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Apple gadgetsThere's one place to pick your own fruit in Limerick. Another 40 are within 25 miles. Limerick is about 61 miles northeast of Manchester, NH.
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Nothing is typically ripe around here right now. Next up: strawberries from early June.
Based on the typical seasons for Maine, adjusted for the local frost dates (last spring frost around May 14). Each year runs a little early or late, so a quick call to the farm saves a wasted trip.
Counting Limerick itself, we list 41 U-pick farms within 25 miles, spread over 27 towns: 20 orchards with apples, 16 with blueberries, 9 pumpkin patches, 8 with raspberries and 4 for cut flowers. 28 post their hours online, so you can check before you drive.
The one farm inside Limerick is Libby & Son U-Picks, with vegetables. It posts updates online and sits on 86 Sawyer Mountain Road. When it has nothing ripe, the table below points to the nearest alternatives.
| Crop | Closest farm | Distance | Farms within 25 mi |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apples | Brackett's Orchards Limington | 2 mi | 20 |
| Blueberries | Pleasant View Blueberry Farm Cornish | 3 mi | 16 |
| Pumpkins | Randall Orchards South Windham | 11 mi | 9 |
| Raspberries | Snell Family Farm Buxton | 13 mi | 8 |
| Flowers | Little River Flower Farm Buxton | 12 mi | 4 |
| Pears | Orchard Ridge Farm Gorham | 15 mi | 3 |
| Strawberries | Lavigne Strawberry Farm Sanford | 20 mi | 2 |
| Blackberries | McKenzie's Farm Acton | 21 mi | 2 |
| Peaches | Tuts Blueberries Farmington | 22 mi | 2 |
| Corn maze | McDougal Orchards Springvale | 19 mi | 2 |
Numbers in brackets are farms within 25 miles. Months follow the typical season in Maine; each farm sets its own dates.
The median last frost near Limerick is May 14; the first fall frost arrives around September 30. That leaves about 136 frost-free days for the farms. Fall comes early here, so apple and pumpkin picking near Limerick often winds down by the middle of October.
Frost dates: median of NOAA's 1991–2020 climate normals at the weather station closest to Limerick, 7 miles away. The actual dates in Limerick can shift by a few weeks from one year to the next.
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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 Limerick: Libby & Son U-Picks. Within 25 miles there are 40 more.
The farms here list vegetables most often. Each farm posts its own picking days, and they change from year to year.
Around May 14 in a typical year, and the first fall frost comes around September 30. Both are median dates from NOAA's 1991–2020 climate normals for the weather station nearest Limerick, so a given year can be a few weeks earlier or later.
Brackett's Orchards in Limington, about 2 miles away in a straight line. Within 25 miles we list 20 farms with apples in total. The usual season in Maine is September to October.
Pleasant View Blueberry Farm in Cornish, about 3 miles away in a straight line. Within 25 miles we list 16 farms with blueberries in total. The usual season in Maine is July to August.
Randall Orchards in South Windham, about 11 miles away in a straight line. Within 25 miles we list 9 farms with pumpkins in total. The usual season in Maine is September to October.
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