A year-round Merrimack Valley agritourism farm with one of the longer PYO calendars in the region, but apple-specific hours, pricing, and exact dates aren't confirmed — only a general September-through-October window.
Smolak Farms operates at 315 South Bradford Street in North Andover, in Essex County’s Merrimack Valley region, with a phone number of 978-682-6332. The farm’s PYO crop calendar runs unusually long — from strawberries in June through Christmas trees in December — with apples slotted for “September - end of October.” Both u-pick and pre-picked apples are available. Beyond picking, the record confirms a bakery, an ice cream stand, hayrides, and school and birthday-party programming, describing a year-round agritourism operation rather than a single-season orchard.
Unlike orchards such as Connors Farm or Russell Orchards, which name a specific opening Saturday even without a stated year, Smolak Farms’ record gives only a seasonal range for apples: September through the end of October. That’s a genuinely useful planning window — wider than several orchards in this batch — but it’s explicitly not tied to a specific calendar date, and the farm’s own site adds a direct caution that windows “may vary from year to year, especially due to weather.” Treat the September-October range as the farm’s typical pattern rather than a locked commitment for this exact year.
The strawberries-to-Christmas-trees PYO span is one of the most extensive seasonal programs among the orchards researched in this project. Combined with the bakery, ice cream stand, hayrides, and birthday-party and educational-tour offerings, Smolak Farms reads as a farm built for repeat visits across many months rather than a single fall trip. For a family weighing which orchard to build an ongoing relationship with throughout the year, that breadth is a real point in Smolak’s favor, even though the apple-specific details remain general.
Notably, no apple variety list appears in the record — despite the detailed crop calendar naming the September-to-October window, there’s nothing confirming which apples ripen when within that stretch, nor any PYO pricing or specific daily hours for apple picking. That’s a gap worth flagging directly to anyone comparing Smolak against orchards like Rogers Orchards in Connecticut, which publishes an explicit variety-by-date ripening schedule.
Beyond the missing variety list and pricing, there’s no confirmed daily open/close schedule for apple PYO specifically — only the general crop-calendar window. No explicit year-stamped 2026 season announcement was found either; the September-October range comes from what appears to be a standing, general crop calendar rather than a page updated specifically for this year.
Smolak Farms shares the Merrimack Valley region with Currier Orchards in New Hampshire, and the two present a useful contrast: Currier names seven specific apple varieties but gives no season-wide calendar, while Smolak Farms does the reverse, offering a clear crop-by-month calendar without naming which apples fall within the September-October apple window. Neither record alone answers both “when” and “what,” so a visitor prioritizing one question over the other might lean toward whichever orchard answers it more directly.
Smolak Farms offers one of the longest and most diversified PYO seasons among the orchards researched here, with a real bakery-and-hayride agritourism package layered on top. But for apple pickers specifically, the record only supports a general September-through-October target window — no exact dates, varieties, or pricing — so calling 978-682-6332 before a trip is the more reliable way to confirm what’s actually ready.
September through the end of October is the general window the farm's own crop calendar assigns to apples, though the farm itself cautions this 'may vary from year to year, especially due to weather.'
you need a confirmed specific opening date, exact hours, or posted pricing for apples — none of these are in the record.
The farm's crop calendar lists apples for 'September - end of October,' a general seasonal window rather than specific 2026 calendar dates.
The farm's PYO calendar runs from strawberries in June through Christmas trees in December, per the record — a notably long season.
Yes — the record confirms a bakery and ice cream stand alongside hayrides and school/birthday-party programming.
Not stated in the record. No hours or pricing were found for apple picking specifically.
Yes — the farm's own site cautions that exact crop windows 'may vary from year to year, especially due to weather.'
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.
315 South Bradford Street, North Andover, MA 01845, in Essex County. It is one of 1 orchards we track in Merrimack Valley.
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smolakfarms.com
Checked September 2026.