A hilltop Berkshire-foothills orchard best known regionally for peaches and a 'Peach Fest' event, so apple pickers specifically should call ahead — the record has no apple variety list or apple-specific pricing.
Apex Orchards sits at 225 Peckville Road in Shelburne, in Franklin County, on a hilltop in the Berkshire foothills of Western Massachusetts. The farm is open daily, 9am-5pm, with a phone number of (413) 625-2744. Both u-pick and pre-picked apples are listed as available, but beyond that basic confirmation, the record’s detail leans heavily toward peaches — the site’s most developed seasonal content centered on a “Peach Fest” event rather than apple-specific programming. A notable add-on activity is confirmed: pick-your-own sunflowers, which the record flags as an unusual offering for a New England fruit farm.
The research notes are direct about this imbalance: Apex is “well known regionally for peaches,” and the website’s peach content — including the named Peach Fest event — outweighs anything found about apples. That doesn’t mean apple picking isn’t available; both u_pick and pre_picked fields are marked true in the underlying data. But it does mean the record can’t offer the kind of specific apple detail — named varieties, a ripening calendar, per-bag pricing — that’s available for orchards where apples are clearly the headline crop. Anyone planning a trip specifically for apples should treat this gap as a reason to call ahead rather than assume equal apple-and-peach emphasis.
Among the orchards researched in this batch, pick-your-own sunflowers is a rare offering — most focus exclusively on tree fruit, with occasional pumpkins or corn mazes as the non-apple draw. If a visit is timed to catch sunflowers at their peak alongside apples or peaches, that’s a distinctive reason to choose Apex over a more conventional apple-only farm, though the record doesn’t specify a sunflower season window either.
The research notes point out that Apex directs visitors to its Facebook and Instagram accounts for day-to-day picking status rather than posting it on the main website. That’s a common pattern among smaller or less web-forward orchards in this research, and it means the most current information — what’s ripe today, whether apple PYO has opened yet — likely lives on social media rather than a static page.
The gaps here are apple-specific: no variety names, no PYO apple pricing, and no explicit 2026 season-start or season-end date for apples. The farm’s hilltop location and Peach Fest reputation are confirmed, but a visitor whose priority is apples rather than peaches or sunflowers has little in this record to plan around beyond the general 9am-5pm daily hours and the phone number.
Apex Orchards is a real hilltop destination in the Berkshire foothills with a strong regional reputation for peaches and an unusual pick-your-own sunflower offering, but this record doesn’t confirm enough about apples specifically — no varieties, no pricing, no season dates — to plan an apple-focused trip with confidence. Calling (413) 625-2744 or checking the farm’s Facebook and Instagram is the more reliable path if apples are the priority.
Not stated for apples specifically in the record. The farm's most detailed seasonal content covered peach season, so confirm apple-specific timing directly before visiting.
you're set on apple picking specifically and want confirmed apple varieties or pricing in advance — neither is in the record.
Not stated in the record. The page fetched emphasized peaches rather than listing apple varieties.
Yes — the record confirms pick-your-own sunflowers, an unusual offering for a New England apple orchard.
9am-5pm daily, per the record.
The farm directs visitors to its Facebook and Instagram accounts for day-to-day picking status, per the record.
Not stated in the record. No PYO apple pricing was found on the page fetched, which focused on peaches and the farm's 'Peach Fest' event.
2026 dates had not been published when we last checked. In past seasons it has run: Daily. Check with the orchard before driving out.
Pricing was not published when we last checked.
Yes — it's a pick-your-own orchard, with pre-picked apples at the farm stand too.
225 Peckville Road, Shelburne, MA 01370, in Franklin County. It is one of 1 orchards we track in Western Massachusetts.
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Checked September 2026.