Named "Best of 2010" apple orchard by Chicago Magazine!

UPDATE FOR 2012

This has been a very odd weather year, as you all know. The early warmth brought the bloom out 2-3 weeks earlier than usual (early April vs. late April). We then had the extremely hard freezes around April 10 - 12, and again around April 20th. We were down to 25 a few of those, which is a crop killer. So, due to those freezes, we are very sad to report that the vast majority (85%+) of our crop is lost. We will not be opening the orchard in 2012. The trees will grow this year and hopefully we won't get frozen out in 2013. Have a great summer!

Mike & Velma Downes
Mike & Emily Lazar