GRABOW ORCHARD AND BAKERY

GRABOW ORCHARD AND BAKERY
6397 S State Road 13, Pendleton, IN 46064

Phone Numbers
Toll Free 1-888-534-3225
local Noblesville (10 digits) 765-534-3225
local Anderson, Lapel 534-3225
(page updated 11.24.08)

NEWS!.... FLASH: We are in the process of upgrading our apple orchard. We have planted 6 new cultilvars on dwaft root stock. We are also reducing the present cultilvars to a more managable number. We have found that for our operation we do not need many trees of each cultilvar to meet our sales needs.
Since our main business model involves year around farm market sales, we need apples which can be stored for sales into April ,of the next year. One apple that fills this requirement is Gold Rush, another is Fuji.
The next improvement is to use dwafting roots stock like B9 and M9 which products a tree with a height of 8 to 10 feet. Less time to pick and prune the trees. The present trees on M111 root stock are 20 to 24 feet high. They produce 10 to 12 bushels per tree but take forever to pick and prune.
Proper pruning will produce better apples, reduces threat of diseases and helps us with our transtional spray program. We like to complete our spraying by mid June. We use biological controls for the balance of the apple growing seasons with very good results. Half of our trees are scab resistant from the PRI program.
We have completed picking our apples. We have recovered from last year crop failure due the freeze during bloom. The apples crop is very good and we will be have a good crop of all cultivars. Click on "Our Apples" for more details.
We held our apple dumpling festival this years on the first Saturday of October.
We have added new items that can be purchased on line using PayPal. To see that page you can click on the Apple Button "ORDER USING PAYPAL". Along with the Apple dumplings, Famous and Sugar Free, we have added our Apple Peeler which was shown on our FOOD FINDS episode.
WE HAVE ESTABLISHED OUR ORCHARD MARKET HOURS FOR 2008/2009.
Starting Nov 1, 2008 to April 30th 2009 we will be OPEN Friday's 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM. We will be baking on Friday for the Saturday morning Farmers Market.
Starting in May we start the Summer Farmers Markets.
In May we only have the Wednesday Farmers Market. We will be open Tuesday's from 10:00 AM to 6:00 PM to baking for the Wednesday market.
In June thru September we add the Saturday Farmers market so we will be open and baking on Tuesday and Fridays from 10:00 AM to 6:00 PM.
During the month of October we only have the Wednesday Farmers Market will be open and baking on Tuesday's from 10:00 AM to 6:00 PM.
On the other days of the week we will be around working in the orchard and fields and can be available by appointment.
WE ARE CLOSED ON WEDNESDAY, SATURDAY and SUNDAY.
Now a Note on our Winter Farmers Market:
On Saturday Nov 1st we started the winter market at Traders Point Creamery on Moore Rd located on the northwest side of Indianapolis. The market is from 9:00 AM until Noon and will run through April 25, 2009.
Now a Note on our Summer Farmers Markets:
On Wednesday May 6th 2009 we will start the first Summer market downtown Indianapolis on Market Street, between Delaware St and Alabama St. The "Original Farmers Market" will run until October 28th. The market hours are from 10:00 AM until 1:30 PM. The vendors setup on Market Street.
On Saturday May 30th we will start the "Carmel Farmers Market" which located in the Carmel City Hall's South parking lot. The market hours are fom 8:00 AM to 11:30 AM. The market is held on each Saturday until September 26th. Click here for more details on the farm markets

To see what is available from our bakery and place a phone order or get Mail ORDER FORM click on "Our Bakery" follow the steps from available item to price list to order form.
To get information on apple dumplings you can click on "Apple Dumplings".
This is the Home Page and you can find out about our history by clicking on Our History , find out where we are by clicking on Where Are We . Get the idea. Each page has the Apple Buttons to help you move about the web site. Happy hunting.
The Grabow Orchard, Farm Market and Bakery is located in South Western Madison County. We are on State Road 13 between State Road 38 and I-69 exit 14, or about 3 miles South of Lapel. However we can take orders by phone any time. You can leave a msg and we will return your call.