Krause Family Orchard & Nursery

Our take

What the record actually confirms

Krause Family Orchard & Nursery sits at 29349 Orchard Road in Glenham, South Dakota, along the Missouri River in Walworth County — a north-central part of the state where surviving a harsh winter climate to run a productive orchard is itself notable. The record describes an 80-acre farm with about 8,000 trees, established in 1984, with its first harvest not arriving until 1992 — an eight-year establishment period that speaks to how much patience cold-climate apple growing requires in this part of South Dakota.

Ten apple varieties are named specifically: State Fair and Earligold (both early-season apples), Beacon, Haralred, McIntosh, Haralson, Prairie Spy, Sweet 16, Cortland, and Honeycrisp. That spread runs from early to late in the season, giving a reasonable spread of ripening windows even without exact per-variety dates. Separately, the source material describes the orchard’s total planting as running to roughly 30 named varieties — meaning the ten listed here are likely a subset rather than the complete roster. A cider mill is confirmed on-site as well.

This is a farm stand, not u-pick

Unlike several other South Dakota orchards in this research batch, Krause Family Orchard is explicitly marked as pre-picked rather than u-pick. That’s an important distinction for anyone planning a visit specifically to pick apples themselves — this is a shopping trip to a farm stand selling already-harvested fruit, not a picking outing. The confirmed 2026 dates (September 15 through October 31) and hours (Saturday 10am-4pm, Sunday 1pm-5pm, other times by appointment) apply to that farm-stand model rather than a u-pick schedule.

Two phone numbers, one business

The source material contains a genuine discrepancy worth flagging directly: the primary source used for this record lists 605-850-1459 as the contact number, while a separate directory (yellowpages.com) lists 605-762-3414 for what appears to be the same business. Rather than guess which is more current, both are reported here. If one number doesn’t connect, trying the other is a reasonable next step before assuming the business is unreachable.

New varieties on the way

A specific and forward-looking detail from the research notes: the family is reported to be trialing four new apple varieties — Triumph, Freedom, Franklin, and Goldrush — starting in 2026. If accurate, this suggests an actively expanding operation rather than one simply maintaining an established planting, though whether any of these trial varieties will be available to the public this season, or are purely for the farm’s own evaluation, isn’t stated.

What’s still missing

No pricing is confirmed anywhere in the record for apples, cider, or anything else sold at the stand. The orchard’s own website (krauseorchard.com) would not resolve during this research, meaning nothing here is confirmed firsthand from the business itself — everything traces back to a local-food directory listing. Given that gap, and the two conflicting phone numbers, calling ahead before a special trip is a sensible step, especially outside the specifically confirmed September 15-October 31 window.

Bottom line

Krause Family Orchard & Nursery is a well-established, large-scale Missouri River farm stand with a genuinely impressive variety list — ten named apples out of a reported roughly 30 total — and specific, dated 2026 hours from a third-party directory. The clearest thing to keep in mind is that this is pre-picked shopping, not u-pick, and that the orchard’s own website is currently unreachable, so treat the phone numbers and hours here as a solid lead to confirm rather than a guarantee.