The only credible pick-your-own apple orchard identified anywhere in Louisiana — and a genuinely unusual one, with apples ready in June and July rather than fall, thanks to low-chill cultivars bred for subtropical climates. Muscadines, not apples, are the real headline crop here.
Eddie Romero’s Orchard, in New Iberia in the heart of Acadiana, holds a genuinely unique distinction in this entire dataset: after a thorough search, it’s the only credible pick-your-own apple orchard identified anywhere in Louisiana. That alone would make it worth a mention. What makes it more interesting is why apples exist here at all — and when they’re actually ripe.
If you’ve picked apples anywhere else covered in this project, you’re used to a harvest that starts in late summer and stretches into fall, sometimes as late as November. Eddie Romero’s Orchard flips that entirely: the record describes apples as available “from June until mid-July,” meaning the season is essentially over before most other states’ apple harvests have even begun. This isn’t a data error or a mislabeled record — it’s a genuinely distinct fact about growing apples in Louisiana’s climate, and it’s worth understanding rather than treating as a curiosity to gloss over.
Most familiar apple varieties — Honeycrisp, Fuji, Gala — need a substantial number of “chill hours,” sustained cold winter temperatures, to set fruit properly the following year. Most of Louisiana simply doesn’t get cold enough for long enough to satisfy that requirement. What makes apples possible here at all are ultra-low-chill cultivars, developed specifically for subtropical and semi-tropical climates — varieties like Anna or Dorsett Golden are the kind of apple bred for exactly this situation. These varieties ripen much earlier in the year than their northern cousins, which lines up precisely with the June-to-mid-July window described in this record. If you’re the kind of visitor who finds agricultural specifics genuinely interesting rather than just a footnote, this is a rare chance to taste an apple variety built for a climate that shouldn’t grow apples well at all.
It’s worth being honest that apples are not what this orchard is built around. Per the research notes, the property’s main draw is its 15 named muscadine varieties, alongside other stone fruit and citrus. Muscadines are a Southern native grape, thick-skinned and intensely flavored, and a genuinely regional specialty in a way that a handful of low-chill apple trees, however interesting, simply isn’t. If muscadines are unfamiliar to you, this is a good opportunity to try a fruit that’s distinctly tied to this part of the country — arguably a bigger reason to visit than the apples themselves.
Beyond the orchard rows, the record lists farm animals, school tours, and church tours among the activities offered — suggesting an operation set up for group visits and educational trips as much as casual weekend picking. If you’re organizing a class trip or a church group outing, this history of hosting tours is worth asking about directly when you call.
Two contact numbers turned up during research: 337-380-0419, which appears across two independent sources and is used as the primary number in this record, and an older number, 337-364-3370, found in only one other directory. If the primary number doesn’t connect, the older one is worth trying, though it may be outdated.
The hours are stated with reasonable confidence: Tuesday through Friday 8am to 5pm, Saturday and Sunday 8am to 4pm, closed Mondays. No pricing is available anywhere in the record for apples, muscadines, or any other crop, and the orchard’s own Facebook page returned no readable content during this research, so nothing here comes directly from the source’s current materials.
Eddie Romero’s Orchard is at 5119 N Freetown Rd in New Iberia, Iberia Parish, in Acadiana. Coordinates on file are a New Iberia city-center estimate, not geocoded to the exact address.
A genuinely one-of-a-kind Louisiana listing — not because it’s a great apple orchard in the conventional sense, but because it’s the only one in the state at all, and because its June-to-mid-July season is a real, climate-driven fact rather than an anomaly. Go for the 15 muscadine varieties and the novelty of a true low-chill apple; call 337-380-0419 to confirm current hours and what’s ripe before you visit.
Apples are described as available 'from June until mid-July' — a notably early and short window compared to the fall apple harvest found almost everywhere else in this dataset. No specific 2026 dates are confirmed beyond that general description.
You're picturing a traditional fall apple-picking trip — this orchard's apple season is over by mid-July, months before autumn.
Most apple varieties need a substantial number of winter chill hours to fruit, and much of Louisiana doesn't get enough cold weather for standard fall-ripening apples. This orchard's June-to-mid-July window is consistent with ultra-low-chill apple cultivars — types like Anna or Dorsett Golden — that were specifically bred for subtropical climates and ripen much earlier than familiar varieties like Honeycrisp or Fuji.
Based on a thorough search, yes — the research notes describe this as the only credible pick-your-own apple orchard identified anywhere in the state.
Muscadines. The orchard grows 15 named muscadine varieties plus other stone fruit and citrus, with apples described as one crop among many rather than the headline attraction.
Tuesday-Friday 8am-5pm, Saturday-Sunday 8am-4pm, closed Mondays.
2026 dates had not been published when we last checked. In past seasons it has run: Tue-Sun. 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.
5119 N Freetown Rd, New Iberia, LA 70560, in Iberia Parish. It is one of 1 orchards we track in Acadiana / South-Central Louisiana.
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Checked September 2026.