Located in Red Hook, NY, Rose Hill Farm is a historic family-owned pick-your-own fruit orchard established in 1798. We grow cherries, blueberries, plums, apricots, peaches and apples on ~114 acres of picturesque farmland. We embrace holistic growing practices that prioritize plant and soil health.
Whether it’s your first time visiting Rose Hill or your hundredth, we look forward to sharing our beautiful and peaceful slice of the Hudson Valley with you!
Hours
Weekend of 8/21
taproom
3-8 Thursday
Friday
Closed for a private event
12-7 Saturday
12-9 Sunday
Open late for Daytime Disco
Farmstand / PYO
3-7 Thursday
3-5:30 Friday
Closing early for a private event
9-5 Saturday
9-5 Sunday
*Please refer to Events Calendar or Google listings (Farm / Cidery) for private event closures or special holiday openings which may occasionally affect these hours.
What’s Pickin’?
Weekend of 8/21
Blueberries
One variety (Elliott) is still available for pick-your-own. There are some Darrow left but the best picking, by far, is in the Elliott. There are LOADS of blueberries to be harvested on the last seven rows. The time to stock up for winter is upon us.
Plums
Limited quantities of three varieties of plums will be available pre-picked in the farm stand beginning Thursday at 3 pm:
● Toka: This special plum was released in 1911 and is a product of N.E. Hansen's breeding work in South Dakota. They are relatively small in size, a beauriful dark red/purple, color, clingstone, meaty yellow sweet flesh, and highly fragrant. This plum is also known as "Bubblegum" plum. Why? Taste it and find out. It has a unique fruity bubblegum flavor. A really nice summer's day treat!
● Rosy Gage: One of the richest and sweetest plums around. It is a real mind blow! This plum came through some unique breeding work done by three plum gurus up in Geneva, NY in the 1980s using an open pollinated seedling of Imperial Epineuse (another fantastic gage-type plum). Oblong in shape, rich and sweet if left on the tree to ripen. We will harvest later this week and early next week.
● Superior: Released in 1933 by the University of Minnesota. A beautiful clingstone fruit which has reddish skin and a beautiful golden yellow flesh. Sweet flavor. Great for fresh eating, desserts, jellies, jams, and juices. We will harvest later this week and early next week. Available this weekend.
Peaches
This may be the final week for peaches at RHF this season! Beginning today at 3 pm, mixed globe peaches will be available at the farm stand!
● Mixed globe peaches: We haven't been separating this year's globe peaches because the available varieties are all very similar in appearance and taste. Beautiful orange/red skin, with yellow flesh that drips serious amounts of juice when bitten into.
Apples
Our pick-your-own apple season begins soon! In the meantime, three varieties of apples will be available pre-picked at the farm stand:
● Chestnut Crab: (Melba x open-pollinated) This gem of a fruit was released by the University of Minnesota in 1946. Larger than your typical crab apple, averaging 1.5"-2" in diameter. Mostly sweet, well-balanced acidity, and a unique nutty flavor. Great for fresh eating (the kids go wild for these treats), sauce, and pickles.
● Paula Red: The apple that stole farmer Kevin’s heart and brought him into the game. Some call it a mediocre apple, and they may be right—but for mid-August, this apple really shines. Discovered in 1960 in Sparta, Michigan, and introduced in 1967. White flesh, firm, crisp, juicy, and nice subacid flavor.
● Kerry Irish Pippin: First recorded in County Kilkinney in Ireland in the early 19th century, we are lucky, blessed, and fortunate to have this INCREDIBLY DELICIOUS apple fruiting here for the first time at RHF this season. They are truly a mind-blow. Sweet, tart, fruity—the whole package all in a small roughly 2.5" apple. *Very limited quantities*
Flowers
We planted a small field of zinnias again this year and they are really popping up and blooming now! They are located in the Center Hill and Pines Blocks. If going up the main orchard road, take a right as soon as you cross over the culvert pipe before you get to the first row of apple trees. Continue walking towards the right and look left. If going from the blueberries, walk up the secondary orchard road and they will be on your left and right after you've passed a few rows of apples trees.
Our sunflower field is now open for picking as well! They are located up the main orchard road, directly on the left after passing the Farm Stand Block.
On the Radar
More plums, peaches, and apples are on the horizon! Pick-your-own Gingergold looks to be on for next week.
Join us in the taproom Thursday through Sunday through the harvest season for locally-crafted drinks and food pop-ups. Keep an eye on our events calendar for upcoming live music, featured ferments (tastings by other NYS makers), classes, festivals, ticketed dinners, and more. See you soon!
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See Rajiv Surendra’s recent visit to the farm for HGTV Handmade!
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Address: 14 Rose Hill Farm, Red Hook, NY 12571
Conveniently accessible from I-87 and the TSP yet peacefully tucked away off the beaten track.
Directions from NYC: Take Taconic State Parkway N to exit 67 (toward Pine Plains/Red Hook). Turn left at NY-199 W. Enter Village of Red Hook, NY-199 becomes Market St. Turn right onto Route 9. Turn right at Fraleigh Lane. Make left into Rose Hill Farm.