A century-old Adams County nursery-and-orchard combo with pick-your-own and on-site cider, but call ahead for this year's picking dates and prices — the site doesn't post them.
Boyer Nurseries & Orchards sits in the Adams County fruit belt near Biglerville, one of the oldest operations in an area that’s been growing apples commercially for well over a century — the record notes the farm itself dates to 1900. It’s not a single-purpose u-pick stop: Boyer runs a full wholesale-and-retail nursery and garden center alongside the orchard, so the pick-your-own apples share the property with a working plant nursery. If you’re coming from a distance specifically for apple picking, that combination is worth knowing going in — this isn’t a stripped-down orchard operation, it’s a nursery business that also grows fruit.
The hours are solid: Monday through Saturday, 7am to 5pm, and Sunday noon to 5pm, daily, straight from the orchard’s own website as of late August 2026. Both pick-your-own and pre-picked apples are offered, and there’s a cider mill on-site pressing fresh cider each fall from a house blend rather than a single variety.
What isn’t confirmed is timing and price. The website references a “September 1” start to pick-your-own picking, but that date carries no year, so there’s no way to know from the record whether that’s a fixed annual date or leftover copy from a previous season. No price per bag, per pound, or per basket is posted anywhere in the source material, and no specific apple varieties are listed as currently available. If you’re planning a trip around a particular variety — say, something early-ripening like Ginger Gold or Paula Red versus a later Fuji or GoldRush — you’ll need to call ahead, because the record simply doesn’t say what’s growing there.
The cider mill is one of the more concrete details in the record. Fresh cider pressed on-site each fall is a real draw at orchards like this, and it’s worth building a visit around if that’s what you’re after — but the record doesn’t specify whether cider is sold by the jug, whether cider donuts are made on the property (that field is explicitly unconfirmed, not marked false), or when pressing starts relative to apple season. Treat the cider mill as a genuine amenity, not a guaranteed same-day activity.
Worth flagging clearly: Boyer’s dual identity as nursery and orchard means the property layout, parking, and overall feel may differ from a dedicated PYO farm. A garden-center customer base year-round can mean a more established, professional operation with reliable staffing — but it can also mean the orchard rows aren’t the main event on a typical visit. Nothing in the record describes crowd levels, parking arrangements, or whether the pick-your-own fields are within walking distance of the retail nursery building, so plan for some uncertainty on arrival.
The source material flags one useful caution: a completely different “Boyer Orchards” exists in Bedford County, Pennsylvania, unrelated to this Biglerville business. If you’re cross-referencing reviews or driving directions online, double-check you’re looking at the right Boyer — the names are easy to confuse and they’re not the same farm.
This is a legitimate, long-running fruit-belt operation with both picking options and on-site cider, but the specific numbers that make a trip easy to plan — opening date, closing date, price per pound or per bag, and which varieties are ready — aren’t published anywhere the research turned up. Call 717-677-8558 before you go, especially if you’re traveling any distance or have a specific variety in mind. Given the uncertainty around the “September 1” reference, early September is a reasonable target date to ask about, but don’t treat it as fixed until the farm confirms it for this season.
The orchard's own site references a September 1 pick-your-own start with no year attached, so treat early-to-mid September as a reasonable target and confirm by phone before driving out.
You need confirmed hours or a set price before you leave the house — neither is posted.
Both, per the record: it lists both u_pick and pre_picked as true, and it's a combined wholesale/retail nursery and garden center alongside the orchard.
Yes — the record marks a cider mill on-site, pressed each fall from a house blend of apples, though no specific cider-donut offering is noted.
Monday through Saturday 7am-5pm, Sunday noon-5pm, daily, per the orchard's own site as fetched August 29, 2026.
Not confirmed for 2026. The site mentions a September 1 pick-your-own start but without a year attached, so the record leaves season_start and season_end blank.
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.
405 Boyer Nursery Road, Biglerville, PA 17307, in Adams County. It is one of 4 orchards we track in Adams County Fruit Belt.
We track 4 orchards in Adams County Fruit Belt, 2 of which let you pick your own apples. The orchard has not published a starting price, so it cannot be compared on cost — call before you budget.
What sets it apart locally: it has pick-your-own apples, which most Adams County Fruit Belt orchards on our list do not.
One caveat worth repeating: this orchard had not published its 2026 dates when we last checked, while 0 of the 4 orchards we track in Adams County Fruit Belt had. Treat any date you see elsewhere as last year's until the orchard confirms it.
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boyernurseries.com · boyerorchards.com
Checked September 2026.