A large indoor farm market selling six named apple varieties pre-picked, reportedly from August all the way through February — an unusually long window that suggests cold storage carries the market well past fresh harvest.
Roberson Orchards & Farm Market, in Omaha in Boone County, has grown peaches and vegetables since 1979 and operates what the record describes as a large indoor roadside market. Six named apple varieties are sold here — Red Delicious, Golden Delicious, Fuji, Braeburn, Arkansas Black, and Jonathan — alongside nuts, dried fruit, honey, and sorghum. This is explicitly a pre-picked retail operation, not a u-pick destination.
Of the six named apples, five are widely familiar national varieties you’d recognize from any grocery store. The sixth, Arkansas Black, is the genuinely regional one — a dark-skinned, dense, late-ripening heirloom apple historically tied to the Ozarks. Having it alongside Fuji, Braeburn, and Jonathan gives shoppers a real choice between familiar apples and something distinctly local, which is a useful thing to know if you’re deciding what to actually buy once you’re there.
Here’s the detail worth examining most closely: sources describe apples as available roughly August through February at this market — a six-month window that’s notably longer than a typical fresh apple harvest season, which for most varieties in this region runs from late summer into fall. The research notes flag this directly: that long window likely implies significant cold storage keeps the market stocked well past the point when apples are actually being picked fresh off the tree. That’s not a criticism — cold-stored apples are a completely normal part of how fruit markets operate through winter — but it does mean a February visit is a meaningfully different experience from a September one, even if the same varieties are on the shelf. If freshness specifically matters to your purchase, ask when you’re there whether what you’re buying was picked this season or held in storage.
The hours themselves are stated with more confidence than most other details here: winter hours run 9am to 4pm, summer hours 8am to 5pm, with the market open daily except Thanksgiving and Christmas. That’s a dependable, near-year-round schedule — consistent with the idea that this is a retail market built to operate well beyond a short fall apple season, supported by the broader mix of peaches, nuts, dried fruit, honey, and sorghum also sold here.
Unlike a few other listings in this batch where u-pick status is ambiguous, this record is explicit: apples here are sold, not picked by visitors. If you’re looking for a hands-on picking experience in the Ozarks, this isn’t that stop — but if you want a one-stop market with a genuinely long operating season and a mix of local and familiar apple varieties, it’s a solid, dependable option.
No orchard-operated website was found for Roberson Orchards, so nothing here comes directly from the farm’s own current materials — it’s all filtered through Arkansas.com and Arkansas Grown listings. No pricing is stated for any of the produce sold. And there’s no way to confirm from this record exactly which months apples are freshly picked versus sold from storage.
Roberson Orchards & Farm Market is at 11681 Hwy 14 E in Omaha, Boone County, in the Northwest Arkansas / Ozarks region. Coordinates on file are an Omaha, AR city-center estimate, not geocoded to the exact address.
A dependable, near-year-round farm market with a genuinely useful variety mix — including the regional Arkansas Black — but the long August-to-February apple window is worth asking about directly if you want fresh-picked fruit rather than cold-stored. Call 870-426-3400 if timing your visit around freshness matters to you.
Apples are described as available roughly August through February, per Arkansas.com and Arkansas Grown listings — though that long window likely reflects cold-storage sales for much of it, not continuous fresh-off-the-tree fruit.
You specifically want a pick-your-own experience — this record marks u_pick as false.
Six are named: Red Delicious, Golden Delicious, Fuji, Braeburn, Arkansas Black, and Jonathan.
No — apples are sold pre-picked, not u-pick, per Arkansas.com and Arkansas Grown listings.
Winter hours are 9am-4pm, summer hours are 8am-5pm. The market is open daily except Thanksgiving and Christmas.
That long window is unusual for fresh apples and, per the research notes, likely implies significant cold storage carries the market through much of that period rather than continuous fresh harvest — worth asking about directly if freshness matters to you.
2026 dates had not been published when we last checked. In past seasons it has run: Daily (closed Thanksgiving and Christmas). 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.
Red Delicious, Golden Delicious, Fuji, Braeburn, Arkansas Black, Jonathan — note that what's actually ready to pick changes week to week through the season.
11681 Hwy 14 E, Omaha, AR 72662, in Boone County. It is one of 2 orchards we track in Northwest Arkansas / Ozarks (Boone County).
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Checked September 2026.