Boothby's Orchard

Our take

What the record actually confirms

Boothby’s Orchard is located at 366 Boothby Rd (Route 108) in Livermore, Androscoggin County, with a phone number of 207-754-3500. This is one of the more precisely dated records in this research: the farm’s own site states the 2026 season opens September 10 and closes on Columbus Day, October 12 — both used verbatim here rather than estimated. Days open are Thursday through Sunday, 10:00am to 5:00pm. Twelve apple varieties are confirmed, spanning Paula Red and McIntosh at the earlier end to Mutsu (Crispin), Baldwin, and Snow Sweet later in the season. The farm also runs a small on-site winery with wine tastings, plus wagon rides on Sundays, walking trails, and farm animals.

Exact dates set this record apart

Among the Maine orchards researched here, very few publish a specific calendar open and close date the way Boothby’s does. Ricker Hill Orchards in nearby Turner, for comparison, confirms it prices by the pound but gives no fixed 2026 dates at all; Hope Orchards in Hope explicitly defers to Facebook updates rather than posting dates on its own site. Boothby’s stating both a September 10 opening and an October 12 (Columbus Day) closing gives a visitor real confidence about the window available to plan around — a five-week season rather than an open-ended “fall” guess.

A winery alongside the orchard

The $8 wine tasting is a distinctive pairing not found at most other Maine u-pick stops in this research. It’s a smaller-scale addition than, say, the disc golf and hard cider shop at Ricker Hill, but it does mean a visit to Boothby’s can reasonably include more than picking — a tasting stop built into the same trip. Whether the winery operates on the same Thursday-Sunday schedule as the orchard itself isn’t separately confirmed, so it’s worth assuming the same hours apply unless told otherwise.

Twelve varieties spanning most of the season

The confirmed list — Paula Red, McIntosh, Cortland, Honeycrisp, Gala, Jonagold, Macoun, Northern Spy, Mutsu (Crispin), Baldwin, Golden Delicious, Snow Sweet — covers early, mid, and late apples reasonably well. Paula Red typically ripens earliest among this group, while Northern Spy, Baldwin, and Mutsu tend to be later options, so a visitor arriving near the September 10 opening should expect the earlier varieties to be most available, with the fuller lineup filling in as the five-week window progresses toward the October 12 close.

Wagon rides are Sunday-only

One detail worth flagging directly: wagon rides are specifically tagged as a Sunday activity, not available every day the orchard is open. A family visiting on a Thursday, Friday, or Saturday can still expect walking trails and the wine tastings, but not the wagon ride — a small but real planning consideration for anyone whose visit is built around that particular activity.

What’s still missing

No u-pick apple price is published anywhere in the record — despite the unusual precision around dates and varieties, cost per pound or per bag isn’t confirmed. Anyone budgeting for a visit will need to call 207-754-3500 or check on arrival.

Bottom line

Boothby’s Orchard offers rare specificity among the Maine listings researched here — confirmed exact 2026 open and close dates, a broad 12-variety list, and a small on-site winery. The Thursday-Sunday schedule and Sunday-only wagon rides are worth building a visit around deliberately, and while pricing isn’t confirmed, the clarity around dates alone makes this one of the easier Maine orchards in this research to plan a trip against.