Welcome to Cobble Knoll Orchard
A small family-owned orchard specializing in quality fruit in Benson, Vermont
At Cobble Knoll Orchard we offer over 80 different types of apples including your favorites for fresh eating such as Mac, Honeycrisp, Autumn Crisp and Cortland. We also have difficult to find cooking apples such as Calville Blanc D’Hiver, Rhode Island Greenings, and Zestars. For the home cider-maker we have cider varieties such as Dabinette, Ellis Bitter and Franklin Cider Apples. You can pick your own apples, pears (and more!) or there is always a variety of apples available at the farm stand.
Fresh from our family orchard to your family table!
Traditional Family Orchard
Open August 24 – October 27, Open Daily from 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Fresh Pressed Cider
Using a mix of Cobble Knoll apples in each batch, depending what’s in season, our cider is as fresh as it comes! <
Donuts & Baked Goods
Bring home our delicious homemade donuts, cookies, pies and other tasty baked treats. Available daily or by pre-order.
Sunflowers & Fresh Cut Flowers
We’ve also just planted sunflowers and hope to have a magnificent, thriving sunflower field and other fresh cut flowers for you to enjoy.
Growing Practices
It is important to us that we maintain stewardship of this land and treat it with the utmost care.
Orchard Update
Final Weekend and Pick-Your-Own Bushel Sale!
We are heading into our final weekend and Mother Nature has been generous this year and we have an incredible amount of apples!
This Sunday, October 27th, we will be having our bushel special. This is for Pick-Your-Own only. PYO bushel in your own containers for only $8! If you use boxes, grocery bags, etc we will just estimate the amount after you pick. If you would like to use our half bushel bags, the cost will be $10 per PYO bushel.
Don’t think you will ever use a whole bushel of apples? You can always give them to your friends, family, neighbors, those who are mobility impaired or in need.
We will be donating extra apples to Slate Valley Cares in Fair Haven. You are welcome to leave your donation with us and we will deliver it to them on Monday. Slate Valley Cares is a Right to Food Center and embodies the principles of dignity, non-bias, and inclusivity in providing food assistance and support to those in need, in alignment with the belief that every human has the inherent right to access nourishment.
We are still picking:
Hudson Golden Gem, Enterprise, Mutsu, Baldwin, Florina Querina, Suncrisp, Galarina, Little Jewel, Northern Spy, Jonagold, Rhode Island Greening, Candy Crisp, Golden Delicious, Spitzenburg, Empire, Crimson Crisp, Sansa, Autumn Crisp, Honeycrisp, Cortland, Pixie Crunch, Frostbite, GingerGold, Gala, Fuji, Ruby Mac, Sweet 16, Snowsweet, and Blondee.
Thank you for visiting our orchard this season!
Amy and Rick
Testimonials
This is seriously the nicest pick your own orchard I’ve been to. So many varieties – many I haven’t seen before. The crimson macs are off the chain – sweet, tart, crisp and an amazing color! And the owners were really nice and explained the different varieties – all of which were clearly labeled. Definitely going back next year.
Tracy Velazquez