Orchards near Cato, NY

Weedsport

Sterling

Ontario Orchards started in 1965 when Dennis and June Ouellette turned an old barn into a farm store off Route 104 near Oswego. It now runs a bakery, a cider mill, and greenhouses alongside the market. You'll find u-pick apples and strawberries, local horseradish, mustard and cheese, garden plants, and gift baskets. The farm also welcomes Harvest Hosts RV travelers who park overnight beside the apple rows.

Oswego

Ontario Orchards is a large farm market on State Route 104 in Oswego, New York, combining a produce stand, bakery, cider mill, and nursery. Apples like Honeycrisp come off their own trees, and the market carries local meats, cheeses, sauces, and seasonal goods such as Christmas trees, flowers, and greenhouse plants. Garden supplies, stone, and mulch round out the yard. It runs year-round as a working farm and retail stop near Lake Ontario.

A year-round farm market and orchard on Route 104 outside Oswego, selling its own apples and strawberries alongside fresh produce, an on-site bakery, and cider from its mill. The store also runs greenhouses and a nursery, stocks local specialty foods, and opens its fields for U-pick in season. It's a long-standing stop on the Lake Ontario shore east of Rochester.

Oswego

Oswego

Fruit Valley Orchard grows a range of berries and tree fruit for picking and purchase on Bunker Hill Road in Oswego, near Lake Ontario, and runs greenhouses of flowers and vegetables in spring. The farm stand also carries gifts from local artisans and vendors, and visits are by appointment. Reach them at 315-342-3793 or on Instagram @fruitvalleyorchard.

Syracuse

Pick-your-own strawberries, raspberries, and a wide range of apples grow at this Route 20 orchard south of Syracuse, in the Navarino area of Marcellus. The country store and bakery turn out pies, breads, and cookies daily, alongside homemade jams and canned goods, and the apple fritter sundae is a fall draw. The on-site Barn Restaurant serves lunch and dinner most of the week, and u-pick shifts by season from berries to tomatoes to apples.

Syracuse

Navarino Orchard grows a wide range of apples plus strawberries, raspberries, and tomatoes on Cherry Valley Turnpike (Route 20) southwest of Syracuse, with U-pick through the season. The on-site bakery makes pies, breads, and cookies, and an apple-season fritter stand serves fritter sundaes. The Barn restaurant and a daily country store round it out, and the farm hosts weddings. Two decades in, it leans on earth-friendly growing and local sourcing.

Mexico

Behling Orchards is an apple orchard on Potter Road in Mexico, in Oswego County east of Lake Ontario. Orchards across this Lake Ontario snowbelt sell apples, cider, and fall produce as the harvest comes in. The farm's website, behlingorchards.com, was not loading reliably, so confirm u-pick dates and store hours directly before visiting.

Mexico

Sage Creek Orchards grows tree fruit on Minckler Road in Mexico, Oswego County, a few miles inland from Lake Ontario. The lake effect that buries this area in winter snow also stretches the fruit-growing season along the shore.

Lafayette

McLusky Orchards grows apples along Route 20 in LaFayette, Onondaga County's apple country south of Syracuse. LaFayette's ridges are known for orchards and an annual Apple Festival, and this farm sits in that belt. Expect fall apples and cider sold in season. Confirm hours and whether picking is offered before visiting, since the harvest is a short autumn window.

Mexico

Appledale Orchards is a fruit farm on State Route 3 in Mexico, in Oswego County near the east end of Lake Ontario, a stretch shaped by heavy lake-effect snow. Apples are the mainstay, sold in season and often available for picking through the fall. Contact the orchard to confirm picking dates, farm-stand hours, and whether cider is pressed on site.