11/03/2026
🍎🍏 THE CRISP, JUICY, FRESHLY PICKED APPALACHIAN BLUE RIDGE MOUNTAIN APPLES ARE HERE, AND ONLINE ORDERING IS NOW OPEN! 🍏🍎
Well, we've made our journey to the mountains and brought back a little for you, too! ⛰️🍂 These pictures are from the orchards your apples came from, and a tiny peek into our beautiful weekend! 😍
📣 ORDERS WILL BE READY FOR PICKUP BEGINNING WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 4!
Whether you're wanting a few pounds for fresh snacking, a bushel to put away for winter, or enough to keep your kitchen smelling of cinnamon and apple pie, we've got you covered!
🍎 SIX VARIETIES TO CHOOSE FROM!
🍯 AMBROSIA: Delightfully sweet, mild, and juicy, with a lovely honey-like flavor. Wonderful for eating fresh, children's snacks, and applesauce!
FUJI: Extra sweet, firm, and wonderfully crunchy! Excellent for fresh eating, dehydrating, applesauce, and c***r.
💛 GOLDRUSH: Golden-yellow, exceptionally crisp, and bursting with a bright sweet-tart flavor! Excellent for baking, c***r, and long-term storage. These are particularly good keepers!
💚 GRANNY SMITH: The classic tart green apple! Firm, crisp, and perfect for old-fashioned pies, caramel apples, and baking.
🩷 PINK LADY: A delightful balance of sweet and tart, with a wonderful crunch! Excellent for snacking, baking, and dehydrating.
🥧 ROME: A good old-fashioned cooking apple! Mildly sweet with a touch of tartness, and particularly wonderful for baked apples, apple butter, pies, and applesauce.
🤔 SWEET OR TART?
Here's a general idea of how they compare, starting with the sweetest!
🍯 SWEET → Ambrosia & Fuji → Rome → Pink Lady → GoldRush → Granny Smith → 🍋 TART!
GoldRush is especially interesting because its sharpness mellows during cold storage, developing a sweeter, more complex flavor!
🧺 HOW CAN YOU PURCHASE THEM?
Online or in store! We're offering apples two ways!
🍏 BY THE POUND: Purchase just a few pounds or stock up on your favorites! Mix and match varieties if you'd like!
🍎 BY THE BUSHEL: A whole bushel of apples, approximately 40–42 pounds! Choose a single variety or purchase a mixed bushel for a little of everything.
Mixed Bushels: Varieties are selected and packed by us from our available assortment.
A bushel weighs between 40-45 pounds. There are between 80-120 apples per bushel. A bushel yields approximately 24-32 pints of applesauce, 3-3½ gallons of c***r, or 20 pies. 2 pounds or about 6 apples are needed for ONE 9 inch pie.
Pricing and ordering options are listed on the website!
❄️ WANT TO KEEP YOUR APPLES BEYOND FALL?
Apples are wonderful keepers when stored properly!
For the longest storage life, keep them refrigerated or in cold storage, ideally around 32–38°F, with good humidity and some ventilation. Leave them unwashed until you're ready to use them, and check occasionally for any bruised or spoiled apples.
GoldRush, Granny Smith, Fuji, and Rome are especially good storage varieties, with some keeping for months under ideal conditions!
And don't forget, apples are naturally full of goodness! They provide fiber, beneficial antioxidants, vitamin C, and plenty of satisfying, natural sweetness. 🌿
🍎 READY TO ORDER?!
Our apple ordering page is officially LIVE!
👇🏼 ORDER HERE: 👇🏼
https://www.littlewillowmercantile.com/product/apples-fresh-mountain-orchard-picked/5ONFFJQ72X46S77A3AB22JAB?cp=true&sa=false&sbp=false&q=true
📍 Pickup at Little Willow Mercantile
109 S Washington St.
Downtown DeRidder, Louisiana
📅 Pickup begins Wednesday, November 4, and lasts till the apples are gone!
Now, who's ready to make an apple pie, put up some applesauce, fill the fruit drawer, or stock the pantry for winter?! 🥧
Get those orders in and help us find good homes for this mountain of apples! 🙃🍎
