A small-scale, low-spray farm with a narrow Wednesday-Friday, 3-hour picking window and a June-September season that's notably earlier than a typical fall apple harvest — likely reflecting crabapples specifically, which the record names as the fruit on offer.
December Ranch, in Pawnee County, is a small-scale, low-spray operation and — per the research notes — the only apple-family listing found outside Oklahoma’s northeast orchard cluster in this batch. What’s on offer here is specifically named as crabapple rather than a standard dessert apple, alongside vegetables, sunflowers, and pecans, all picked during a notably narrow weekly window.
This is worth being precise about, since “apple” can mean different things depending on the variety. The record’s structured apple_varieties field lists only “Crabapple” — smaller, tarter fruit that’s typically used for jelly, pickling, or as an ornamental crop rather than eaten fresh the way you’d eat a Honeycrisp or Gala. If you’re picturing a fall visit with bags of sweet dessert apples, this record doesn’t support that expectation; what’s confirmed here is crabapples specifically, and nothing in the sources reviewed names a standard dessert apple variety at this farm.
PickYourOwn.org lists a June-through-September season for December Ranch, which stands out as notably earlier than the fall harvest windows seen at most other orchards in this dataset. The research notes offer a plausible explanation worth taking seriously: this early window may partly reflect the crabapple crop specifically, since many crabapple varieties ripen well before standard dessert apples do. It could also reflect early-ripening cultivars more broadly. Either way, this isn’t a typo or an error to second-guess — it’s a genuinely different harvest calendar from what you’d expect further north or from a larger commercial apple orchard, and it’s worth clarifying by phone (903-271-0068) exactly which fruit is ready when.
The pick-your-own hours here are unusually narrow: Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday only, from 12pm to 3pm — a three-hour window on each of three weekdays, with no weekend access at all. That’s a real planning constraint. If your visit is limited to weekends, this listing simply isn’t accessible during your available time, regardless of what’s ripe.
The farm is described as minimizing chemical and pesticide use, a specific and checkable operational choice rather than a vague “natural” label. Combined with the limited pick hours and the modest crop list (crabapples, vegetables, sunflowers, pecans), this reads as a genuinely small operation — more of a family farm selling a side crop than a commercial destination orchard.
The biggest open question is whether this farm offers anything beyond crabapples in the apple family — the record simply doesn’t say. decemberranch.com, the farm’s own website, wasn’t independently checked for this record, so nothing here is confirmed at the source. If you’re set on crabapples specifically for jelly-making or a specialty use, this is worth a call; if you want standard eating apples, it’s worth asking directly whether those exist here at all before making the trip.
December Ranch LLC is at 356877 E 4800 Rd in Pawnee, Pawnee County, in North-Central Oklahoma. This is one of the more rural listings in this batch, well outside the northeast Oklahoma orchard cluster where most other listings are concentrated.
A small, low-spray farm offering crabapples on a tight Wednesday-Friday afternoon window, with an early June-September season that likely reflects the crabapple crop’s own ripening schedule rather than a typo. Call 903-271-0068 to confirm exactly what’s ready before making a special trip, especially if standard dessert apples rather than crabapples are what you’re after.
PickYourOwn.org lists a June-through-September season for this farm, unusually early compared to standard fall apple harvest timing elsewhere in this dataset. No specific 2026 dates are confirmed.
A short visit fits the schedule: the pick window is only Wednesday-Friday, 12pm-3pm.
You're hoping for standard dessert apples on a weekend visit — the only apple-family fruit named in this record is crabapple, and the pick window excludes weekends entirely.
The record names only Crabapple in its apple_varieties field — smaller, tarter fruit typically used for jelly, pickling, or ornamental purposes rather than eaten fresh like a dessert apple.
Wednesday through Friday, 12pm-3pm only — a narrow three-day, three-hour-a-day window.
This is notably earlier than typical fall apple harvest timing seen elsewhere in this dataset. The research notes suggest this may reflect early-ripening varieties or may partly reflect crabapples specifically, since crabapples often ripen earlier than standard dessert apples — worth clarifying by phone which fruit is available when.
The farm is described as minimizing chemical and pesticide use, per PickYourOwn.org.
Vegetables, sunflowers, and pecans, alongside the u-pick crabapples, per the record.
2026 dates had not been published when we last checked. In past seasons it has run: Wed-Fri. 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.
Crabapple — note that what's actually ready to pick changes week to week through the season.
356877 E 4800 Rd, Pawnee, OK 74058, in Pawnee County. It is one of 1 orchards we track in North-Central Oklahoma.
decemberranch.com · pickyourown.org
Checked September 2026.