Bauman Orchards

Our take

What’s actually confirmed here

Bauman Orchards operates out of 161 Rittman Ave in Rittman, Wayne County, with both u-pick and pre-picked apples listed as available. The record confirms two solid, checkable specifics straight from the orchard’s own site: an on-site cider press, and a variety count of roughly 25 apples. That’s a meaningfully wide selection for a single farm, which suggests a working production orchard rather than a small backyard-scale operation. What’s missing is anything about the actual 2026 picking calendar — no season start or end date, no days-open pattern, no hours, and no pricing were posted on the site as of this research (read August 29, 2026).

Three locations, one main hub

One detail worth flagging before you plan a trip: according to the record’s research notes, Bauman Orchards isn’t a single property. It runs three separate locations spread across Rittman and Jeromesville, with the Rittman Ave address functioning as the main farm market. If you’re picking a destination off a map or a quick search, it’s worth confirming with the farm directly which location has u-pick apples open, rather than assuming the market address is also the orchard rows. This is exactly the kind of detail that trips up first-time visitors to multi-site operations — you drive to the market, and the actual picking happens somewhere else nearby.

The cider press and the variety count

The record confirms an on-site cider press directly from Bauman’s own website, which is a genuine amenity worth building a visit around if fresh cider matters to you. The roughly-25-variety figure also comes from the orchard’s own marketing, and while the record doesn’t break down which specific apples are on that list, a count that size typically spans the full ripening calendar — from early-season apples in late August through mid-season and later varieties into October. Without a published variety-by-date list, though, there’s no way to say from this record alone which apples will actually be ready on a given weekend.

The seasonal gap: hours, dates, and pricing

This is the honest limitation in the record. Bauman’s own site hadn’t posted 2026 u-pick hours, a season start or end date, or any pricing information as of late August 2026. A secondary source — a northeastohioparent.com seasonal roundup — described the u-pick schedule as running Monday, Friday, and Saturday through September and October. That’s a useful data point, but it comes from a third party rather than the orchard’s own current-season announcement, so it shouldn’t be treated as confirmed. If that day pattern turns out to be accurate, it does mean this isn’t a farm open every day of the week for picking — worth knowing if you’re trying to plan a Tuesday visit.

A signal of a real production farm

One detail in the research notes stands out as a small but useful signal: Bauman holds an annual tree-pruning seminar each March. That’s not a customer-facing attraction, but it does indicate this is a working orchard actively managing its trees year-round, not just a seasonal retail stand that buys in apples to resell. For visitors who care about that distinction — genuinely growing what they sell versus a farm-market-style operation — it’s a small point in Bauman’s favor, even though the record can’t speak to growing practices, spray programs, or certifications beyond that.

The bottom line

Bauman Orchards has the fundamentals of a legitimate apple destination — real variety count, an on-site cider press, and evidence of active orchard management — but the specific logistics you’d need to plan a visit (when it’s open, what a bag costs, which of its three locations has picking) aren’t nailed down in this record. Call ahead using the number on file, 330-925-6861, and confirm both the location and the current u-pick status before making the drive, especially if a third-party day-of-week schedule is the only thing steering your plans.