Ed and Carol Kesler bought the farm in the 1980s, on land beside the old Morris Canal that has been farmed for more than 200 years, and their son James now runs it day to day. The hillside orchards grow nine kinds of fruit, including 73 apple varieties, peaches, plums, pears, apricots and cherries, plus berries and vegetables, using low-spray integrated pest management. The orchard presses its own cider and supplies the apples for the family's Just Made Bakery in Hackettstown, and sells at farmers markets from Montclair to Manhattan.
What’s here
- Made here
- Fresh-pressed apple cider · Apple and fruit pies, baked at their Just Made Bakery from orchard fruit
- Grown or raised here
- Apples, 73 varieties · Peaches, plums, pears, apricots and cherries · Berries · Pumpkins · Seasonal vegetables
This season
AppleFest is Sunday, Oct 11, 11 AM–4 PM (rain date Oct 12), with free admission, apple picking and bakery goods. Through winter, the orchard's fruit and cider keep reaching the year-round Montclair and Upper West Side markets and the Saturday market at Just Made Bakery.
Coming up here
Harvest festivals
AppleFest at TreeLicious Orchards
food trucks · bakery goods · hand-pressed apple cider and apple pies (per Explore Warren)
Free admission
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