When Does the Season Start in New York? 2026 Farm Dates
5 farms in New York 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 in New York?
5 farms in New York publish their own apple picking dates for 2026. The earliest opens July 30 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. 1 also publish a closing date, the latest of them October 25.
| 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." |
| Wickham Farms Penfield, NY |
August 13 | Not published | "Sunflower Spectacular starts Aug 13, 2026 (30 sunflower varieties, u-cut); hayrides through lavender fields per I Love NY; apple orchard with 13 varieties; open Thu-Sun 10am-7pm." |
| 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." |
| 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..." |
What we cannot answer here yet
Fewer than 5 farms in New York 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.