{image1}Granny Smith, Golden and Red Delicious, McIntosh or Cortland. Pick your apple-icious poison because it's the time of year for homemade pies, crisps, ciders, muffins, breads and sauces. And you don't need a tree of your own to make the magic happen in the kitchen.
There are at least 100 apple orchards in Wisconsin, and we've got a list of the ones closest to home. Although apples, whether it be picking them or just picking them up, steal the show at these farms, other autumn must-haves help make a perfect afternoon.
Here's our list. Please feel free to add your favorite Milwaukee-area apple orchard to the list with the talkback feature.
Apple Barn/Premium Green Farms
W6384 Sugar Creek Rd., Elkhorn
(262) 728-3266
Pick your own apples, pre-picked apples, caramel apples, bakery,
gifts, crafts, wagon rides, school tours, cider, syrups and jams.
Apple Holler
5006 S. Sylvania Ave., Sturtevant
(262) 884-7100
Pick your own apples, pre-picked apples, caramel apples, restaurant,
bakery, crafts, wagon rides, petting zoo, pony rides, school tours,
play and picnic area, cider, honey, syrups, jams and pumpkin
picking.
Appleland
6330 County Road B, Belgium
(262) 285-3222
Pick your own apples and pre-picked apples.
Awe's Apple Orchard
8081 S. Lovers Ln., Franklin
(414) 425-1426
Pick your own apples, pre-picked apples, caramel apples, bakery,
gifts, cider, honey, syrups and jams.
Baehmann Family Farm
9919 W. Mequon Rd., Mequon
(262) 242-6637
Pre-picked apples, caramel apples, honey, cider, syrup, jams,
antiques and collectables.
Barthel Fruit Farm
12246 N. Farmdale Rd., Mequon
(414) 242-2737
Pick your own apples, pre-picked apples, caramel apples, cider, honey
and pumpkins.
Brightonwoods Orchard
1072 288th Ave., Burlington
(262) 878-3000
Pre-picked apples, antique apples, caramel apples, trails, cider,
honey, jams and other specialty items.
The Elegant Farmer
1545 Main St., Mukwonago
(262) 363-6770
Pick your own apples, pre-picked apples, antique apples, caramel
apples, bakery, gifts, wagon rides, school tours, picnic area, cider,
honey, syrups, jams and a farm kitchen deli.
Gotthardt Orchard
W240 N5265 Maple Ave., Sussex
(262) 246-6977
Pre-picked apples, antique apples and cider.
Nieman Markets, Inc.
14335 N. Wauwatosa Rd., Mequon
(262) 375-0460
Pick your own apples, pre-picked apples, antique apples, caramel
apples, gifts, crafts, festival, petting zoo, school tours, play and
picnic areas, cider, syrups, honey, jams, pumpkin patch and Christmas
trees.
Patterson Orchards & Farm Market
4607 S. 124th St., New Berlin
(414) 425-0563
Pre-picked apples, caramel apples, bakery, cider, honey, syrups and jams.
Weston's Antique Apples
W19760 W. National Ave., New Berlin
(262) 629-2862
Pre-picked apples, antique apples, caramel apples, bakery, school
tours, cider and a picnic area.
