We are excited about our first Cool Weather Weekend at Justus Orchard!

Please know our Pick Your Own is done for this season, 2021.

But available for WePick this weekend we will have Red Delicious, Red Romes, Granny Smith, Pink Lady, Aztec Fuji, Red Jonagold, Cameo, and Goldens. Please know that all of these varieties are based on first come, first serve. Hopefully we will not run out of any variety this weekend, but if we do, please understand.

Our kids activities will be the Playground, Jumping Pillow, Cow Train (all weather pending) and our Apple Cannons and Barn Tours. All activities are 8:30-5 on the Weekends.

Our Bakery will be open full speed ahead with great products and great service! Apple Cider Donuts, Our Famous Fried Apple Pies, Fritters, Caramel Apples, and much more available this weekend.

Our Vendors this weekend include our longtime food truck family, Good the Bone BBQ, The Humbled Hens Nest and The Rebound Effect!

Our special guest this Saturday is the Henderson County Sheriffs Department special Breast Cancer Car from 11:00-1:00. We would love for you to come out and support this wonderful cause!

We will be open through October 31st, please don’t miss out, come and see us soon!!

The Justus Family

October 9th Weekend!

There is a lot of information in this post due to so many activities this weekend so please keep reading!!

On Friday, Apple Shed and Bakery will be open as normal, Jumping Pillow and Playground will be Weather Pending. There will be no UPick on Friday (“but you can explore the orchard to find the hidden few!). Apples available for We Pick for Friday will be Golden’s, Red Romes, Granny Smith. Winesap, Jonagold, Ruby Macs, Fuji and Red Delicious! Also as a vendor we will have Humbled Hens Nest offering wonderful decorations and gift Ideas.

On Saturday we will open the last of our Pick Your Own Variety, Aztec Fuji!! **Our Aztec Fuji are now picked out** There are not many due to 2 freezes in the Spring and will probably be picked out by lunchtime on Saturday so come early if you want to Pick Your Own. But please know on Saturday we will have plenty of already picked apples, our Bakery, canned goods, Mtn Cabbage, Sweet potatoes, pumpkins and more!! Also Great vendors and lots of activities!

For We Pick on Saturday we will have Golden’s. Winesap, Red Romes, Jonagold, Granny Smith, Fuji, Pink Lady, Cameo, Ruby Macs and Red Delicious.

Our Vendors on Saturday will be Good to the Bone BBQ, Humbled Hens Nest, Crazy Good Kettle Corn and the Rebound Effect.!

On Sunday there will be no Pick Your Own but all We Pick and Vendors should be the same but also the wonderful Ellaberry Farm Alpacas will here too from 1:00-5:00.

Thank you and we hope to see you soon!

The Justus Family

October 2nd Weekend!!

It’s going to be a great Weekend!

For Pick Your Own Apples we have Evercrisp and a few more Ludacrisp we are just opening up. Please remember due to the frost in the spring there won’t be many and they will go fast and that there is a 1 peck limit per family. However in the apple house we have plenty and there is no limit. This weekend for WePick we have Ambrosia, Crimson Crisp, JonaPrince, Golden’s, Granny Smith and Romes. Many wonderful canned goods, Mtn Cabbage, sweet potatoes and Pumpkins.

Our Jumping Pillow, Cow Train, Apple Cannons and Barn Tours will be open as usual. And Good to the Bone BBQ will be here too!

We also have some very special guests this weekend from Ellaberry Llama Farm on Saturday and Sunday 1:00-5:00! You can visit with and pet these sweet and unique animals for a fee!

We are open 8:30-6:00 all weekend, activities close at 5:00 each day.

Hope to see you soon!!

The Justus Family

Sorry so late, it’s been a busy day, but here is what is available this Beautiful Fall Weekend!

As you probably already know, apples in WNC are in short supply, therefore our Pick Your Own is also in short supply. Thankfully due the graciousness of all of our fellow local Farmers our We Pick selection is huge! For We Pick we have Ambrosia, Crimson Crisp, Cameo, JonaPrince, Red Romes, Granny Smith and Golden Delicious!

For U Pick- we are opening our Rosalee (Honeycrisp/Fuji cross) and Red Cameo Saturday morning, please come early. There are not many, and there is a 1 peck U Pick limit. If you don’t fill your peck bag you are welcome to finish filling it up in our apple house with many additional varieties. You can also purchase bags for our scavenger hunt section to enjoy being in the Orchard and finding those special apples that are still out there. Please still respect our “Do Not Pick, Not Ready Yet” signs.

In the Apple House we have plenty of already picked FRESH apples, a huge variety of canned goods, Mtn Cabbage, Sweet Potatoes, Pumpkins and more!

In our Bakery we have our delicious Apple Cider Donuts, Homemade Fried Apple Pies, HUGE Apple Fritters, Apple Bread, Cider, Cider Slushies, and Caramel Apples.

Our local vendors this vendors this weekend are “Good to the Bone BBQ” and “Rebound Effect” featuring wreaths, hats, shirts and decorative items.

Our outdoor activities are The Jumping Pillow, Cow Train, Barn Tours and Apple Cannons, 8:39-5.

I’m sure we left off a lot but please don’t hesitate to ask questions if unclear. We value each of our customers and really hope to see you soon!

The Justus Family

Labor Day Weekend!!

We are ready!!

Pick Your Own Apples available (limit 1 peck per family) are Early Fuji and Jonagold.

We Pick apples are Honeycrisp, Crimson Crisp, Early Fuji, Gala and Golden’s.

If you haven’t visited our new Bakery yet you are going to love it! We will be open with Apple Cider Donuts, Fried Apple Pies, Apple cider Slushies, Caramel Apples and more!

Activities open this weekend are Playground, Jumping Pillow, Cow Train, Apple Cannons and Barn Tours.

Our vendors this weekend are Good to The Bone BBQ, Oz Pottery and Kettle Corn. Great people, great products!

We are also at the Apple Festival at 5th and Main. We hope to see you soon!!

The Justus Family

October 16th Weekend at Justus Orchard! Chilly weather and beautiful days are in the forecast this weekend! Lets enjoy it!!

Due to an abundance of welcomed customers this season our Pick your own apples finished earlier than normal. BUT we have one more variety that will be available this weekend, Arkansas Black, below there is a link that will give you some information about this very unique apple.

In addition to the Arkansas Black available for UPick, we have the following apples available for We Pick- Golden’s, Aztec Fuji, Cameo, Red Romes, Snap Stayman, Granny Smith, Red Jonagold. Mutsu, Ambrosia and Pink Lady.

Our Orchard Bakery offers the very best Fried Apple Pies, Apple Cider Donuts, Apple Fritters. Caramel apples, fresh apple cider and more!

Friday we will have the Jumping pillow open and Saturday and we will have the cow train, Apple cannons and Barn tours as well!

Our vendors this week are Good to the Bone BBQ, Crazy Good Kettle Corn and The Humbled Hen’s Nest with a lot of unique local gifts you would not find any where else.

We have only 3-4 more weeks of Apple season, don’t miss out, come see us soon!

The Justus Family

https://www.wideopeneats.com/arkansas-black-apple/