When Does the Season Start Near Hartford? 2026 Farm Dates
6 farms near Hartford publish their own 2026 season dates, across 1 of the things people drive out for. That is the answer to "when does the season start" for this place specifically, rather than the September and October every national guide prints for the whole country.
✓ 6 published dates · updated September 13, 2026 · how we verify
When does apple picking start near Hartford?
6 farms near Hartford publish their own apple picking dates for 2026. The earliest opens July 30 and the latest September 20, with the middle of them opening around August 25. 2 also publish a closing date, the latest of them October 26. Each farm's own date is the authority, and every one is linked below.
| Farm | Opens | Closes | What the farm published |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fishkill Farms Hopewell Junction, NY |
July 30 | Not published | "PYO flowers open now (zinnias, snapdragons, cosmos, celosia and more); blueberries/blackberries in Jul, peaches from Jul 30; apples and pumpkins in fall; PYO by reservation only." |
| Blue Hills Orchard Wallingford, CT |
August 22 | Not published | "The orchard's own site says pick your own 2026 begins August 22." |
| Ragged Hill Orchard West Brookfield, MA |
August 25 | Not published | "The orchard publishes its variety dates: Gravenstein and Paulared from August 25, Premier Honeycrisp and Ginger Gold from August 31, Sweet Maia and Zestar from September 1." |
| Harbes Family Farm Mattituck, NY |
August 29 | Not published | "Harbes Orchard and Harbes Farms Jamesport both open Aug 29, 2026, with a Robin Hood themed corn maze at the Orchard and a new maze design at Jamesport." |
| Minard's Family Farm Clintondale, NY |
September 5 | October 25 | "Open for apple picking through the first weekend in November, with appreciation weekends every weekend from September 5 to October 25, 2026 for first responders, police, firefighters..." |
| Hyland Orchard & Brewery Sturbridge, MA |
September 20 | October 26 | "We offer Pick Your Own apples and fall festivities every weekend." It publishes pick your own apples September 20 to October 26, 12pm to 6pm, with tractor rides and a barnyard." |
What we cannot answer here yet
Fewer than 5 farms near Hartford publish their own dates for pumpkins, corn mazes, Christmas trees, so there is no honest answer to give for those. We would rather say that than print a national average and call it local.
How these dates were collected
These figures come from prices and dates published by the farms themselves on their own websites, collected and re-checked by Bloom and Pick. Every farm in the count links to the page the figure came from and the date we last checked it. Farms that do not publish a price are not counted, and are named separately so you can see who is missing. Farms that publish prices online tend to be larger and more visitor focused than farms that do not, so these medians likely sit above what a typical small farm charges. We report medians and ranges, never averages, and we state how many farms are in every number. Nothing here is estimated, modeled, or filled in.