A longstanding family orchard in the Rio Grande Valley with a real staged harvest across five named varieties, but it's a phone-first operation with no confirmed website — call 505-864-1621 before you plan around a specific date.
Costanza Apple Orchard is located at 5 Padilla Rd in Belen, in New Mexico’s central Rio Grande Valley, Valencia County. The record describes a family orchard that’s been operating since the 1960s, with roughly 1,000 trees spread across more than ten apple varieties, alongside honey production on the same property. Five varieties are specifically named: Ginger Gold, Red Delicious, Golden Delicious, Winesap, and Arkansas Black.
Posted hours are relatively generous and vary slightly by day: Monday through Friday 9am to 5pm, Saturday 9am to 4pm, and Sunday 10am to 5pm. Both u-pick and pre-picked options are confirmed. The orchard’s phone number is 505-864-1621, and no working website was located during research — this is described in the record as a phone-first operation, which the research notes call typical of the smaller central New Mexico orchards on this list.
One of the more useful specifics in this record is that the harvest isn’t a single flat window — it moves through distinct stages as different varieties ripen. The pattern described is a small late-July crop of Ginger Gold, the classic early-season apple, followed by full production from Labor Day with Red and Golden Delicious coming in, and then Winesap and Arkansas Black — both known as later-ripening, better-keeping varieties — carrying the season through late October.
That staging matters practically: if you show up in early September expecting Arkansas Black, per this record’s pattern you’d likely find Red and Golden Delicious instead, with the Winesap and Arkansas Black crop still weeks away. Conversely, a late-October visit might miss Ginger Gold and Red Delicious if they’ve already been picked through. None of this is stamped with a confirmed 2026 date, though — the record is explicit that these dates describe the orchard’s typical yearly pattern as reported in secondary sources like Nextdoor, Yelp, LocalPicks, PickYourOwn.farm, and nmhoney.com, not a current-season announcement read from Costanza’s own site.
No price_from or price_note appears anywhere in the record, so there’s nothing here to budget against for either u-pick or pre-picked apples. No season_start or season_end date is locked in either — only the staged, month-by-month description above. And since no website was found, there’s no way to check any of this against a live, current source; the phone number is genuinely the only confirmed channel for getting current information before you drive out.
The research notes don’t mention any activities beyond the orchard and honey operation itself — no corn maze, hayride, or festival is listed, which suggests this is more of a straightforward picking-and-buying farm than a full agritourism destination. That’s neither a strike against it nor a bonus; it’s simply what the record supports.
Costanza’s honey production, mentioned in the research notes alongside its apple trees, is a detail worth keeping in mind if you’re combining a produce run with picking up other local products — though no specifics on honey varieties, pricing, or availability made it into the record, so treat that as a general fact about the farm’s operations rather than something you can plan a purchase around.
Costanza Apple Orchard has real depth — five named varieties across a staged, months-long harvest, decades of operating history, and generous weekly hours — but it operates without a confirmed website, meaning 505-864-1621 is your best tool for finding out what’s actually ripe and available before you make the trip out to Belen.
The record describes a staged season: a small late-July Ginger Gold crop, full production from Labor Day with Red and Golden Delicious, then Winesap and Arkansas Black through late October. No exact 2026 dates are confirmed, so treat this as a general pattern.
you need a website to check hours before you go — none was found for this orchard, so a phone call is the only way to confirm current details.
Costanza Apple Orchard sits within the same central Rio Grande Valley apple-growing area as Hays Honey & Apple Farm in Bosque Farms and Manzano Mountain Retreat in Torreon, per the record's research notes, for anyone stringing together more than one New Mexico apple stop.
The record lists Ginger Gold, Red Delicious, Golden Delicious, Winesap, and Arkansas Black.
The record describes a staged pattern: a small Ginger Gold crop in late July, full production from Labor Day with Red and Golden Delicious, then Winesap and Arkansas Black through late October — not a single fixed window.
Both, per the record.
Monday-Friday 9am-5pm, Saturday 9am-4pm, Sunday 10am-5pm, per the record.
Yes — the record's research notes mention honey production alongside the orchard's roughly 1,000 apple trees.
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.
Ginger Gold, Red Delicious, Golden Delicious, Winesap, Arkansas Black — note that what's actually ready to pick changes week to week through the season.
5 Padilla Rd, Belen, NM 87002, in Valencia County. It is one of 1 orchards we track in Rio Grande Valley (Belen).
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Checked September 2026.