A small Berkeley County apple operation that explicitly offers the choice between pre-bagged apples and picking your own — one of the clearer stated u-pick options among the smaller Eastern Panhandle farm markets, though pricing and varieties aren't confirmed.
Ellis Apples and Farm Market, in Hedgesville in Berkeley County, is a small operation with one clearly stated feature that sets it apart from several of its neighbors in this research: third-party listings describe an explicit choice between buying apples pre-packaged or picking them yourself. That’s a more direct u-pick confirmation than several of the other small Eastern Panhandle farm markets in this batch offer, even though many other specifics — pricing, varieties, contact information — remain unconfirmed.
Among the smaller farm markets covered in this Eastern Panhandle research, many simply don’t specify whether their apples are available for hands-on picking or only sold pre-bagged. Ellis Apples stands out by contrast: the sources describing it are specific that customers get to choose their preferred method. That’s worth noting for anyone comparing options in the Hedgesville-Martinsburg area who specifically wants a picking experience rather than a straightforward purchase.
The farm keeps hours Monday through Saturday, 9am to 5pm, closing only on Sunday. That’s a slightly more generous schedule than some nearby competitors — Kitchen’s Orchard & Farm Market a few miles away, for instance, runs only four days a week — making Ellis a more flexible option for anyone whose visit window doesn’t line up with a narrower schedule elsewhere.
This record has real limits. No specific apple varieties are named, no pricing was found for either the pre-packaged or pick-your-own options, and no phone number is on file — the farm’s Facebook page appears to be its main online presence, but it wasn’t confirmed directly for this record. That combination of gaps means a visit here currently works best as a drop-in during posted hours rather than something to plan precisely around, at least until more specific information becomes available.
Like the rest of the Eastern Panhandle Fruit Belt, this area has seen real apple-crop trouble this year at some orchards — Orr’s Farm Market in nearby Martinsburg, for example, reported frost damage to its 2026 pick-your-own crops. Nothing in what’s available for this record confirms whether Ellis Apples was similarly affected, so that’s an open question rather than a settled one in either direction. Given how close the two operations are geographically, it wouldn’t hurt to ask when you visit.
Ellis Apples and Farm Market is at 806 Hammonds Mill Rd in Hedgesville, in Berkeley County’s Eastern Panhandle Fruit Belt. The coordinates on file are a Hedgesville town-center approximation rather than a geocode of the actual street address.
Ellis Apples and Farm Market offers one of the more clearly confirmed pick-your-own options among the smaller Eastern Panhandle farm markets in this research, backed by a generous six-day schedule. What it lacks is confirmed pricing, named varieties, and a reachable phone number — gaps worth being upfront about rather than glossing over. A drop-in visit during posted hours is currently the most reliable way to find out what’s actually available.
No specific 2026 season dates are on file. The farm is open Monday-Saturday, 9am-5pm, closed Sundays.
You need confirmed pricing or a specific variety before visiting — neither was found in the sources checked.
Yes — third-party listings state customers can choose between buying apples pre-packaged or picking them themselves, one of the more clearly stated u-pick options among the smaller Panhandle farm markets researched.
Monday through Saturday, 9am-5pm. The farm is closed Sunday, per the record.
Not stated in the record. No specific varieties were confirmed from the sources checked.
Not stated in the record. No 2026 pricing was confirmed.
No phone number was found for this record. The farm's Facebook page appears to be its primary online presence.
2026 dates had not been published when we last checked. In past seasons it has run: Mon-Sat. 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.
806 Hammonds Mill Rd, Hedgesville, WV 25427, in Berkeley County. It is one of 6 orchards we track in Eastern Panhandle Fruit Belt.
We track 6 orchards in Eastern Panhandle Fruit Belt, 3 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.
One caveat worth repeating: this orchard had not published its 2026 dates when we last checked, while 0 of the 6 orchards we track in Eastern Panhandle Fruit Belt had. Treat any date you see elsewhere as last year's until the orchard confirms it.
There are 3 other orchards we track in Berkeley County. All Eastern Panhandle Fruit Belt orchards →
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Checked September 2026.