Hayrides generally do NOT run for Pick-Your-Own Apples in September and October or when crops available to pick are nearby.

Hayrides are available (when wagons are running for Pick-Your-Own Fruit).

To enjoy a hayride with Pick Your Own:  purchase a $5.00 wooden nickel Token from the Pick-Your-Own check-in shed throughout the summer months.  (May thru September). 

• The Tokens are valid and may be used at any time for Pick Your Own, no cash value, no refunds. 
• The minimum $5.00 charge applies to every person ages 1 year old and older (no charge for infants 0-11 months).

Other HAYRIDE information.

Linvilla Orchards wooden nickel token program runs throughout the entire pick your own season (May thru Mid November).   

• Every person coming to pick their own fruit, vegetables and flowers must purchase a $5 wooden nickel token every time you visit.
• Tokens may be used to pay for any produce picked at any time. Valid at Pick Your Own Only.
  • Fruits & Vegetables will be weighed by the pound at the end of your picking experience.  Your pre-purchased $5 token will be applied to your final balance.   
• Tokens are valid at any time, no cash value, no refunds. 
• Token purchase includes a hayride to the picking fields.
• The minimum charge applies to every person ages 1 year old and older (no charge for infants 0-11 months).
• No eating is allowed in fields. 

• Dress comfortably and seasonally appropriate. Sneakers are recommended.
• Be sure to pack a hat and wear sunscreen if you're picking on a hot summer day.
• Drink plenty of water.
• Before you start picking with your children, explain to them how to identify ripe fruit. If you need any help we have knowledgeable staff on hand! You can ask at the PYO Shed or any of the hayride drivers.
• Only pick ripe fruit that you want to take home with you. 
• Once fruit is picked it cannot continue to grow, ripen or be selected by anyone else.
• After a rainy night our fields may be wet, but we do plant grass or put straw down between all our rows of fruit. We work hard to keep these grass areas mowed to make your picking experience enjoyable.
• Customers are required to use our picking boxes.

 Apples 

Linvilla has 25 varieties of apples on 20 acres of orchards. There is nothing like picking and eating a fresh apple right off the tree.

  Apricots

Not always available in great numbers due to their sensitivity to frost. When they are available they are a unique treat infrequently offered at other farms or markets.

 Cherries

Like apricots, they have a very short season and are sensitive to our Northeast weather conditions! Picking often lasts only one to three days each season.

 Nectarines

White and yellow nectarines offer the same juiciness and great flavor as our peaches without the fuzz.

 Peaches

We grow 45 varieties of peaches. The varieties are both yellow and white, freestone and cling. The new early peaches are adding excitement to our early picking season; don't miss our Desiree or Rich May peaches! All of the varieties we grow are sweeter and juicier than anything you'll find in the supermarket.

 Donut Peaches

Sometimes called "Saturn Peaches" these are smaller and flatter than regular peaches. They are extremely sweet and their small size makes them great for kids!

 Pears

Asian, Bartlett, Bosc, Seckel and Vermont Beauties are the five pear varieties offered at Linvilla. Commercial production is limited here in the Northeast so if you like to support local agriculture, get your pears at Linvilla!

 Plums

Our plums are sweeter and smaller than California varieties sold in the supermarket.

 Blackberries

Our thornless blackberries are very large and are one of our easiest berries to pick. They make great jam!

 Blueberries

We grow seven varieties of blueberries. Recent studies champion the health benefits of nutritious blueberries! Many visitors enjoy picking raspberries and blueberries as their seasons coincide for 2 weeks. Have you ever made a raspberry or blueberry pie?

 Raspberries 

Our 6 varieties of raspberries ripen during both an early summer and fall season. Early summer season is late June through mid- July. Raspberries are a little more work to pick than other berries but they're worth the effort!

 Strawberries

Our Pick-Your-Own season begins with strawberries in late May. Strawberries are the first PYO crop Linvilla ever offered and they're Farmer Norm's favorite crop! Strawberry picking is one of our best photo opps.  Our Summer and Fall Variety is Seascape and can be picked from late-June through mid-October. Linvilla is on the cutting edge of ever bearing strawberry production which is new and evolving.

 Eggplant

We raise a wide variety of eggplants in an interesting range of shapes and colors. Experiment with a new and different variety on your dinner table!

 Sweet Peppers

We grow traditional green bell peppers along with yellow and orange bells. Linvilla highly recommends the new Canario pepper, an excellent yellow Marconi, a must try!

 Hot Peppers

Linvilla grows a wide variety of hot peppers in varying colors and intensities: Jalapeno, Habanero, Serrano, Cherry Bomb, Cayenne and more!

 Sweet Corn

Linvilla Orchards prides ourselves on picking and selling fresh sweet corn every day in season.

 Tomatoes

Tomatoes are such an exciting vegetable that it's actually a fruit! Hand pick a truly vine-ripe tomato today and experience how tasty a tomato can be. We offer beefsteak, plum, cherry, grape and heirloom varieties.

 Rhubarb

Fresh rhubarb is crisp and tart. Cook some down in a sauce pan with sugar to discover a dish from the past.

 Grapes

Linvilla grows three varieties of seeded cooking and eating grapes: Early Concord (Fredonia), Concord and Niagara. Make some jam or squeeze them for juice!

Excellent Picking Conditions 

• The fruit is abundant and easily found
• It does not require much time to pick and fill a picking container
• One does not have to go far or cover much distance or area in the field to fill a picking container
• There is more excellent quality fruit
• It is the height of the season or one of the peaks of the season

Good Picking Conditions  

• The fruit is abundant but not as plentiful or as easily found as when conditions are excellent
• It takes a little longer to pick the same amount of fruit as compared to excellent conditions
• You may have to cover more area to fill your container as compared to excellent conditions
• The quality of the fruit is still very good
• The season may be on the way up or down or we may be in between the peak of a variety of a crop

Fair Picking Conditions 

• There is not a lot of fruit and the crop might be considered “light”
• It takes longer to pick and fill your container
• You will have to work harder and cover bigger area to fill your container
• The quality can be excellent and there will be pockets of great fruit but it will take more effort
• The picking can be “fair” when the season is just beginning or when it is ending
• Often the fruit can be sweeter and the best tasting of the season, but not as pretty, this is especially true towards the end of a crop’s season