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Owen Orchards is an old fashioned apple orchard and farm in New York. They are known for their U-Pick apple season, hay rides, food, and shop goodies. Now in its fifth generation, this family run business has made a house name for itself and is well known in Upstate New York.

1920's
In the late 1920's and early 1930's, Charles Owen, who had been a superintendent in Cayuga county schools, wrote letters to Isaac C. Rogers, a breeder of the Roger McIntosh apple, and wanted to purchase and plant apples trees. Soon after, he had just planted a few, including McIntosh, Cortland, and about six others, on an extended piece of land off route 5, residing between Auburn and Elbridge, NY. When the orchard first started, the store and farmer market were held in a 6'x 10' trailer.

1980's
In the 1980's, Charles Owens grandson, Gordon Tripp and his son David Tripp, starting planting, growing and harvesting apples in a larger orchard. Since then, those trees have been retired and now Owen Orchards has up to thirty acres of land to grow these apples.

2000's
During the 2000's, the Owen's family added a 1,500 square foot store, along with apple storage, a cider mill and a kitchen. Today, visitors can relive the orignal days at Owen's and view the chicken coop and the antique tractors from the 1920's.

U-Pick Apples
Customers can walk around the orchard at their own liesure and choose from 15 different kinds of apples. Some of the variety includes Honeycrisp, Ruby Frost, Evercrisp, Northern Spy, Empire, Granny Smith,Fortune, Red Delicious, Fuji, R I Greenings, Ida Red, Jonagold etc. This season begins in early September, and then makes a comeback again in late October. All apples are sold by the pound, so people can bring home as many as they'd like!

Other Food
Owen Orchards is known for their amazing cider and foods. The business produces more than 10,000 gallons of apples cider each year. The signiture cider donuts come in three flavors; plain, cinammon or sugar. Asides from the cider and donuts, Owens also offers locally grown vegtables, condiments, syrups, jellies, pancake mix, pickles and relish, candy apples, apple cider slushies, pumpkins, squash, sauces, cheeses, homemade desserts and other preserves. The store is open from mid August-March.

Extra
On the weekends, the operation also offers wagon rides around the orchard. Owens operates with a colored flag system, so when picking, people will know which ones are ripe and ready to go. Anybody is welcome to hold a wedding reception, school field trips, reunions, family gatherings, birthday parties and more, with the exception of scheduling first.

Contact Information
Owens Orchard is located on 8174 Grant Avenue- Weedsport, New York 13166

Where to reach them: (315)-252-4097

Email: apples@owenorchards.com