Area orchards and cider mills are opening for the season, offering treats such as apple cider, doughnuts, pies and fresh apples, plus activities including corn mazes, petting zoos and playgrounds and coming soon — hay rides and pumpkin patches.

Statewide, the 2025 Michigan apple harvest crop estimate is 30 million bushels (1.26 billion lbs.), above the average annual crop size of approximately 25.9 million bushels, according to a news release from the Michigan Apple Committee.

“As growers continue to plant high-density orchards and adopt other innovative growing practices, Michigan’s apple crop sizes will increase, and we will continue to see these larger crops,” said Diane Smith, executive director of the Michigan Apple Committee.

For more information, visit www.MichiganApples.com.

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