NICEWICZ FAMILY FARM
Fruits are what we are best known for at Nicewicz Family Farm
We are proud of the wide varieties of fruit that we grow and our dedication to quality. Below is a sampling of the fruits that we grow, we also have apricots, nectarines, and occasionally cherries.
"Eating" Apple Varieties
All of our apples are considered "eating" varieties and most will work well for cooking as apple sauce and pies, but a few are generally not a firm enough meat to stand up to the temperatures of cooking. Below is a listing of our apples with some general season information:
Brock
Cortland (September)
Empire (October)
Fuji
Gala
Ginger Gold (August)
Golden Delicious (October)
Gravenstein (August)
Honey Crisp
Jonagold (September)
Macintosh
Macoun (October)
Mother
Paula Red (August)
Red Delicious (October)
Vista Bella (August)
Westfield Seek No Further
Williams Pride (August)
Wolf River
"Cooking" Apple Varieties
The more hardy the apple, the better it maintains its shape and texture when cooked / baked. The following varieties are excellent candidates for cooking and a few have specific "best" uses:
Brock
Cortland
Fuji
Gala (Sauce)
Ginger Gold
Golden Delicious
Gravenstein
Honey Crisp
Jonagold
Macintosh
Macoun (Sauce)
Mother
Paula Red (Sauce)
Vista Bella
Westfield Seek No Further
Williams Pride
Wolf River
Peaches
Pears
With over 500 trees, 15 varieties of peaches are grown at Nicewicz Family Farm that are in season from late July through the middle of September.
We grow 5 varieties of pears at the farm including Beurre Bosc and Sheldon.
Plums
We dedicated an acre to European and Asian plum trees. These plums are in season from the middle of August through the middle of September in the following varieties:
Santa Rosa
Redheart
Elephant Heart
Blue Free
Black Amber
Stanley
Blueberries
We have an 1.5 acres of land where we grow our blueberries that are in season from the middle of July through August.