One of Delaware's oldest and largest fruit farms, over 100 years in business with 60 acres of apples on an 800-acre property, but the least-documented listing in this research — its u-pick access appears tied to specific fall event days rather than an open-ended daily season, and even the farm's own address couldn't be confirmed.
T.S. Smith and Sons operates in Bridgeville, Sussex County, Delaware, with a phone number of 302-337-8271. This record differs from every other listing in this research in one important way: the farm’s own website could not be loaded directly (it was blocked to automated fetch), so everything here comes from a single Cape Gazette article rather than first-party materials. No street address for the Bridgeville farm itself could be confirmed — only a cross-street location for the farm’s separate Lewes retail store was found, which is why the address field is left blank rather than filled with an approximation. A cider mill is confirmed, along with farm tours, a farm bakery and deli, and involvement with the Apple Scrapple Festival.
Despite the gaps, the Cape Gazette article provides some solid, specific facts: T.S. Smith and Sons has been in business over 100 years and farms 60 acres of apple trees on an 800-acre property, making it one of Delaware’s oldest and largest fruit farms. That places it in a similar historical category to Fifer’s in Camden-Wyoming, which the record describes as operating since 1919 — both farms represent multi-generation Delaware agricultural operations rather than newer u-pick startups.
The most important practical detail here is also the most uncertain: the article describes u-pick apple access as tied to specific fall event days rather than a standing daily program, citing a past-year example of an October 15 you-pick-apples-and-pumpkins date associated with the Apple Scrapple Festival. That’s a real structural difference from Delaware orchards like Fifer’s or Thousand Acre Farm, both of which describe u-pick as an ongoing seasonal program (even if hours vary). A visitor showing up on a random weekend expecting a standard u-pick operation could find that picking apples here is only available on specific festival-tied days rather than throughout the fall.
The farm makes its own cider, applesauce, and apple butter from its fruit, according to the record — a value-added production side that goes beyond simply selling fresh apples. This is consistent with an operation of this scale and history; running its own processing suggests a more established agricultural business than a smaller u-pick-only farm, similar in spirit to the cider mills confirmed at Fifer’s and several Maine orchards in this broader research, though T.S. Smith and Sons’ applesauce and apple butter production isn’t matched by name at those other farms.
Every other Delaware listing in this research has at least a confirmed address and a clear statement about how u-pick works day-to-day. T.S. Smith and Sons has neither: no confirmed street address for the farm itself, and u-pick apple access that appears to depend on specific event days rather than a predictable schedule. Combined with the fact that the farm’s own website couldn’t be reached directly during this research, this is genuinely the least-documented listing in the Delaware set, and the record says so directly.
No confirmed street address, no apple varieties, no pricing, and no confirmed current-year u-pick apple days. The one calendar anchor available — the Apple Scrapple Festival — isn’t tied to a specific confirmed 2026 date in this record.
T.S. Smith and Sons brings a genuinely impressive scale and history to this research — over a century in business and 60 acres of apples on an 800-acre property — but the practical details a visitor needs most, a confirmed address and a clear u-pick schedule, aren’t available here. Calling 302-337-8271 to confirm both the exact address and current-year u-pick apple days, particularly around the Apple Scrapple Festival, is essential before planning a trip to this farm specifically for picking.
Around the Apple Scrapple Festival weekend, based on the farm's history of tying u-pick apple access to specific event days — though no 2026-specific date is confirmed.
you need a confirmed street address or a standing daily u-pick schedule — neither is available in this record, which is the least-documented Delaware listing in this research.
Not confirmed as a standing daily program. Available evidence suggests u-pick access is tied to specific fall event days — most visibly the Apple Scrapple Festival weekend — rather than an open-ended daily season like other Delaware orchards researched.
Not confirmed. No precise street address for the Bridgeville farm itself could be found; only the separate Lewes retail store's cross-street location was located.
Over 100 years in business, per a Cape Gazette article, with 60 acres of apple trees on an 800-acre property — one of Delaware's oldest and largest fruit farms.
Yes — the farm runs its own cider, applesauce, and apple butter production from its fruit, per the record.
Not stated in the record. No specific varieties were confirmed.
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.
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Checked September 2026.