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Apple gadgetsThere's one place to pick your own fruit in Dover. Dover is about 25 miles west of Clarksville, TN.
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Nothing is typically ripe around here right now. Next up: pumpkins from early September.
Based on the typical seasons for Tennessee, adjusted for the local frost dates (last spring frost around April 4). A warm spring or a wet fall can shift picking by a week or more, so call ahead.
In a typical year Dover sees its last frost around April 4 and the first one of fall around October 31. That leaves about 210 frost-free days for the farms.
| Crop | Typical season in Tennessee | Daytime highs | Rainy days / month | Farms here |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pumpkins | September to October | 71–82 °F | 6 | 1 |
Frost dates: median of NOAA's 1991–2020 climate normals at the weather station closest to Dover, 4 miles away. The actual dates in Dover 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 Dover, 4 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 Dover: Mann's Pumpkin Patch.
The farms here list pumpkins most often. Each farm posts its own picking days, and they change from year to year.
Around April 4 in a typical year, and the first fall frost comes around October 31. Both are median dates from NOAA's 1991–2020 climate normals for the weather station nearest Dover, so a given year can be a few weeks earlier or later.
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