Cadwallader Mountain Farms

Our take

The short version

Cadwallader Mountain Farms has farmed the High Rolls/Mountain Park area of New Mexico’s Sacramento Mountains since 1943 — the same high-elevation fruit belt as Nichols Ranch, a few miles away, making this a genuine second orchard for that region rather than a duplicate listing. Apples and cherries are both offered pick-your-own here, with peaches also confirmed as u-pick.

Two sources, two different answers on open days

This is the most important thing to flag before planning a visit. One source, pickyourown.farm, describes the farm as open daily. Another, kisselpaso.com, describes it as open Saturdays and Sundays only, through late September. These aren’t compatible descriptions, and rather than arbitrarily choosing one, the record leaves days_open blank. If you’re planning a specific visit, call ahead to confirm which schedule is currently accurate — don’t assume either description without checking.

A combined, imperfectly overlapping variety list

Apple varieties in the record — Red Delicious, Golden Supreme, Fuji, Gala, and Honeycrisp — come from combining two source lists that don’t fully match each other. Rather than treating that as a problem to resolve by guessing, the record notes it plainly: the mismatch suggests real variety availability shifts through the season, so what’s actually ready to pick on a given visit may be a subset of this list rather than all five at once.

A specific, useful price point — once verified

One directory quotes a u-pick apple price of $1.50 per pound, cash or check only. That’s a genuinely useful, checkable figure if accurate, and worth confirming directly with the farm before assuming it’s still current.

A real second stop in the same fruit belt

Because Cadwallader sits just a few miles from Nichols Ranch in the same Sacramento Mountains growing region, this pairs naturally with a Nichols Ranch visit if you’re already making the trip up into the mountains — two distinct family orchards worth comparing rather than one being a substitute for the other.

The address discrepancy

Sources also disagree slightly on the address zip code — one gives “Mountain Park, NM 88310,” the other “High Rolls-Mountain Park, NM 88325.” The record uses 88325 since it matches the town’s actual current name, and other Sacramento-Mountains-area listings use it too, but this is a judgment call rather than a fully resolved fact.

Getting there

The address is 13 Mountain Park Road, High Rolls-Mountain Park, NM 88325. Phone: 575-682-2351.

Bottom line

Cadwallader Mountain Farms is a legitimate, long-running second orchard in New Mexico’s Sacramento Mountains fruit belt, but this record carries more source disagreement than most — on open days and even the exact zip code. Confirm hours and current pricing by phone before making the drive up into the mountains.