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Pick Your Own Fruit in and Around Fairfield County: Season by Season

Connecticut Pick-Your-Own Strawberries, Cherries, Raspberries, Blueberries, Blackberries, Elderberries, Peaches, Plums, Apples, and Pumpkins

apple picking at Blue Jay Orchard in Bethel CT

Availability is listed according to the Connecticut Department of Agriculture. Check with each farm for the best picking times.


Vegetables and flowers: all summer


Strawberries: June through early July

  • March Farm has everbearing strawberries, so the season starts later (late June) and lasts through the summer.

  • The Jones Family Farm When you go for strawberries, you may find there are some cherries available as well, but the selection is limited.

Raspberries: mid-June through July


Blueberries: July and August


Blackberries: July and August


Elderberries

: July through September

Peaches: July through September


Plums: mid-July through September


Gold and orange raspberries: August through October


Apples: August through mid-October


Pumpkins: October


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