Welcome to Flint Creek Orchard
Come to Flint Creek Orchard to pick apples and have a wonderful Fall experience.
About Us
We have had a pick your own operation since 2017 near West Point, Indiana. Late May into June is strawberry season, and late August into November is apple season.
Thank you for stopping by
We are open for pick your own apples and mums.
Our hours this week:
Monday, September 16: 5:00 - 7:00 pm
Tuesday, September 17: 5:00 - 7:00 pm
Wednesday, September 18: 9:00 -11:00 am
Thursday, September 19: 5:00 - 7:00 pm
Saturday, September 21: 9:00 - 11:00 am
Cash or check only.
Price (Pick your own)
Apples $5.00 per 5# bag and $10.00 per 10# bag
Mums $10.00 per mum; some have three colors, a few only one color, but they are pretty also.
We supply the containers for you to pick into and take home.
Currently we have eight apple varieties available: Honeycrisp, Pixie Crunch, Grimes Golden, Jonathan, Cortland, Macoun, Fuji, and Liberty.
Honeycrisp. Now, be selective and pick red apples (not greenish background color; those are still immature), and those with no or few of the spots that Honeycrisp has this year.
Pixie Crunch is a crisp apple and is outstanding for fresh eating and salads. Pixie Crunch was developed in 1972 by PRI, the joint apple-breeding program of Purdue University, Rutgers University, and the University of Illinois. It is a cross of two numbered apples, but has both Golden Delicious and Rome in its heritage.
Grimes Golden is a tart, citrusy, crisp dense, juicy, firm fruit is excellent for both dessert and cooking: wonderful spicy fresh eating, pies, and applesauce. Avoid the yellow, waxy fruit because they are overripe. Look for Grime Golden apples that are slightly yellow; they’ll still have a green color to them.
For many people, Jonathans are what an apple should taste like: tart, crisp, and rich. Excellent for eating fresh and for pies, desserts, and sauces.
Cortland is a typical McIntosh style apple variety. As with all McIntosh varieties, Cortland is at its best when eaten soon after being picked. The sweet flavor fades quickly, as does the crispness. Their crisp, finely-grained white flesh is exceptionally juicy with a sharp, sweet-tart flavor. Extremely slow to brown when cut, the Cortland apple is perfect for use in fresh apple preparations. People greatly desire Cortland for pies and sauces. And now is the time to get them.
Macoun is a medium sized apple with great sweet taste. Since its beginnings, it has become more widely accepted as an apple that can also be used for baking even though its original creation was intended for snacking and fresh eating. The Macoun Apple was developed in the early 1900s at the New York State Agricultural Experiment Station in Geneva, and is named after Canadian horticulturalist W. T. Macoun. The parent apples are McIntosh and Jersey Black. They do not store well after harvest, and are best used within a few weeks of picking. Store Macoun apples in the refrigerator for up to two weeks.
Fuji is sweet, crisp and juicy. The Fuji apple is a hybrid created in Japan in the 1930's with two American apple varieties, Red Delicious and old Virginia Ralls Genet.
The Liberty apple is sweet like a McIntosh, yet more tart. It is a crisp, juicy apple with fine flesh and a good subacid flavor. Liberty was developed by the New York State Agricultural Experiment Station. It was a seedling produced in 1955 from pollinating 'Macoun' with 'Purdue 54-12' for the sake of acquiring Malus floribunda disease resistances. It was first released to the public in 1978. You like Pixie Crunch because it is sweet and taste good. Me too, but I really like Liberty because it is tart and tastes good.
Warm days and fairly cool evenings make good apples. We’re finished with the early season varieties, and have moved to the mid-September varieties. We have a good supply of apples, and we hope you can come out and have a relaxing morning or evening walking the rows, sampling, and picking.
