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Readers: Where is the best place to pick apples?

Help us create a guide to the best places for apple picking.

A bag of Akane apples at Honey Pot Hill Orchards in 2020. Courtesy of Jonathan Wiggs/Globe Staff

By Nia Harmon

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It’s time to indulge in the quintessential fall activity: apple picking.

Walking through rows of fresh apples while surrounded by changing leaves as far as the eye can see, and finishing off your day with apple cider and cider doughnuts to refuel – and maybe even a hayride after to give your legs a break from all of that walking. 

What’s not to love about a fall day at the orchard? 

Whether you are looking to spend time with your family or hang out with friends, Mass. has some of the best orchards and farms in the nation.

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Placed at number one out of the top 5 “can’t miss orchard’s” on Travel and Leisure’s 20 Best Places to Go Apple Picking in the U.S. is Massachusetts’ very own Honey Pot Hill Orchards located in Stow. Sitting on 186 acres, Honey Pot Hill has a variety of apples to choose from, blueberry picking, and other farm activities. 

With the help of reader suggestions, Boston.com has curated a guide of the best places to go apple picking around Mass. over the last three years. 

Honey Pot Hills still reigns supreme at number one as suggested by readers, followed by Bolton Spring Farm in Bolton at second place and Parlee Farms in Tyngsboro securing third.

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Help us update this list with your favorite places to pick apples in the Greater Boston area. 

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Nia Harmon is a community co-op for  Boston.com and a journalism student at Emerson College. She is a journalism major with a minor in media studies at Emerson College. She is a native of Dallas, Texas.

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