A fifth-generation farm market near Middletown selling its own apples and peaches alongside regional cider, cheese, and baked goods — a real farm-stand experience, but not a place to plan a hands-on apple-picking trip around.
Richard’s Fruit Market sits on Middle Road in Middletown, and the record traces the operation back to 1878 for the farm itself and 1953 for the market — a fifth-generation business with a long history in Frederick County. That’s a genuinely deep local pedigree, but it’s worth being upfront about what kind of visit this actually is: based on what the market’s own site describes, this is a farm-stand shopping experience built around apples and peaches grown on the family’s land, not a hands-on pick-your-own apple orchard.
The site describes selling apples and peaches grown on the farm, but the specific pages read for this record didn’t list variety names, so there’s no way to say from this record whether visitors will find early-season Ginger Golds, mid-season Honeycrisp, or late-season Fuji on the shelves. Alongside the farm’s own fruit, the market carries goods from regional producers — South Mountain Creamery and Old Town Cidery are both named specifically in the record — which points to a market built for a full farm-shopping trip rather than a single-crop stop.
The one pick-your-own activity confirmed in the record is flowers, not apples. That’s a meaningful distinction for anyone whose main goal is climbing a ladder or reaching into a tree for their own fruit — this record gives no indication that’s on offer here. Visitors wanting that experience specifically would be better served by one of the u-pick orchards elsewhere in the Shenandoah Valley cluster, while visitors happy to buy fruit already picked, alongside cheese and cider from other regional farms, would find this market well suited to that trip.
The record gives a clear schedule: Tuesday through Saturday from 9am to 5pm, and Sunday from 11am to 4pm, with Monday as the one closed day. That’s a straightforward six-day operation, more generous than some of the weekend-only orchards in this same region, which makes a midweek visit realistic here in a way it isn’t everywhere in this batch.
No apple variety names, no pricing figures for fruit, and no confirmed 2026 season-start or season-end date appear anywhere in the record. For a market this established, that’s likely just a gap in what the specific pages read covered rather than a sign of anything unusual — but it does mean a visitor can’t plan around a particular variety or price point without calling ahead or checking in person. Address coordinates used for this listing are a Middletown city-center fallback, not a precise geocode of the Middle Road address.
Richard’s Fruit Market offers real orchard provenance — fruit actually grown on a farm with roots back to 1878 — packaged as a farm-stand shopping trip rather than a pick-your-own outing. Paired with goods from known regional producers like South Mountain Creamery and Old Town Cidery, and open six days a week, it’s a solid stop for buying apples and peaches plus a broader farm-market basket. Anyone whose priority is hands-on apple picking, though, should look to one of the u-pick-specific orchards in this region instead, since that experience isn’t what this record describes here.
Not stated in the record. No season dates are given, but the market itself is open Tuesday through Sunday, so any day in that range during fall would find it operating.
you specifically want to pick apples off the tree — the record doesn't describe an apple pick-your-own program here, only pre-picked sales.
The record doesn't describe an apple u-pick program — apples appear to be grown on the farm but sold pre-picked at the market. Pick-your-own flowers are offered, but not pick-your-own apples.
Not stated in the record. No specific varieties were listed on the pages read from the market's own site.
Tuesday through Saturday 9am-5pm, Sunday 11am-4pm, closed Monday.
Yes — the record notes goods from regional producers including South Mountain Creamery and Old Town Cidery, plus pick-your-own flowers.
The record describes it as fifth-generation, with the market dating to 1953 and the farm itself to 1878.
2026 dates had not been published when we last checked. In past seasons it has run: Tue-Sun. 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.
6410 Middle Road, Middletown, VA 22645, in Frederick County. It is one of 6 orchards we track in Shenandoah Valley / Winchester.
We track 6 orchards in Shenandoah Valley / Winchester, 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.
One caveat worth repeating: this orchard had not published its 2026 dates when we last checked, while 1 of the 6 orchards we track in Shenandoah Valley / Winchester had. Treat any date you see elsewhere as last year's until the orchard confirms it.
There are 6 other orchards we track in Frederick County. All Shenandoah Valley / Winchester orchards →
Map pin is set to the town centre. Navigate to the street address above, not the pin.
richardsfruitmarket.com
Checked September 2026.