An Orleans County farm where apple 'picking' actually means choosing from bins rather than pulling fruit off the tree — a different model worth knowing before you go expecting a tree-picking experience.
Partyka Farms, founded in 1986, sits at 1420 County Line Road in Kendall, Orleans County, in Western New York. Phone is 585-659-9131. The farm market here has grown into a 2,700-square-foot retail space that includes an ice cream bar, bakery, and playground, plus a hayride out to the pumpkin patch — a setup clearly built around a family visit rather than a bare picking errand.
The single most important detail in this record concerns how apple “picking” actually works here: the farm’s own site describes visitors choosing “mix and match apples…to pick from our bins,” rather than picking fruit directly off the trees. That’s a distinctly different model from most other orchards researched for this guide, where U-pick specifically means walking the rows and picking from the tree yourself.
If you’re picturing a classic U-pick experience — wandering rows of trees, reaching up for the apples that look best, maybe climbing a short ladder — Partyka Farms’ bin-based system won’t match that picture. Instead, apples appear to already be harvested and sorted into bins for visitors to select from and mix together. That has real tradeoffs: you likely get more consistent, ready-to-eat fruit without the variability of picking directly from a tree, but you lose the hands-on, in-the-orchard experience that’s often the whole appeal of a U-pick trip. Neither approach is better across the board — it depends on what you’re actually looking for. If the physical act of picking from a tree is the point of your visit, this farm’s model may disappoint; if you just want good apples and a fun family outing, it may suit you well.
Beyond the bin-picking detail, this record has real gaps: no 2026 season dates, no hours, no pricing, and no itemized list of which apple varieties are available in the bins. Given the farm’s family-market orientation, it’s reasonable to expect a broad selection, but nothing here confirms specific names or costs.
With an ice cream bar, bakery, playground, and a hayride to the pumpkin patch all confirmed, Partyka Farms reads as a farm built primarily around a family outing rather than a serious apple-picking destination for enthusiasts chasing a specific variety. If you’re bringing kids and want built-in entertainment beyond the apples themselves, that combination is a real asset; if you’re an apple purist looking for a particular variety straight off a specific tree, this may not be the stop that satisfies that goal.
Because the record can’t confirm season dates, hours, or pricing, the safest way to use this listing is as a heads-up on what kind of place Partyka Farms is, not as a ready-to-go itinerary. A 2,700-square-foot retail market with an ice cream bar and bakery suggests a well-established operation that’s used to handling regular foot traffic, which is a reasonable sign it runs on a predictable seasonal schedule even though this record can’t state that schedule directly. If bin-picked apples plus a family outing sounds like the right visit for you, a short call to confirm the market is open and bins are stocked removes the main risk of a wasted trip.
Partyka Farms offers a family-oriented farm market experience with a genuinely different apple “picking” model than most other orchards in this research — choosing from bins rather than trees. That’s worth knowing before you go so your expectations match what’s actually on offer. Season dates, hours, pricing, and specific varieties remain unconfirmed, so a call to 585-659-9131 is the way to fill in those gaps before planning a visit.
Not confirmed. No 2026 season dates, hours, or pricing were posted on the homepage during this research.
you specifically want to pick apples straight off the tree — the record describes this farm's model as choosing from bins, not tree-picking.
No — the record describes Partyka Farms' model as 'mix and match apples...to pick from our bins,' a bin-picking setup rather than picking directly off the tree, which differs from most other orchards in this research.
Not itemized in the record. No specific apple varieties were listed on the homepage reached during this research.
Not posted. No 2026 season dates, hours, or pricing were found during this research.
The record confirms a hayride to the pumpkin patch, an ice cream bar, and a playground — plus a farm market that's grown into a 2,700-square-foot retail space.
585-659-9131, or partykafarms.com.
2026 dates had not been published when we last checked. 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.
1420 County Line Road, Kendall, NY 14476, in Orleans County. It is one of 4 orchards we track in Western New York.
We track 4 orchards in Western New York, 4 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 a hayride or wagon ride, a playground, which most Western New York 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 Western New York had. Treat any date you see elsewhere as last year's until the orchard confirms it.
There is 1 other orchard we track in Orleans County. All Western New York orchards →
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partykafarms.com
Checked September 2026.