A family farm operating since 1899 that's refreshingly honest about its own uncertainty, telling visitors apple picking depends on weather and supply rather than committing to a fixed date.
Jaswell’s Farm is located at 50 Swan Road in Smithfield, Providence County, with a phone number of (401) 231-9043. The farm has operated since 1899. Through August, hours run Wednesday-Friday 9am-5pm and Saturday-Sunday 9am-3pm, with the record noting hours change in September without specifying the new schedule. Both u-pick and pre-picked apples are confirmed, along with cider doughnuts. Activities include pumpkins, sunflowers, a bakery, and candy or caramel apples. The farm’s own site explicitly confirms the 2026 season has begun, and specifically says apple picking will begin Labor Day weekend, though it stops short of naming an exact calendar date.
Most orchards in this research either publish a specific date or simply leave the season timing unstated. Jaswell’s Farm does something a little different: its own site tells visitors directly that apple picking will begin Labor Day weekend but to check back for updates, because timing depends on weather and supply. That’s a more transparent approach than farms that either overcommit to a date they might not hit, or say nothing at all. For a visitor deciding whether to trust a listed date, that transparency is itself a point in the farm’s favor — it suggests the operators aren’t inclined to promise something they can’t guarantee.
A confirmed founding year of 1899 makes Jaswell’s Farm one of the longer-running operations among the Providence County orchards in this project, alongside Barden Family Orchard in North Scituate, which has been family-run since 1931. Both lean into cider doughnuts as a signature draw, making Jaswell’s one of two well-established northern Rhode Island farms in this research built around that combination of a long family history and doughnuts as a headline attraction.
Beyond apple picking itself, the record confirms pumpkins, sunflowers, a farm bakery, and candy or caramel apples. That candy/caramel apple offering is a distinctive detail not mentioned at other Rhode Island orchards researched here, and it suggests Jaswell’s positions itself partly as a fall-treats destination beyond straightforward picking.
The record notes hours “change in September” relative to the Wednesday-Friday/Saturday-Sunday schedule that applies through August, but doesn’t specify what the September hours actually are. Since apple picking itself is expected to start around Labor Day weekend — right at that same transition point — a visitor planning a fall trip should treat the through-August hours as no longer reliable and check the farm’s current site or call (401) 231-9043 for the September schedule.
No specific apple varieties are named, and no per-bag or per-pound pricing is confirmed anywhere in the record. The exact September hours aren’t specified, and — per the farm’s own stated approach — no fixed apple-picking start date beyond “Labor Day weekend” should be assumed without checking back.
Jaswell’s Farm brings a genuine 1899 history and a distinctive candy-apple and cider-doughnut offering to the northern Rhode Island cluster of orchards in this research. Its own site is unusually candid that apple picking depends on weather and supply rather than a guaranteed date, so treating “Labor Day weekend” as a target to confirm — not a locked-in start — is the honest way to plan around this listing.
Labor Day weekend at the earliest, per the farm's own site, which states apple picking 'will begin Labor Day weekend' but asks visitors to check back for updates rather than promising a fixed date.
you need a guaranteed apple-picking date locked in well ahead of time — the farm itself says this depends on weather and supply.
The farm's own site says picking 'will begin Labor Day weekend' but explicitly asks visitors to check back for updates, since timing depends on weather and supply.
Since 1899, family-run, per the record — one of the older and better-known cider-doughnut destinations in northern Rhode Island.
Wednesday-Friday 9am-5pm and Saturday-Sunday 9am-3pm, per the farm's own site — hours are noted to change in September, though the new hours aren't specified in the record.
Not stated in the record. No specific apple varieties or per-bag pricing were found on the page reviewed.
Yes — the farm's own site explicitly states 'Our 2026 season has begun!' which is the basis for this record's orchard_site confirmation.
2026 dates had not been published when we last checked. In past seasons it has run: Wed-Sun (through August); hours change in September. 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.
50 Swan Road, Smithfield, RI 02917, in Providence County. It is one of 4 orchards we track in Northern Rhode Island.
We track 4 orchards in Northern Rhode Island, 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.
What sets it apart locally: it has cider donuts or a bakery, which most Northern Rhode Island orchards on our list do not.
One caveat worth repeating: this orchard had not published its 2026 dates when we last checked, while 0 of the 4 orchards we track in Northern Rhode Island had. Treat any date you see elsewhere as last year's until the orchard confirms it.
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jaswellsfarm.com
Checked September 2026.