A certified-organic orchard near La Crescent, the self-branded 'Apple Capital of Minnesota,' with a reported September 5, 2026 opener — but the farm has no working standalone website, so most details here rely on tourism and aggregator sources.
Fruit Acres Apple Orchard is a certified-organic farm just outside La Crescent, a town in Minnesota’s far southeastern corner near the Iowa and Wisconsin borders that brands itself the “Apple Capital of Minnesota.” Organic certification sets it apart from most other u-pick orchards in this research batch. The honest limitation here is sourcing: Fruit Acres doesn’t appear to have a working standalone website, so everything in this record comes from a tourism page and an aggregator listing rather than the farm itself.
Per the record’s tags, Fruit Acres is certified organic, a distinction relatively uncommon among the u-pick orchards researched for this project. If organic certification specifically matters to your buying decisions — rather than a farm simply saying it avoids harsh pesticides without formal certification — this is one of the few confirmed organic options in this Minnesota batch. That said, the record doesn’t detail which certifying body or what specific practices back that claim, so ask directly if you want the specifics.
This is worth calling out plainly: a guessed domain for the orchard failed to resolve during this research, meaning Fruit Acres doesn’t appear to maintain a standalone website that could be checked directly. That’s different from an orchard whose site simply lacked certain details — here, there was no primary source to check at all. Everything in this record, including the reported September 5, 2026 opening date and the Friday-Sunday hours, comes from a La Crescent tourism page and an aggregator listing instead.
The record lists u-pick hours as Friday through Sunday, 12pm to 6pm. That’s a narrower window than orchards open daily, and combined with the lack of a direct website, it’s worth calling ahead (507-858-7710) to confirm the farm is open and picking on the specific day you’re planning to visit, rather than assuming a Tuesday or Wednesday stop will work.
The research notes describe La Crescent as branding itself the “Apple Capital of Minnesota,” situating Fruit Acres within a broader regional identity built around apple growing at the state’s southeastern edge. The record doesn’t explain the specific history or reasoning behind that title, so treat it as local branding worth exploring further if you’re curious, rather than a claim this record can substantiate in detail.
The record doesn’t name any specific apple varieties available at Fruit Acres, and no cider mill or cider donut information is confirmed either. Given the overall thinness of sourcing here — secondary tourism and aggregator information rather than a primary farm source — these gaps are consistent with the broader limitation on this record rather than a sign the farm necessarily lacks these things.
To be clear about the distinction: the address, phone number, hours, and the Friday-Sunday schedule structure come from a specific tourism page and aggregator listing, which is more reliable than pure guesswork but still secondhand. The reported September 5, 2026 opening date in particular should be treated as a starting point rather than a locked-in date, since there was no orchard-operated source available to cross-check it against.
Fruit Acres Apple Orchard is at 33309 County Highway 1 in La Crescent, Houston County, in Minnesota’s Southeastern Bluff Country. Coordinates on file are an approximate area estimate, not individually geocoded.
Fruit Acres offers a genuine point of distinction — certified organic apples in a region branded around apple growing — but this is one of the least directly-confirmed records in this batch, since the farm has no apparent working website. A phone call to 507-858-7710 is the necessary first step before planning a visit around the reported Friday-Sunday, September 5 start.
A reported September 5, 2026 season opener comes from a La Crescent tourism page and an aggregator listing, not independently confirmed on a primary orchard source.
You need details confirmed on the orchard's own website — Fruit Acres doesn't appear to have a working standalone site, so nothing here is primary-sourced from the farm directly.
Yes, per the tags in the record — 'Certified Organic' is listed, though the underlying certifying body and specific practices aren't detailed in this record.
No working standalone website was found — a guessed domain failed to resolve during this research, so all information here comes from a La Crescent tourism page and an aggregator listing rather than the farm directly.
Friday through Sunday, 12pm to 6pm, per the record — a more limited window than orchards open daily.
Not detailed in this record beyond the branding itself — La Crescent sits at the far southeastern corner of the state near the Iowa and Wisconsin borders and markets itself under that name, per the research notes, but the specific basis for the title isn't explained here.
Opens September 5, 2026 (closing date not published). Fri-Sun. Hours: 12pm-6pm.
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.
33309 County Highway 1, La Crescent, MN 55947, in Houston County. It is one of 2 orchards we track in Southeastern Minnesota Bluff Country.
Map pin is set to the town centre. Navigate to the street address above, not the pin.
explorelacrescent.com
Checked September 2026.