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Apple gadgetsHoliday has one U-pick farm on our map. Another 14 are within 25 miles. It's about 16 miles from Clearwater, FL, heading north.
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Coming up next: strawberries from early December.
Based on the typical seasons for Florida. Crops ripen with the weather, not the calendar, so confirm with the farm the day before.
Draw a 25-mile circle around Holiday and you get 15 U-pick farms in 8 towns, including 9 with blueberries, 4 pumpkin patches and 1 with strawberries. 9 post their hours online, so you can check before you drive.
In Holiday itself you'll find Aunt Mattie's Berry Patch, with pumpkins. It posts updates online and sits on 238 Darlington Rd. If it's closed or picked out, the table below shows the next-closest farm for each crop.
| Crop | Closest farm | Distance | Farms within 25 mi |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blueberries | Starkey Blueberry Farms Starkey Ranch | 6 mi | 9 |
| Pumpkins | Aunt Mattie's Berry Patch Holiday | in town | 4 |
| Strawberries | Bearrs Groves Tampa | 17 mi | 1 |
The counts are for farms within 25 miles. Months follow the typical season in Florida; each farm sets its own dates.
The median last frost near Holiday is January 20; the first fall frost arrives around January 9. That leaves about 354 frost-free days for the farms. Fall comes early here, so apple and pumpkin picking near Holiday often winds down by the middle of October.
| Crop | Typical season in Florida | Daytime highs | Rainy days / month | Farms here |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pumpkins | October | 84 °F | 4 | 1 |
Frost dates: median of NOAA's 1991–2020 climate normals at the weather station closest to Holiday, 3 miles away. The actual dates in Holiday 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 Holiday, 3 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 Holiday: Aunt Mattie's Berry Patch. Within 25 miles there are 14 more.
The farms here list pumpkins most often. Crops ripen at different times each year, so it pays to check ahead.
Around January 20 in a typical year, and the first fall frost comes around January 9. Both are median dates from NOAA's 1991–2020 climate normals for the weather station nearest Holiday, so a given year can be a few weeks earlier or later.
Starkey Blueberry Farms in Starkey Ranch, about 6 miles away in a straight line. Within 25 miles we list 9 farms with blueberries in total. The usual season in Florida is April to June.
Right in Holiday: Aunt Mattie's Berry Patch. Within 25 miles we list 4 farms with pumpkins in total. The usual season in Florida is October.
Bearrs Groves in Tampa, about 17 miles away in a straight line. It's the only one we list within 25 miles. The usual season in Florida is December to April.
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