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Apple gadgetsThere's one place to pick your own fruit in Davison. Another 21 are within 25 miles. Davison is about 40 miles northwest of Sterling Heights, MI.
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Nothing is typically ripe around here right now. Next up: strawberries from early June.
Based on the typical seasons for Michigan, adjusted for the local frost dates (last spring frost around May 8). Crops ripen with the weather, not the calendar, so confirm with the farm the day before.
Draw a 25-mile circle around Davison and you get 22 U-pick farms in 15 towns, including 9 orchards with apples, 6 pumpkin patches, 4 with blueberries, 3 with grapes and 3 corn mazes. 13 of them list a website or Facebook page with current hours.
Davison's own U-pick farm is Uptegraff's Orchard, with apples. It sits on 350 N. Gale. For anything it doesn't grow, check the closest farms by crop below.
| Crop | Closest farm | Distance | Farms within 25 mi |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apples | Uptegraff's Orchard Davison | in town | 9 |
| Pumpkins | Apple Lane Orchard Flint | 5 mi | 6 |
| Blueberries | Blueberry Lane Farms Millington | 13 mi | 4 |
| Grapes | Mueller's Orchard Linden | 21 mi | 3 |
| Corn maze | Porter's Orchard Goodrich | 8 mi | 3 |
| Strawberries | Raleigh Farm Clio | 15 mi | 2 |
| Raspberries | Middleton Berry Farm Ortonville | 14 mi | 2 |
| Lavender | Misty Meadow Lavender Fenton | 23 mi | 2 |
| Cherries | Mueller's Orchard Linden | 21 mi | 1 |
| Peaches | Raleigh Farm Clio | 15 mi | 1 |
| Pears | Mueller's Orchard Linden | 21 mi | 1 |
Numbers in brackets are farms within 25 miles. Months follow the typical season in Michigan; each farm sets its own dates.
The median last frost near Davison is May 8; the first fall frost arrives around October 5. That leaves about 148 frost-free days for the farms. Fall comes early here, so apple and pumpkin picking near Davison often winds down by the middle of October.
| Crop | Typical season in Michigan | Daytime highs | Rainy days / month | Farms here |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apples | September to October | 60–74 °F | 7 | 1 |
By October nights drop to about 40 °F and days reach 60 °F, so a jacket helps for a hayride late in the day.
Frost dates: median of NOAA's 1991–2020 climate normals at the weather station closest to Davison, 4 miles away. The actual dates in Davison can shift by a few weeks from one year to the next.
Weather: NOAA 1991–2020 monthly normals (average daily high; days with at least 0.1 inch of rain) at the station nearest Davison, 8 mi away.
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The old-school gadget that turns a bag of picked apples into pie filling in minutes.
Apple gadgetsWe know of one farm in Davison: Uptegraff's Orchard. Within 25 miles there are 21 more.
The farms here list apples most often. Each farm posts its own picking days, and they change from year to year.
Around May 8 in a typical year, and the first fall frost comes around October 5. Both are median dates from NOAA's 1991–2020 climate normals for the weather station nearest Davison, so a given year can be a few weeks earlier or later.
Right in Davison: Uptegraff's Orchard. Within 25 miles we list 9 farms with apples in total. The usual season in Michigan is September to October.
Apple Lane Orchard in Flint, about 5 miles away in a straight line. Within 25 miles we list 6 farms with pumpkins in total. The usual season in Michigan is September to October.
Blueberry Lane Farms in Millington, about 13 miles away in a straight line. Within 25 miles we list 4 farms with blueberries in total. The usual season in Michigan is July to August.
If a farm is missing here, Send us a tip, we update the list regularly.