The orchard was started over 60 years ago by Jesse and Maxine Bailey.  The Orchard sets on a 100 acre plot of land.  Approximately half of the land is in forest and the rest in fields and orchard.  The farm has been in the family for over 200 years.

The barn we use to run our business in was built out of lumber cut from our forests over 100 years ago by Jesse Bailey.

 

The orchard is now run by second and third generations of the Bailey family.

 

Our family invites you and your family to come to our orchard and barn in the fall to enjoy the fall harvest and scenery.  We appreciate your business and we hope to see you in the fall. 

 

At the Orchard we grow over 50 varieties of apples, 7 varieties of pears, 3 varieties of plums, crabapples, pumpkins squash and gourds.  Our barn is open mid-August with early apples, plums, crabapples, honey and fudge. 

 

 

 

 

 

Pick your own apples starts Labor Day weekend and ends approximately late October.  The barn and orchard are open seven days a week – rain or shine.

 

 

 

 

 

 

We have our own cider mill here at the farm where we press our own cider without any additives or preservatives.

 Our cider is made from crisp ripe apples that are washed, brushed and graded before being squeezed into cider.

Produce and products available in our barn and raised at our farm:

 

Homemade Peanut Butter Fudge

Cider

Apples

Pears

Plums

Crabapples

Pumpkins

Squash

Gourds

Honey

 

  Apple Facts 

• Apples are a good source of potassium.  They provide fiber for your diet.  
• Apples are considered natures toothbrush.
• There are approximately 75 calories in a medium sized apple.
• Apples store well by several methods:  fresh in root cellar, or dried, or as canned applesauce or dessert slices, or you may want to freeze a few for late season cooked dishes.

  

One of our favorite recipes follows:

 

Baked Apple Squares

 

1 ¾ cups sugar

2 cups flour

1 tsp cinnamon

1 tsp vanilla

3 eggs

1 tsp baking powder

½ tsp salt

¾ cup cooking oil

2 cups thinly sliced apples

1 cup chopped nuts (optional)

 

Cooking Instructions:  Beat eggs, add sugar gradually, beat until mixture is light and fluffy.  Add sifted dry ingredients.  Add oil and vanilla.  Fold in nuts, fold in the apple slices.  Turn into 9” x 13” greased pan.  Bake at 350 for 40-45 minutes.

 

 

Directions to our Orchard

 

 

 

Our orchard is located approximately 2 ¼ miles south of Windsor Fairgrounds on North Hunts Meadow Road in Whitefield, 2 miles off Route 17 at South Windsor.

 

We are approximately 10 miles from Augusta and Gardiner, 20 miles from Wiscasset, 30 miles from Waterville, 35 miles from Rockland, 40 miles from Brunswick and Lewiston, and 45 miles from Belfast.