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A 23-acre pick-your-own apple orchard open from late summer through autumn.

Apple (pick your own)

High mountain oolong grown in cloud forest above 1,000m, with tea farm stays and tastings in Shizhuo and nearby villages.

Tea

Northern Europe's largest contiguous fruit region. Tours follow the dyke paths through blossom in May and harvest in autumn.

Apple · Cherry

The Yeşilırmak valley under Amasya's rock tombs, home of the small, fragrant Amasya apple harvested in autumn.

Apple (pick your own)

Walk the catwalk above the cellar at Angry Orchard's 60-acre Hudson Valley orchard, learn how cider is made from apple to glass, and finish with guided tastings.

Apple

Coffee fincas on the slopes of Agua, Fuego and Acatenango around Antigua, with tours from the rows to the roaster.

Coffee

Japan's apple heartland beneath Mount Iwaki. Entry includes all-you-can-eat picking plus one apple to carry home.

Apple (pick your own)

New Paltz orchard overlooking the Shawangunks, with a restored 1859 barn selling cider and donuts.

Apple (pick your own) · Pumpkin (pick your own)

Pick-your-own strawberries, apples and pumpkins north of Toronto with a farm winery.

Apple (pick your own) · Pumpkin (pick your own) · Strawberry (pick your own)

Terraced citrus hills facing the sea in Japan's top mikan prefecture, with mikan-gari picking in late autumn.

Citrus fruit (pick your own)

Cherry (pick your own)

Small maker near Hay-on-Wye; call to arrange a garden tasting and visit the bottle shop.

The Büyük Menderes valley grows most of the world's dried figs. Late summer brings the Sarılop harvest and drying yards.

Fig (pick your own)

Highland cidery pressing apples from its own sixth-generation family farm, with a taproom.

Hillside orchards on Penang's quieter west side, famous for heritage durian varieties eaten under the trees in June to August.

Tropical fruit (pick your own)

Dutchess County farm with pick-your-own fruit and vegetables.

Apple (pick your own) · Blueberry (pick your own) · Pumpkin (pick your own) · Strawberry (pick your own)

Cool-climate apples at 800 metres. Southern-hemisphere harvest runs March to May, capped by the CiderFest weekend.

Apple (pick your own)

South Australia's best-known pick-your-own destination: strawberries from November to April, paid by the kilo.

Strawberry (pick your own)

Blue Mountains orchard with pick-your-own apples and stone fruit.

Apple (pick your own) · Peach (pick your own)

Connecticut orchard picking since 1871, with a farm market and winery.

Apple (pick your own) · Blueberry (pick your own) · Peach (pick your own) · Strawberry (pick your own)

Family farm since the 1890s: U-pick cherries mid-November to early January and berries from mid-October to June, with timed cherry tickets sold online.

Blackberry (pick your own) · Blueberry (pick your own) · Cherry (pick your own) · Raspberry (pick your own) · Strawberry (pick your own)

A public-access creekside corridor where native pawpaw thickets fruit in late September. Ramps emerge along the upper switchbacks in spring.

Wild food

Malaysia's best-known tea estate, with rolling terraces, a working factory and a tea house over the valley. Strawberry farms are close by.

Tea

North Andover farm with weekend fall festivals, cider donuts, hayrides and a pumpkin yard.

Apple (pick your own) · Flower (pick your own) · Pumpkin (pick your own)

Home of the National Fruit Collection; pick-your-own weekends run mid-June to early November with hundreds of rare varieties.

Apple (pick your own) · Cherry (pick your own) · Pear (pick your own) · Plum (pick your own)

Cool highland greenhouses where you can pick strawberries all year, a favourite family trip out of Kuala Lumpur.

Berry (pick your own) · Strawberry (pick your own)

Essex fruit farm with pick-your-own berries, sunflowers and pumpkins.

Pumpkin (pick your own) · Raspberry (pick your own) · Strawberry (pick your own)

Family farm in Harvard founded in 1936, pressing its own cider and running the Cider Barn restaurant.

Apple (pick your own) · Flower (pick your own)

Mountaintop pick-your-own apples and peaches above Charlottesville with views and cider.

Apple (pick your own) · Peach (pick your own)

The cool highland plateau south-east of Da Lat where French planters first grew arabica. Several farms here welcome visitors to the rows and roasteries.

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