A working Shawnee Hills orchard shipping fruit commercially since 1873 — but this is explicitly a farm market, not a u-pick destination. The record confirms 'No U-Pick Fruit' in the orchard's own words.
Rendleman Orchards is located at 9680 State Highway 127 N in Alto Pass, Union County, in the Shawnee Hills fruit-growing region of Southern Illinois. The phone number on file is 618-893-2771 and the website is rendlemanorchards.com. The research notes describe a genuinely long commercial history: Rendleman has shipped Southern Illinois apples and peaches to Midwest produce markets since 1873, making this a working commercial orchard first and a visitor destination second.
This is the single most important thing to know about Rendleman Orchards, and the record states it plainly: the orchard’s own site says “No U-Pick Fruit.” That’s a direct, unambiguous statement rather than an inferred gap, which is why u_pick is marked false in this record rather than left null. Visitors buy already-harvested apples at the farm market or online, rather than walking the rows themselves. That distinction matters enough that it’s worth stating twice: if the point of your trip is picking apples off the tree yourself, that’s not the model here, however apple-orchard-like the property otherwise looks.
Unusually among the entries in this file, the specific varieties available at Rendleman come from a local news piece dated August 22, 2026, rather than directly from the orchard’s own site. That piece confirmed harvest of Honeycrisp, Gala, Golden Supreme, and Fuji was underway as of late August 2026. That’s a reasonably current, dated confirmation — more specific in timing than most orchard-site variety lists in this file, which often don’t carry a date at all — though it’s still a secondhand source rather than the farm’s own current inventory listing, and by the time you visit, availability may have shifted from what was being harvested in late August.
The record gives farm market hours as Monday through Saturday 9am to 5pm, and Sunday noon to 5pm, operating during a June 28 to October 31 farm-market season. That date range is described in the source note as generic seasonal information rather than an explicitly confirmed 2026 window, so treat it as the market’s typical annual pattern rather than a guaranteed 2026 schedule, particularly near the edges of that range.
Beyond the apple market, the record confirms u-pick flowers, a pumpkin patch, and photo installations on the property, along with cider donuts. That’s an interesting contrast to the apple side of the operation — flowers here are explicitly pick-your-own, even though apples are not, which is a distinction worth keeping straight when planning what kind of “picking” experience you’re actually getting.
The research notes describe Rendleman as a good anchor point for the Shawnee Hills fruit-growing region near Alto Pass and Cobden, a part of Southern Illinois with a long history of commercial apple and peach production. That regional framing comes directly from the research notes rather than being inferred here, and it positions Rendleman as a well-established, historically significant stop in that corridor even without a u-pick apple component.
No apple pricing is given anywhere in the record — the clearest gap here, especially for an operation this focused on retail sales rather than picking. A call to 618-893-2771 would be the way to check current pricing before a visit.
Rendleman Orchards is a historically significant, working Southern Illinois orchard with confirmed varieties as of late August 2026 and a genuine farm-market model — but it is explicitly not a u-pick apple destination, by the orchard’s own stated policy. If pick-your-own flowers, a pumpkin patch, and buying fresh Shawnee Hills apples sounds right for your trip, this is a solid stop; if hands-on apple picking is the goal, this record points elsewhere.
Farm market hours run Monday-Saturday 9am-5pm and Sunday 12pm-5pm during the June 28-October 31 farm-market season, though that window is generic seasonal information rather than a confirmed 2026 date range. A local news piece dated August 22, 2026 confirmed Honeycrisp, Gala, Golden Supreme, and Fuji harvest was underway as of late August 2026.
you specifically want to pick your own apples — the orchard's own site explicitly states 'No U-Pick Fruit.'
No — the orchard's own site explicitly states 'No U-Pick Fruit.' Apples are sold at the farm market and online instead.
A local news piece dated August 22, 2026 confirmed harvest of Honeycrisp, Gala, Golden Supreme, and Fuji was underway as of late August 2026.
Monday-Saturday 9am-5pm and Sunday 12pm-5pm, during a general June 28-October 31 farm-market season, per the record.
The research notes describe it shipping Southern Illinois apples and peaches to Midwest produce markets commercially since 1873.
Yes — the record confirms u-pick flowers, a pumpkin patch, and photo installations on the property, alongside cider donuts.
2026 dates had not been published when we last checked. In past seasons it has run: Mon-Sat, Sunday afternoons. Check with the orchard before driving out.
Pricing was not published when we last checked.
No — this orchard sells pre-picked apples from its own trees rather than u-pick.
Honeycrisp, Gala, Golden Supreme, Fuji — note that what's actually ready to pick changes week to week through the season.
9680 State Highway 127 N, Alto Pass, IL 62905, in Union County. It is one of 2 orchards we track in Shawnee Hills / Southern Illinois.
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rendlemanorchards.com
Checked September 2026.