This season
A hard year, told plainly by the farm. Apples: "Our apple crop looks great this year and we will open up for UPIC McIntosh in late August... All apples seem to be ripening ahead of normal." Pumpkins open in late September. Tart cherries: "No pick your own this year :( We lost 99% of our crop with all the spring frosts & freezes." Sweet cherries have no u-pick because "the trees are just too big", and the blueberry field is closed to picking after serious bird damage.
Checked August 22, 2026
About This Farm
Kapnick Orchards at Britton is open every day of the year bar the major holidays, and its 2026 picking page is the most honest account of a bad season anywhere in this region: it tells you crop by crop what you cannot pick and why.
What You Can Pick
- Apples - from late August. "Our apple crop looks great this year and we will open up for UPIC McIntosh in late August... All apples seem to be ripening ahead of normal so don't delay that family outing."
- Pumpkins - "We expect to open in late-September"
What You Cannot Pick This Year
- Tart cherries - "Sad news! No pick your own this year. We lost 99% of our crop with all the spring frosts & freezes."
- Sweet cherries - "Sorry no UPIC in 2026 we have a fair crop but the trees are just too big to have pick your own."
- Blueberries - "Unfortunately we have had serious bird damage to our blueberry field and picking is far from ideal so we have decided to close our field up to UPIC."
What Else is Available
A country farm market with cider, doughnuts, honey and fruit baskets, a bakery, jams and jellies, a CSA fruit share, farmers market stalls, a greenhouse in spring, and apple shipping from September to January. The 47th apple festival is on 10 and 11 October.
Good to Know
The farm posts a full crop update, not just the good half: "We have a mixed bag this season. Apples, raspberries, pears, blueberries and grapes have a great crop. Peaches, sweet cherries, plums have about a half of a regular crop. Apricots, Nectarines, Tart Cherries and white peaches have little to no crop this season."
Pro tip: go before the apple festival, not after it. The farm says in as many words that it is "not sure how much fruit will still be on the trees after that event", and with everything ripening early this year the second weekend of October may be the end rather than the peak.
What You Can Pick
In Season
Apples
Aug - Oct
Pumpkins
Sep - Oct
Facilities
Cafe
Farm Shop
Group Bookings
We list what we have confirmed. If something you need is not shown, it is worth calling the farm to check.
How we rate it
Our own assessment, scored the same way for every farm on the site, from what each farm publishes about itself. Not a visit, and not a public review score.
4.4out of 5, the Pickeria rating
- Fruit qualityHow good the picking actually is
- 4.6
- ExperienceWhat the visit itself is like
- 4.4
- Family friendlyHow well it works with children
- 4.4
- FacilitiesToilets, seating, parking, shade
- 4.5
- ValueWhat you get for the entry and the fruit
- 4.3
Plan Your Visit
Address
4245 N Rogers Hwy, Britton, MI 49229, USA
Britton, MI 49229
Britton, MI 49229
Opening Hours
Monday7:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Tuesday7:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Wednesday7:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Thursday7:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Friday7:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Saturday7:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Sunday9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
The farm is open all year, seven days a week, closing only for major holidays. These are the market hours; u-pick apples open in late August and pumpkins in late September, both within them.
Checked August 22, 2026 against the farm's own website
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