STAR ORCHARD
253 County Trunk CE
Kaukauna, WI  54130
(920) 759 - 9294
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OPEN HOURS

Mon - Fri:  9 am - 6 pm
Saturday:  9 am - 5 pm
Sunday: 10 am - 5 pm

Open Day after Labor Day

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Weekly Update:   Wednesday Nov 25, 2009

Star Orchard has closed for the 2009 season. Our remaining McIntosh and Cortland apples can be purchased at Woodman's Supermarket in Appleton or Larry's Piggly Wiggly in Kaukauna until Christmas. We want to thank everyone who came out to our orchard in 2009 and helped make it our most successful year. We plan several changes for the 2010 season to make your visit more pleasant. We are removing some unneeded trees so you can more easily access the Wealthies and Paula Reds. We are planning on planting more  Zestars either in 2010 or 2011. they were developed by the Honeycrisp people. They are very similar to Honeycrisp in texture, size and color but with better flavor however they to not  store nearly as well. They ripen around Sept. lst. We also need more plum trees, more signs in the orchard and smoother roads. We hope to reopen again by Labor Day 2010.    

Star Orchard

     Star Orchard is an apple orchard located on the east side of the Fox Valley in Northeast Wisconsin in a very small community called Hollandtown. Star Orchard is located 15 minutes east of Appleton and 30 minutes south of Green Bay - please view our map link. The orchard was planted in 1962, however, many new varieties haven been added over the years. It is not unusual to see three generations of family members spending several hours on a beautiful fall day picking apples, both for eating and cooking.
     We are primarily a "Pick Your Own" orchard, but also feature a sales room with pre-picked apples, pasteurized cider and honey which is produced from beehives located in the orchard. Our salesroom also features an assortment of jams, jellies, dressings, mustard, maple syrup, assorted gourds,  caramel apples, caramel apple dip and many types of squash. Wilmar Chocolates of Appleton make our caramel apples using our apples and their  secret homemade recipe. They are available Friday thru Sunday or until we run out.

     While McIntosh and Cortland are  the most popular varieties picked by our customers, please scroll down this page to see some of the other varieties we offer. Located just 15 minutes east of Appleton and 30 minutes south of Green Bay, Star Orchard is very accessible from almost anywhere. For more specific directions, please view our map link.

"Pick Your Own" Apples
Star Orchard offers a wide variety of "Pick Your Own" Apples. You can pick to your hearts desire. For those of you more interested in eating than picking, visit our retail store for pre-picked apples.

Our Apple Varieties Include:
Type of Apple Qualities / Description

Pick Your Own Apple Dates
Wms Pride All Purpose - Eating and Baking Late August
**Zestar All Purpose - Extra Crispy Late August
Paula Red The most popular all purpose early apple Late August
Wealthy All Purpose - Tart, Baking Early September
Gala Sweet, Hard - Primarily Eating Most of September
Mollies Delicious Sweet Large - Primarily eating Early to Mid September
McIntosh All Purpose. Still the No. l seller Mid Sept thru early Oct.
Cortland All Purpose - One of the Best Mid Sept thru Mid Oct.
*Honeycrisp Uniquely Crisp - Extremely Popular Mid to late Sept.     NO PYO
**Macoun All Purpose - Very crisp, mostly eating Late Sept.
**Wolf River Cooking -  Very large Late Sept.
 ** Snow Apple All Purpose - an old timer Late Sept.
 Golden Del         Sweet -  Primarily eating Early October
 Empire All Purpose - Eating & baking. Very popular Early October
 Red Del Eating - slowly being fazed out Early to Mid October
 Jonagold  As good as Honeycrisp, only harder Mid October
 ** Ambrosia  Something new - Big Potential Mid October
 ** Melrose  All Purpose  Mid October
 **Ida Red  Large, hard long keeper - Primarily baking  Late October
 **Connell Red  Large, hard long keeper - Primarily baking  Late October
 **Northern Spy  A specialty baking apple  Late October

 

 
        PEARS             DESCRIPTION    APPROXIMATE RIPENING DATE
**Spartlett  Very Large - mostly canning  Late September
Lusciouss  Small, sweet -  very tasty eater  Early October
Flemish Beauty  Large - All Purpose  Early October
**Clapps Favorite  All Purpose  Early October

 
        PLUMS            DESCRIPTION    APPROXIMATE RIPENING DATE
Mount Royal  Small, round, purple - eating  Early September
Stanley  Very popular all purpose  Mid September

*Honeycrisp apples are not a "Pick Your Own" variety due to their uneven ripening characteristics and high value.

**Very limited number of trees or very young trees needing a few more years of growth for a crop warranting PYO

Note: The ripening dates are approximate. The spring bloom and pollinating dates determine the fall ripening dates which may vary by up to two weeks depending on the spring weather. Most picking occurs mid-Sept thru mid-Oct.

Star Orchard

New Varieties and New Plantings of Old Varieties
( Not Available to "Pick Your Own")

  • Honey Crisp - We feel this is one of the best apple varieties in the apple world today. Introduced in the 1990's by the University of Minnesota, this large, exceptionally crisp, juicy apple has instantly become a customer favorite. You won't see many of these in supermarkets for years to come since demand far exceeds supply.

  • Paulared - This all-purpose August apple is similar to McIntosh. It has become so popular that we have removed all our other August apple varieties.

  • Jonagold - A cross between Jonathon and Golden Delicious. This large firm sweet-tart apple has become one of the most popular apples in Europe. We believe it will do as well in the Fox Valley area. We highly recommend this last season apple for it's superior flavor and keeping quality.

  • Mollies Delicious - Better known as a Molly, this large apple has the Delicious shape but has it's own distinctive flavor and is very snappy for an early September apple. It is not a good keeper and not usually found in supermarkets, yet it is a local favorite.

  • Fameuse - Better known as as a Snow Apple. It is an old variety with white flesh and believed to be one of the parents of the modern McIntosh. We don't have many of these.

Pumpkins

Although we are primarily an apple orchard we do have three acres of pumpkins, gourds and squash. These crops start ripening in late September and are sold on a "Pick Your Own" basis or pre-picked.

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