When Does the Season Start Near New York City? 2026 Farm Dates
5 farms near New York City 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.
✓ 5 published dates · updated September 13, 2026 · how we verify
When does apple picking start near New York City?
5 farms near New York City publish their own apple picking dates for 2026. The earliest opens June 25 and the latest September 5. With only 5 dates we give you the range and leave it at that rather than pretend to a middle. 2 also publish a closing date, the latest of them October 25.
| Farm | Opens | Closes | What the farm published |
|---|---|---|---|
| Solebury Orchards New Hope, PA |
June 25 | August 22 | "Blueberry picking June 25 to August 22; cutting garden flowers July 8 to October 17 with dahlias and zinnias in full bloom in late August; apple picking September 10 through November 1 with..." |
| 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." |
| Riamede Farm Chester, NJ |
August 15 | Not published | "U-pick sunflowers and snapdragons now (Jul 2026); Bloom Fest activities begin Aug 15; Apple Days from Sep 5; Apple & Pumpkin Days from Sep 19; 51 apple varieties The farm store is open and..." |
| Apple Dave's Orchards Warwick, NY |
August 29 | Not published | "Apple season starts August 29, 2026, and the farm says a deep freeze in April 2026 cost farmers from Virginia to Albany most or all of their apples." |
| 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..." |
What we cannot answer here yet
Fewer than 5 farms near New York City publish their own dates for pumpkins, corn mazes, sunflowers, 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.