Apples
🍎 A Special Message From Our Orchard Family Regarding U-Pick 🍎
For the first time in our orchard's history, we have suffered a devastating loss of our apple crop. Two severe spring frost events struck during bloom and destroyed most of the apples that would have made up our 2026 U-Pick season. Unfortunately, many orchards throughout our area experienced the same damage.
As farmers, we are heartbroken and sincerely apologize to families who were looking forward to picking apples this year. This is not the experience we hoped to provide, and it is the first time this has happened since we began operating.
The good news is that we have built strong relationships with other Minnesota apple growers over the years. Because of these partnerships, we still have many excellent Minnesota-grown apple varieties available for purchase. Your support this season helps not only our farm, but other farm families across Minnesota as well.
We invite you to walk through the orchard, take photos, and see the frost damage for yourself. It tells the story of this season better than words ever could.
Thank you for your patience, understanding, and continued support. We are truly grateful. We are already looking ahead to 2027 and hoping for healthy blooms, no frost, no hail, and a return to the U-Pick experience we all love.
With gratitude,
The Pawelk Family & Team at LuceLine Orchard
SweeTango, First Kiss & Honeycrisp are available in the Apple House.
Apples keep the best when kept in our 35 degrees Apple House. This helps keep the apples crisp, juicy and delicious! We have a variety of apples to satisfy any and all taste buds. Many of our apples have been developed at the University of Minnesota Horticultural Research Center.
Our Varieties of Apples
Keep in mind that our apples ripen at different times depending on the breed of the appleFirst Kiss: An early season favorite!
Zestar!: Carol Traen’s favorite! Our earliest apple of the season. Everyone’s excited when the first juicy, sweet/tart tasting Zestar apples are picked! Available early Sept.
SweeTango: Katie’s favorite! Parentage is the Honeycrisp and Zestar. Sweet and Tangy perfection! Available early Sept.
Honeycrisp: A great mid-season apple of which our Reed can’t get enough! Juicy with a mildly aromatic flavor and a great storage life to boot! Uses: Excellent for eating, jazzing up a salad, or making a delicious dessert!
Haralson: Rich’s favorite! A late-season crisp juicy and tart apple. Good for eating, cooking, and baking pies!
Keepsake: Terri’s favorite! Fun Fact – One of the parents of the Honeycrisp apple. Wonderful sweet/crisp apple, smaller in size and picked late season with a great shelf life!
Sweet 16: Paige and Matt’s favorite! Very sweet and succulent – some people compare it to candy!
Connell Red/Fireside: Connell Red is a naturally occurring mutation of the fireside apple …pretty much the same apple. Big, sweet and firm with a complex flavor! Beautiful big apples that are wonderful baked with LuceLine Honey, raisins, walnuts and cinnamon. Uncle Jerry loves Connell Reds!
Snow Sweet: Abby’s favorite! A sweet/tart taste with pretty white flesh, slow to brown when cut. Excellent for salads and desserts!
Come visit our Orchard for an unforgettable family experience!