THE MASONIC VILLAGE FARM MARKET
310 Eden View Road, ELIZABETHTOWN PA 17022
PHONE (717) 361-4520
MVFarmmarket.com
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2017 PICK-YOUR-OWN APPLES, PEACHES AND PUMPKINS
Pick-Your-Own is open Monday through Saturday from 9:00 A.M. to 3:00 P.M. &
Sunday 12-3 during the dates listed. Pumpkins are only available on specified Saturdays.
Due to health regulations, pets are not allowed in the orchard or the Farm Market.
• Weekdays and Sundays: Please stop in the Farm Market to receive instructions on picking
locations and to get your picking supplies. Please bring your apples into the Farm Market to
check out before you leave.
• Saturdays: You may go directly to the orchard for picking supplies and checkout
• Apple/Pumpkin Price: 80¢ per pound
PYO Peach Price: $1.25 per pound
Variety and quantity availability is on a first come basis. Mother Nature decides the volume on the trees, what
date the fruit ripens and when it falls off the trees. We’re just along for the ride. Peach harvest dates are very
hard to predict due to temperature fluctuations. Please call the Farm Market for exact varieties available.
July 28, 29 and 30th …………………..Pick Your Own Red Haven Peaches, subject to change, ask an associate for details
August 21st through August 25th …….……………Honeycrisp, Gala, Jonamac apples
August 26th Saturday…….………………………Honeycrisp, Gala, Jonamac apples
August 27th Sunday 12-3…….…………………….Honeycrisp, Gala, Jonamac
August 28th through September 1st ….…………….Honeycrisp, Gala, Jonamac
September 2nd Saturday …………………………Honeycrisp, Gala, Jonamac, Cortland apples; Crest Haven Peaches
September 3rd Sunday 12-3………………………..Honeycrisp, Gala, Jonamac, Cortland apples; Crest Haven Peaches
September 4th Monday (Labor Day)…...…….…Special Hours 9:00 until 1:00
September 5th through September 8th. …...….........Golden Delicious, Red Delicious, Fuji, Empire, Cortland, Peaches
September 9th Saturday……………………........Golden Delicious, Red Delicious, Fuji, Empire, Cortland, Peaches
September 10th Sunday 12-3………………………Golden Delicious, Red Delicious, Fuji, Empire, Cortland, Peaches
September 11th through September 15th…………..Golden Delicious, Red Delicious, Fuji, Empire, Stayman Winesap,
Cortland, Crimson Crisp, Peaches
September 16th Saturday………….……………. Red Delicious, Golden Delicious, Winesap, Stayman Winesap,
Ida Red, Mutsu, Fuji, Peaches?
(1st day at lower road location)
September 17th Sunday 12-3..……..………………Golden Delicious, Red Delicious, Fuji, Empire, Stayman Winesap,
Crimson Crisp, Snow Sweet, Peaches?
September 18th through September 22nd…………..Golden Delicious, Red Delicious, Fuji, Crimson Crisp,
Stayman Winesap, Empire, Snow Sweet, Peaches?
September 23rd Saturday…….…………………. Pumpkins, gourds, Red Delicious, Golden Delicious, Winesap,
Stayman Winesap, Ida Red, Mutsu, Fuji
September 24th Sunday 12-3………………………Golden Delicious, Red Delicious, Fuji, Crimson Crisp,
Stayman Winesap, Empire, Snow Sweet
September 25th through September 29th….………Golden Delicious, Red Delicious, Fuji, Crimson Crisp,
Stayman Winesap, Empire, Snow Sweet, Autumn Gala
September 30th Saturday……………………......Pumpkins, gourds, Red Delicious, Golden Delicious, Winesap,
Stayman Winesap, Ida Red, Mutsu, Fuji
October 1st Sunday 12-3…………………………..Stayman Winesap, Golden Delicious, Red Del, Fuji, Autumn Gala
October 2nd through October 6th…………………..Stayman Winesap, Golden Delicious, Red Del, Fuji, Autumn Gala
October 7th Saturday………………………….....Pumpkins, gourds, Red Delicious, Golden Delicious, Winesap,
Stayman Winesap, Ida Red, Mutsu, Fuji and Granny Smith
October 8th Sunday 12-3….………………………..Stayman Winesap, Golden Delicious, Red Delicious, Fuji
October 9th Columbus Day…….…..………….....Pumpkins, gourds, Red Delicious, Golden Delicious, Winesap,
Granny Smith, Stayman Winesap, Ida Red, Mutsu, Fuji
October 10th through October 13th……..………....Stayman Winesap, Golden Delicious, Nittany, Braeburn, Cameo
October 14th Saturday.........................................Pumpkins, gourds, Red Delicious, Golden Delicious, Winesap,
Stayman Winesap, Ida Red, Mutsu, Fuji and Granny Smith
October 15th Sunday 12-3………….……………..Stayman Winesap, Golden Delicious, Nittany, Braeburn
October 16th through October 20th….…………….Stayman Winesap, Golden Delicious, Nittany, Braeburn
October 21st Saturday…….…………………….. Autumn Day Festival at the Masonic Village
PYO will be open 9-3, we recommend you come before noon to beat the crowd
Note: The exact end of the PYO harvest season is weather and crop dependent and difficult to predict. PYO may
continue if there are any apples available to harvest. Call us for details.
THE MASONIC VILLAGE FARM MARKET
ONE MAS0NIC DRIVE
ELIZABETHTOWN, PA 17022
(717) 361-4520
www.mvfarmmarket.com
All dates are approximate.
Every year is a little different
due to Mother Nature’s
influence.
PEACH AND NECTARINE HARVEST DATES 2017
Yellow Fleshed Peaches
Date
July 6th
July 10th
July 20th
July 31st
August 13th
August 24th
August 31st
Sept. 7th
Sept. 14th
Sept. 21st
Oct. 4th
Oct. 12th
Variety
Sentry
Garnet Beauty
Flaming Fury
Red Haven
Sun High
Loring
Cresthaven
Redskin
Autumn Glo
Elberta
Encore
Parade
Flesh color
yellow
yellow
yellow
yellow
yellow
yellow
yellow
yellow
yellow
yellow
yellow
yellow
Stone type
cling
cling
semi-free
free-stone
free-stone
free-stone
freestone
free-stone
free-stone
free-stone
free-stone
Uses
sweet eating
sweet eating
sweet eating
all purpose
all purpose
all purpose
all purpose
all purpose
all purpose
all purpose
all purpose
all purpose
Variety
Spring Snow
Klondike White
Saturn Donut
Snow Prince
Arctic Snow
Snow King
Snow Giant
September Snow
Flesh color
white
white
white
white
white
white
white
white
Stone type
cling
semi-free-stone
free-stone small pit
free-stone
free-stone
free-stone
free-stone
free-stone
Uses
sweet eating
sweet eating
tender eating
all purpose
all purpose
all purpose
all purpose
all purpose
Variety
Arctic Glo
Honeyblaze
Arctic Jay
Sunglo
Arctic Blaze
Fantasia
Flesh color
white
yellow
white
yellow
white
yellow
Stone type
semi-free
free-stone
free-stone
free-stone
free-stone
free-stone
Uses
sweet eating
sweet eating
sweet eating
all purpose
all purpose
all purpose
mostly free-stone
White Fleshed Peaches
Date
July 1st
July 11th
July 27th
August 11th
August 18th
August 25st
Sept. 15th
Sept. 31st
Nectarines
Date
July 17th
August 7th
August 14th
August 19th
August 24th
August 31st
Farmer Tad’s opinion: (whatever that’s worth)
Best canning in their season…Red Haven, Sun High, Autumn Glo, Elberta
Best eating yellow peaches…Red Haven, Cresthaven
Best eating white peaches…Klondike White, Saturn Donut, Snow King
Best eating nectarine…Fantasia (even better than ice cream)
Dry summer = smaller, intensely sweet peaches
Wet summer = large, “drip off your elbow” juicy peaches
Average rainfall = perfect balance of size, sweetness and juiciness
ALL DATES ARE ANTICIPATED
HARVEST DATES THAT CAN
CHANGE DUE TO MOTHER
NATURE’S INFLUENCE.
SHE RUNS THE SHOW; WE’RE
JUST ALONG FOR THE RIDE.
THE MASONIC VILLAGE FARM MARKET
ONE MAS0NIC DRIVE
ELIZABETHTOWN, PA 17022
(717) 361- 4520
www.mvfarmmarket.com
8 apples = 9” apple pie
½ bushel apples = 9 qts. or 18
pints of applesauce
We recommend a blend of apples
for sauce. We do not recommend
Red Delicious for sauce or
baking.
APPLE HARVEST DATES 2017
APPLE VARIETY
FLAVOR
USES
Lodi
APPROX.
AVAIL. DATES
July 15
Tart & soft
Zestar!
Aug. 20
Rose Gold
Ginger Gold
Aug. 22
Aug. 25
Summer Rambo
Aug. 15
Gala
McIntosh
August 27
Sept. 10
Mildly sweet, very crisp and
juicy
Sweet/Tart flavor
Sweet crisp & juicy, similar to
Golden Del.
Tart-similar to Stayman
Winesap
Very sweet, fruity
Mildly tart
Smooth Sauce, salads, &
cooking
Eating similar to Honeycrisp
Cortland
Honeycrisp
Jonamac
Smokehouse
Empire
Red Delicious
Golden Delicious
Sept. 7
Sept. 15
Sept. 15
Sept. 15
Sept. 15
Sept. 20
Sept. 20
Mildly tart, white flesh
Sweet-tart, crisp, rich flavor
Mildly tart
Tart, firm, like Granny Smith
Slightly tart
Sweet
Slightly sweet & flavorful
Crimson Crisp
Jonathan
Macoun
JonaGold
Cameo
StaymanWinesap
Winesap
Mutsu/Crispin
Fuji
Granny Smith
Nittany
York Imperial
Rome
Sept. 20
Sept. 20
Sept. 20
Sept. 25
Sept. 25
Oct. 10
Sweet/Tart flavor, crisp
Mildly tart, rich flavor
Mildly sweet, McIntosh family
Slightly sweet, flavorful
Very sweet, hard, juicy
Tart, crisp, juicy
Oct. 10
Oct. 10
Oct. 10
Oct. 25
Oct. 25
Oct. 25
Oct. 25
Tart, wine like taste
Sweet, citrus flavor
Very sweet
Tart, dry
Tart, very hard
Tart, very hard
Mildly tart
Ida Red
Oct. 25
Mildly sweet
Cooking, eating, & baking
Eating & salads
Eating & salads
Eating, cooking & baking
Eating & baking
Cooking & baking
Eating, cooking & baking,
pink sauce
Eating, salads, & cooking
Braeburn
Pink Lady
Oct. 25
Nov. 1
Slightly Sweet
Mildly sweet
Eating & baking
Eating & baking
Eating & salads
Eating, sauce, & salads
Sauce, salads, cooking, &
baking when green
Dessert & eating
Eating, salads, & cooking
Smooth texture sauce
Baking, sauce & eating
Eating & salads
Eating, smooth sauce
Sauce, baking, & cooking
Eating, sauce & cooking
Eating & salads
Eating, sauce, salads, &
cooking, all purpose
Eating, salads & sauce
Eating, salads, & cooking
Eating & sauce
Eating & cooking
Eating & salads
Cooking, eating, & baking