Apples on the Avenue

Our take

What the record actually confirms

Apples on the Avenue sits at 3035 Addison Boulevard in Nashua, Chickasaw County, in the Cedar Valley region of northeast Iowa, and the orchard markets itself as the only u-pick apple orchard in that region — a specific, checkable positioning claim, even though it comes from the orchard’s own description rather than independent verification. Phone is 641-257-9078.

The record’s strongest detail is a genuinely exact, dated opening announcement: the orchard’s own site stated it would be “OPEN LABOR DAY WEEKEND SEPTEMBER 5, 6, 7,” which matches the actual calendar dates for Labor Day weekend 2026 (Saturday September 5 through Monday September 7). Paired with a 2026 copyright notice on the site, this is treated as a confirmed, self-posted 2026 season-opening date — one of the more concrete date confirmations found anywhere in this Iowa research batch. Hours for that specific weekend are given as 10am-6pm. The orchard also advertises more than 40 apple varieties, though a full named list wasn’t visible on the homepage during this research pass.

The exact Labor Day date is worth trusting — the rest isn’t yet confirmed

It’s worth being precise about what this dated announcement does and doesn’t establish. It confirms, with real specificity, that the orchard planned to be open and picking on September 5, 6, and 7, 2026, with 10am-6pm hours during that window. What it doesn’t establish is anything about the weeks after — no season-end date, no regular weekly hours beyond that opening weekend, and no pricing were posted anywhere in the sources checked. A visitor planning a trip for late September or October should treat the Labor Day weekend confirmation as evidence the orchard was actively open at the start of the season, not as a guarantee of specific hours later on.

40+ varieties is a big claim without a matching list

Advertising more than 40 apple varieties is among the higher counts reported in this research batch, on par with or exceeding Center Grove Orchard’s 34-variety claim near Cambridge. But as with that record, no specific variety names were visible on the homepage during this pass, so there’s no way to confirm from this record alone what’s actually available, or whether the full 40+ are ready simultaneously or spread across a long season. Given the confirmed early-September opening, it’s reasonable to expect early varieties like Ginger Gold or Paula Red to be among the first available, but that’s an inference based on typical ripening patterns, not something the record itself states.

What’s still missing

No cider mill or cider-donut program is mentioned anywhere in the record. No full-season hours or closing date are posted. And while the 40+-variety count is a notable headline figure, the lack of named varieties means it can’t be used to plan a visit around a specific apple type.

Bottom line

Apples on the Avenue offers a rare, exact, dated 2026 opening confirmation — Labor Day weekend, September 5-7 — that’s more specific than most orchard records in this batch, plus a genuinely large advertised variety count as the self-described only u-pick option in the Cedar Valley. The gap is everything past that opening weekend: no full-season hours, no pricing, and no named variety list, so a call to 641-257-9078 closer to a planned visit is the right move for anything beyond early September.