One of New Jersey's oldest farming operations, with eleven named apple varieties and weekend wagon rides into the orchard, but the farm's own pages blocked direct fetching, so hours, exact dates, and this year's frost impact are unconfirmed.
Apples reported at $1.99/lb with a 10-20 lb minimum per pick, per site content indexed by search; not independently fetched from the live page.
Melick’s Town Farm has been farming in the Oldwick area of Hunterdon County since the 1700s, which makes it one of the older continuously operating farm families in New Jersey. This particular record covers the Cider Mill & Orchard location in Oldwick — Melick’s also runs a second orchard in Califon, a short drive away, so it’s worth being clear about which site you’re heading to. What’s confirmed is a genuinely wide variety list and a weekend wagon ride; what’s missing is anything about hours or a specific 2026 opening date, because the farm’s own website blocked automated access when this record was compiled.
The record lists Winesap, Granny Smith, Pink Lady, Jonagold, Fuji, Golden Delicious, Rome, Cameo, Red Delicious, Braeburn, and Evercrisp. That’s a genuinely broad spread — Golden Delicious and Red Delicious lean toward the middle of the season, while Fuji, Pink Lady, Braeburn, and Evercrisp are late-season apples that typically aren’t ready until well into October. Granny Smith and Winesap round things out as classic tart, storage-friendly varieties. Because this list comes from search-indexed content rather than a page loaded directly, treat it as a general picture of what the farm grows rather than a confirmed 2026 inventory — worth double-checking by phone if a specific variety is the reason for the trip.
One activity is specifically noted in the record: a wagon ride, and the research notes describe it in more detail as a weekend tractor-drawn ride carrying pickers into the orchard rows and back. That’s a nice touch for families with younger kids who might not want to walk the full distance to the picking area, though the record doesn’t say whether the wagon ride runs on weekdays or only weekends, or whether it’s included in the cost of picking.
Search-indexed content puts apples at $1.99 per pound, with a minimum pick of 10 to 20 pounds. That minimum is worth planning around — it means this isn’t a stop where you can pick just a few apples for a snack; you’re committing to at least several pounds per visit. Because this pricing wasn’t confirmed on a page loaded directly (the farm’s apples and cider-mill pages both returned 403 errors when checked), it should be treated as likely but not guaranteed to be current.
The record is honest about a real gap: no hours, no specific season-start or season-end date, and no phone number are on file for this location. That’s an unusual combination of missing basics for an established operation, and it traces back to the farm’s own website actively blocking the kind of automated access used to compile this record. In practice, that means anyone planning a visit should search for Melick’s Town Farm directly, check their social media, or simply call to confirm the orchard is open before making the drive — the honest answer here is that this record can’t tell you when the gates are open.
The address on file is 55 Fairmount Rd in Oldwick, part of Hunterdon County’s Hunterdon Hills region. The coordinates given are Oldwick village-center estimates rather than a geocoded point for the farm’s street address, so navigate by the address itself.
Melick’s Town Farm in Oldwick offers a wide, appealing variety list and a classic wagon-ride experience at one of New Jersey’s oldest working farms, but this record can’t tell you when it’s open or what a 2026 visit will cost with any confidence. Given how many other Hunterdon and Morris County orchards saw crop trouble from this year’s April frost, and given that Melick’s own site couldn’t be checked directly for a frost statement, a phone call ahead is the sensible first step before planning around this one.
Not stated with specific 2026 dates. The record gives no season-start or season-end date and no posted hours, so there's no calendar guidance to offer beyond the general fall apple season.
You need confirmed hours or a specific opening date before you leave — neither is available in the record, and the farm's own pages returned errors when checked directly.
Eleven are named in the record: Winesap, Granny Smith, Pink Lady, Jonagold, Fuji, Golden Delicious, Rome, Cameo, Red Delicious, Braeburn, and Evercrisp — a spread running from mid-season into late fall.
Search-indexed site content puts apples at $1.99/lb with a 10-20 lb minimum per pick, though this wasn't independently confirmed on a directly loaded page.
Yes — the record describes weekend wagon rides carrying pickers out to the orchard rows and back.
Not stated in the record. Direct attempts to load the farm's own apple and cider-mill pages returned errors, so this is a genuine gap best closed with a phone call before visiting.
Yes. Melick's runs two separate PYO sites — this record covers the Oldwick Cider Mill & Orchard location specifically, distinct from a second Melick's orchard in Califon.
2026 dates had not been published when we last checked. Check with the orchard before driving out.
Prices start at $1.99. Apples reported at $1.99/lb with a 10-20 lb minimum per pick, per site content indexed by search; not independently fetched from the live page.
Yes — it's a pick-your-own orchard, with pre-picked apples at the farm stand too.
Winesap, Granny Smith, Pink Lady, Jonagold, Fuji, Golden Delicious, Rome, Cameo, Red Delicious, Braeburn, Evercrisp — note that what's actually ready to pick changes week to week through the season.
55 Fairmount Rd, Oldwick, NJ 08858, in Hunterdon County. It is one of 1 orchards we track in Hunterdon Hills.
melickstownfarm.com
Checked September 2026.