parkdale Beauties: a sweet apple with both a pear-like texture AND flavor (definitely worth a taste!)

Red Gold: several customers today described these as a “pleasant” apple, which we think is accurate

Red Delicious: the apples your mom put in your lunch, only sweeter and crispier

Winesap: the tartest apple on our shelves at the moment (aside from crab apples!), perfect for caramel apples and baking

Crab apples: the truly tart, tiny apples used for baking, or perhaps dollhouse tea-party caramel apples 😉

So come on up this weekend to see and taste what we have to offer. We look forward to your visit! 

We’re delighted to announce that we got our Blackjack wine back in, finally! It’s on the shelves and open to taste, along with Blackberry and regular Mead, and several other varieties you might’ve been missing.
Also! We now have Fuji apples, pears, and crabapples freshly harvested and ready to go home with you (and also available to taste, of course).
So come on up this weekend. We look forward to seeing you!

Well folks, it’s September 1st, which means it’s officially “apple season!” We’ve had several varieties of apples on our shelves for the last week, because apple trees don’t pay attention to the calendar  but now we’re opening our doors 7 days a week, from 9-5 on the weekdays and 9-6 on the weekends, through November. We’ll also have our vendors out on the patio with their creative and tempting wares every weekend, and Andy Lepak out there as well to croon to you while you enjoy a slice of apple crisp a la mode and perhaps a cup of fresh-pressed cider.

As always, we have many products open for sampling, including our apple butters, our apple cider, the amazing apple butter barbecue sauce, and just in this season,apple salsa! It’s been described as “apple sauce meets salsa, in the best way possible,” and we encourage you to come try it for yourself–you’ll probably be bringing a jar home with you. Every variety of apple we have on the shelf is also available for you to taste, because we’re confident you’ll be pleased with what we have to offer.

The forecast for this weekend (September 2-3) is HOT down in town, but up here it’s always ten or fifteen degrees cooler. So if nothing else, come on up to enjoy the weather! We look forward to seeing you.

Happy Apple Season 2017!