This season
The farm publishes a ripening calendar rather than fixed dates. Pick-your-own is at the Califon Orchards site: apples, strawberries, peaches, pumpkins and flowers.
Checked August 21, 2026
About This Farm
Melick's Town Farm is New Jersey's largest apple grower and runs four separate sites, only one of which you can pick at.
What You Can Pick
In the farm's own list: apples, strawberries, peaches, pumpkins and flowers.
The picking is at Califon Orchards, 472 County Rd 513, Califon, in the farm's own words a place to "pick-your-own peaches, apples, or pumpkins when in season".
What Else is Available
The Oldwick Farm Market at 170 Oldwick Rd, the Cider Mill and Orchard at 19 King St with fifty acres of orchard around a 150-year-old barn, and the Bridgewater Market at 351 Rt 28. Hard cider, school tours and group events.
Good to Know
The farm publishes a ripening calendar rather than fixed dates, which is the page to read before you go.
Pro tip: four addresses and only one of them picks. Set the satnav for Califon, not Oldwick, or you will spend a very pleasant hour in a shop wondering where the orchard is.
What You Can Pick
Strawberries
May - Jun
In Season
Peaches
Jul - Sep
In Season
Apples
Sep - Oct
In Season
Pumpkins
Sep - Oct
Facilities
Farm Shop
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.
4.5out of 5, the Pickeria rating
- Fruit qualityHow good the picking actually is
- 4.5
- ExperienceWhat the visit itself is like
- 4.5
- Family friendlyHow well it works with children
- 4.6
- FacilitiesToilets, seating, parking, shade
- 4.4
- ValueWhat you get for the entry and the fruit
- 4.3
Plan Your Visit
Address
19 King St, Oldwick, NJ 08858, USA
Oldwick, NJ 08858
Oldwick, NJ 08858
Opening Hours
Monday9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Tuesday9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Wednesday9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Thursday9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Friday9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Saturday9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Sunday9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Approximate orchard hours. The farm runs four sites with different hours and does not publish a single timetable; ring the Califon orchard for picking.
Checked August 21, 2026 against the farm's own website
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