Welcome to Flint Creek Orchard

Posted September 14, 2026

Our hours this week are:

Tuesday, September 15:  9-11 am

Thursday, September 17:  5-7 pm

Saturday, September 19:  9-11 am

In addition to the following, we are adding Shizuka and Liberty:  We have Pixie Crunch, Jonathan, Fortune, Cortland, and Fuji apple varieties available for u-pick.

We also have home grown tomatoes, onions (varieties are Candy, Patterson, and Red Wing, a red onion), garlic, Delicata squash and spaghetti squash for sale.

Cash or check only.

Prices

Local Honey:  $10.00 for a one pound bottle

Apples:  5# bag for $5.00 and 10# bag for $10.00, pick your own.    

Garlic:  $1.00 per bulb

Onions:  $2.00 per onion, or $5.00 for 3 onions 

Tomatoes:  $5.00 for three

Delicata squash:  $1.00 per squash

Spaghetti squash:  $3.00 per squash

We have quart containers and trays for you to pick into and then take home, and plastic bags for the apples and produce.

We don’t have bathroom facilities.   

Pixie Crunch is exceptionally crispy and is outstanding for fresh eating and salads. Pixie Crunch was developed in 1972 by 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. 

Fortune  is tart, juicy and crunchy, and is a cross of `Empire` and Red Spy (a `Northern Spy` sport). `Fortune` is typically a large apple that produces good apple sauce. `Fortune` was developed at Cornell University. 

Jonathan is for many 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.  And people greatly desire Cortland for pies and sauces.

Fuji is crisp and juicy, with dull white flesh which snaps cleanly. The flavor is predominantly sweet and very refreshing (especially if chilled).

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 and released in 1978. It was a seedling produced in 1955 by the parents 'Macoun' and 'Purdue 54-12' for the sake of acquiring Malus floribunda disease resistances. 

Shizuka apple is large in size with a flavor that tends toward sweetness rather than acidity.  Shizuka was created from a cross of the Golden Delicious apple with the Indo variety and are best for eating fresh and applesauce.  

Note number 1:  Pixie Crunch are in bunches this year; please pick with both hands, because removing one apple from the bunch may result in several dropping.  The redder apples are the ripest, but since Pixie Crunch is “mature”, greener apples will ripen in your refrigerator.

Note number 1a: Yes, Jonathan drops also, so when we pick we'll have to take Sargeant Esterhaus' advice, "let's be careful out there." (Hill Street Blues-don't watch tv anymore, but I sure did back then.)

Note number 2:  Pick the non-red Fortune apples.  The red Fortune apples have problems, and we don’t want you to take any of those home.  Or, pick one, taker a bite, and see what you think.

It looks like a bit of a warm week this week, but the apple varieties are starting to mature, so it is a great time of year. 

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