Wednesday, July 9, 2008

Styer Orchard Inc.


A bountiful harvest comes to Bucks County after the 4th of July and Styer’s Pick-Your-Own farm is ready to provide you with a healthy picking of fruits and vegetables. Styer Orchard Inc. is a 107-acre pick-your-own farm operated by the Field family in Langhorne, Pennsylvania.

Fruits and vegetables are their specialty and here you can find fresh juicy peaches, red ripe tomatoes, and the season’s finest sweet corn, all in one place. In addition you can pick asparagus, apples, plums, cherries, pumpkins, grapes, eggplants, and more when they are in season.



The farm relies primarily on word of mouth and has a devoted customer base. Families return regularly to pick their produce for the week. This week customers are picking tons of sweet corn and peaches. The Field family showed me today’s freshly husked white corn that they decided to immediately eat right off the cob! In fact, even their dog, Jasmine has learned the art of picking the corn, husking it with her paws and eating it…cob and all, according to the Field’s.




The Field family is friendly and knowledgeable about all kinds of produce, growing techniques, insecticides and pesticides. And they use minimal applications of these products to assure the healthiest fruits and vegetables are made available to the public. They also host several school tours throughout the year and teach students about the complexities of growing vegetables and the process most crops go through before getting to the market.

It is interesting to note the variety of each crop they grow. For instance, Styer’s produces about 30 different varieties of apples. According to allaboutapples.com there are over 100 different varieties of apples in the world, including Macintosh, Fuji, Gala, Rome, Pippin, Niagara, Jonathan and Rambo.



If you like very fresh fruits and vegetables, now is the time to head over to Styer’s Pick-Your-Own. The prices are very reasonable and they will take you out to the fields via a wagon pulled by one of their farm tractors. Bring the whole family to help you pick!


Styer Pick-Your-Own is located on Styer Lane just off of Woodburne Road. They are open daily from 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. You can also call them at: 215-702-9633.










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