Welcome to Cobble Knoll Orchard
Pick your own apples at our beautiful orchard in Rutland County, Vermont!
Our Vermont Apple Orchard offers 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 22 – October 25, 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
Things are really on a roll and we are opening up some new varieties. Now picking Honeycrisp, orchard favorite Autumn Crisp, Gala, Blondee, Ginger Gold, McIntosh, Sweet Maia and Sansa. There are a few Jonamac and Zestar up there if you are willing to look around.
The Gloria, Madison and Glowingstar peaches have all been picked and we are patiently waiting the for Victoria peaches to ripen. The Hosui pears are still going strong.
This Friday night, September 11th, we are having our Hard Cider Tasting and Loose Monkeys concert. Free admission and open to all ages. Bring your whole family, some lawn chairs and a picnic from West Coast Tacos 2.0 or the Wheel Inn. 5 - 7 PM sunny or a sprinkle of rain. Probably not during a downpour....
Cobble Knoll Orchard Ice Cider, Wild Child, Over The Edge and Harrison cider will be available for tasting and bottles to go. Cedar Hannan of Wildbranch Cider will be bringing his hard cider made with our apples - including his new release "Cobble Knoll' a dry cider made with our apples! Bottles and keg pours available.
Ruby McIntosh and Pink Pearl should be ready soon. We'll keep you posted!
Testimonials
Such a great experience compared to the tourist trap orchards that have become so common. Staff was very friendly, prices were great and the apple selection is the best I have ever seen. Crimson topaz is our new favorite!
Don Lehman
Cider, donuts, and apples. Great service, worth the drive off the main road!
Nicholas Caldwell
Best cider doughnuts in the area! Loved going apple picking and enjoying these amazing farm views!!
Noah Elsberg