U-Pick Nearby
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Peel, core and slice an apple with one crank
The old-school gadget that turns a bag of picked apples into pie filling in minutes.
Apple gadgetsU-pick farms in Mason, TX
We know of one U-pick farm in Mason. It's about 87 miles from San Angelo, TX, heading southeast.
Ripe this week around Mason
Week of November 2 · updates automatically
Nothing is typically ripe around here right now. Next up: apples from early August.
Based on the typical seasons for Texas, adjusted for the local frost dates (last spring frost around March 18). Each year runs a little early or late, so a quick call to the farm saves a wasted trip.
Picking season in Mason
In a typical year Mason sees its last frost around March 18 and the first one of fall around November 13. That leaves about 241 frost-free days for the farms. With frost holding off until November 13, pumpkin patches and orchards near Mason often stay open through October.
| Crop | Typical season in Texas | Daytime highs | Rainy days / month | Farms here |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apples | August to October | 81–96 °F | 3 | 1 |
Plan for heat if you go for apple picking: August highs near Mason average 96 °F, so arrive when the farm opens and bring water.
Frost dates: median of NOAA's 1991–2020 climate normals at the weather station closest to Mason, 1 mile away. The actual dates in Mason 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 Mason, 1 mi away.
Illustration U-pick farms in Mason: questions and answers
Where can you pick your own fruit in Mason, TX?
We know of one farm in Mason: Sonlight Orchard.
What can you pick in Mason?
The farms here list apples most often. Each farm posts its own picking days, and they change from year to year.
When is the last frost in Mason?
Around March 18 in a typical year, and the first fall frost comes around November 13. Both are median dates from NOAA's 1991–2020 climate normals for the weather station nearest Mason, so a given year can be a few weeks earlier or later.
If a farm is missing here, Let us know, we update the list regularly.