MacQueen's Orchard

Our take

What’s actually confirmed here

MacQueen’s Orchard sits at 7605 Garden Road in Holland, Lucas County, in the Toledo area. This is one of the more operationally detailed records in this dataset: the farm market is open year-round, 9am to 7pm from May through October and 9am to 6pm from November through April. U-pick specifically runs 10am to 6pm daily during season. An on-site cider mill is confirmed, and the orchard’s own tags claim 18 apple varieties, though only six are named directly in the record: Red Delicious, Golden Delicious, Granny Smith, Fuji, Honeycrisp, and Gala.

A half-bushel minimum, priced by volume

One specific and useful detail: u-pick apples here are priced by the half bushel, and there’s a minimum half-bushel purchase required just to enter the picking area, according to the record. No exact dollar figure is posted for that half bushel, but the structure itself is worth knowing before you go — this isn’t a farm where you can wander in, pick a handful of apples, and pay a small amount. Plan to leave with at least half a bushel, and ask about the current per-half-bushel price when you arrive or call ahead.

A picking window that reads like a template

The site describes its u-pick start as “usually begins around September 12th,” running “through the 3rd week in October.” According to the record’s source note, that phrasing is generic recurring-season language rather than a fresh, dated 2026 announcement — the kind of copy a farm might leave up year after year with only minor tweaks. That doesn’t necessarily mean the dates are wrong, but it does mean they shouldn’t be treated as an orchard-confirmed 2026 commitment. If your visit depends on apples being ready on a precise date, this is exactly the kind of gap worth closing with a phone call.

Six named varieties, more likely grown

The record names six specific apples — a solid mid-to-late-season spread, with Honeycrisp and Fuji as recognizable draws. But the orchard’s own tags claim 18 varieties overall, meaning the named six are almost certainly a partial list rather than everything MacQueen’s grows. If you’re chasing a specific variety not on this list, it’s worth asking directly rather than assuming it isn’t available.

Open every day, all year

Beyond the apple-specific details, MacQueen’s stands out simply for being open daily, year-round, with only a seasonal hours shift rather than a full closure. That’s a meaningfully different operating model from several other orchards in this dataset that close for entire winter months, and it makes MacQueen’s a reasonable stop even outside peak apple season if you’re after cider or general farm-market shopping.

The bottom line

MacQueen’s Orchard offers solid, checkable operational details — real hours, a half-bushel minimum and pricing structure, a cider mill, and a decent-sized named variety list — but its u-pick season window reads as boilerplate rather than a confirmed 2026 date. Call 419-865-2916 to confirm the actual start date and current half-bushel price before planning a trip around a specific weekend.