Organically grown Apples
Blue Vista Farm offers pick-your-own or already picked from our transitional organic orchard. Absolutely no chemicals are used in the orchard. Weed management is accomplished mechanically, codling moth is controlled with mating disruption, apple maggot fly is trapped, plum curculio discouraged with clay and all thinning done by hand. This production system raises our cost of production, but offers consumers a Bayfield grown organic alternative!
Our varieties include:
Many of our apples are grown on a wire trellis spaced very close together on dwarf trees, which means easier picking and higher quality fruit for the customer.
Our varieties include:
- Cortland -A cross between a McIntosh and Ben Davis. Available mid to late September. Thin skin with rosy red blush; very white crisp flesh, slow to brown, flavor very similar to McIntosh only is a much better keeper. Great eating; excellent in pies and sauce.
- Gala - Developed in New Zealand. A cross between a Kidd's Orange Red and Golden Delicious. Available mid September. Thin skin with orange-red blush on yellow; firm, crisp, juicy and sweet. Excellent for eating and salads.
- Jonafree - Available October. Bright red skin fully or nearly fully colored. Flavor is Jonathan like only less acidic, crisp and juicy, sweet-tart with a spicy fragrance. Great for eating, pies and sauces.
- Liberty - A Macoun-Purdue cross. Available October. Deep red; white flesh, juicy sweet-tart and aromatic. Great eating; good for sauce and pies.
- Red Free - Available mid August. Deep red blush with white specs; very crisp and juicy. Good all purpose apple: eating, baking, and sauce.
- Zestar - Avialable late August to early September. Sprightly sweet-tart taste with a hint of maple sugar flavor. Juicy, crisp with good storage capabilities. Excellent for eating, pies and sauces.
- Sweet 16 - Available late September. Highly prized, customer favorite. Uniquely flavored, sweet, juicy, crisp apple with good storage qualities. Excellent for eating, pies and sauces.
- Honeycrisp - Available late September. Mottled red blush over yellow/green/ complex sweet/tart flavor. An excellent eating apple; good for sauce, baking and pies.
Many of our apples are grown on a wire trellis spaced very close together on dwarf trees, which means easier picking and higher quality fruit for the customer.
Apple Pricing:
Pre-order your apples and receive a 10% discount. Place an order for Liberty, Cortland, Gala or Priscilla of 1 bushel or more by Sept. 15, 2012 and we will honor a 10% discount. Simply call in your order amount and we will call you when your apples are ready to be picked up at our store or picked by you in our orchard. You get incredibly tasty apples that are sustainably grown at a discounted price, what could be better?
2012 Prices:
Already Picked: Bushel (40lbs) $42.50, Half Bushel (20lbs) $22.00, Peck (10lbs) $14.00, 1/2 Peck $8.00
Pick-Your-Own: Bushel (40lbs) $35.00, Half Bushel (20lbs) $18.00, Peck (10lbs) $12.00, 1/2 Peck $7.00
Pre-order your apples and receive a 10% discount. Place an order for Liberty, Cortland, Gala or Priscilla of 1 bushel or more by Sept. 15, 2012 and we will honor a 10% discount. Simply call in your order amount and we will call you when your apples are ready to be picked up at our store or picked by you in our orchard. You get incredibly tasty apples that are sustainably grown at a discounted price, what could be better?
2012 Prices:
Already Picked: Bushel (40lbs) $42.50, Half Bushel (20lbs) $22.00, Peck (10lbs) $14.00, 1/2 Peck $8.00
Pick-Your-Own: Bushel (40lbs) $35.00, Half Bushel (20lbs) $18.00, Peck (10lbs) $12.00, 1/2 Peck $7.00
