Les Vergers Petit et Fils
Apple Self Picking St-Hilaire South Shore Montreal
Self-picking
Apple self picking is possible starting August at Vergers Petit, with early varieties such as Melba, Sunrise, Paulared, Lobo...
Summer or fall, Les Vergers Petit et Fils welcomes you for apple picking of any of our nine different varieties.
Melba
Melba
Melba is a medium size apple, her skin is thick and leathery and her color is pale yellow with striped pale red. This apple variety is very fragile. It is also a perfect apple for dessert, cooking and juice. Melba comes from rustic tree, sturdy and perfect for our climate. These apple trees begin to produce early in the month of August. One of the best summer apples!
Sunrise
Sunrise
Sunrise is a good medium size apple. Her skin has a beautiful color, with a yellow background; it has scratches pulling from pink to red. Its flesh is white to cream. This apple has hardy and vigorous characteristics. The Sunrise is ready to be picked in August.
Paulared
Paulared
Paulared is a medium size apple; her skin is red on a green-yellow background. It’s a variety that is fragile. The Paulared comes from a rustic tree and moderately rigorous. The Paulared has the appearance of the Macintosh, but its flesh is firmer. Having a firmer flesh, this apple is ideal for desserts, because it keeps its shape. The Paulared are ready to be picked in August.
Lobo
Lobo
Lobo is a big apple, spherical and irregular, yellowish green with red stripes. Despite its thin peel, it is resistant to cold. As her sister Melba, his skin is a little thick and leathery. This beautiful apple is mostly used for desserts, fresh eating and cooking. Apples of this variety have hardy and moderately vigorous characteristics. Lobo is ready to be harvested from early September.
Honeycrisp
Honeycrisp
Honeycrisp is medium size and his skin is covered with red stripes on green and yellow background. This variety is exceptionally crispy and very good quality. This apple is good to eat at fresh or in dessert. The flesh is firm during cooking, so it keeps his shape. These apples trees are characterized as hardy and moderately vigorous.
MacIntosh
MacIntosh
MacIntosh size changes from medium to large. His skin is a little thick, smooth and mildly tender. Its flesh is very tender, but crispy. This variety is ideal for desserts, cooking, cider, simply eat at is or applesauce. Having a very tender flesh, this apple makes an excellent applesauce. Apple trees have hardy and vigorous features, perfect for our temperature changes. This variety provides a constant supply.
Spartan
Spartan
Spartan size changes from small to medium. The Spartan is very appealing to the eyes and has a beautiful color. Her skin is moderately thick, but smooth. It is a beautiful dark leathery plain color. This variety is very firm and crispy. Perfect for eat as it, desserts and cider. Apple tree are hardy and moderately vigorous. This apple is very tolerant with bruises, because of his rigid skin.
Cortland
Cortland
Cortland is a very attractive apple due to his size. This variety has variant sizes, from large to very large. It is a variety of choices for desserts; it is very resistant apple to browning. Cortland is a very juicy and crispy apple, also used in cooking, eat at is, freezing, salads, pies and cider. These apple trees are rustics, but still fragile.
Russet
Russet
Its origin is mysterious, but this apple is of very good quality. His skin is characterized by roughness, thickness and resistant to bruising. His skin is brown to golden yellow. Its flesh is yellow, crispy and hard. The Russets come from a moderately hardy apple tree and they are unproductive. Good for cider and eat fresh!
Empire
Empire
The Empire is a relatively small apple. His skin is a little thick and waxy, but very resistant to bruising. She has a beautiful dark red color up to 100% of its surface. This apple is very crispy and the flesh is firm. The empire is perfect for eat fresh, cider and dessert. The apple trees are very hardy, but they are strong and big. This apple variety remains very long in the trees.
Paulared
Paulared
Paulared is a medium size apple; her skin is red on a green-yellow background. It’s a variety that is fragile. The Paulared comes from a rustic tree and moderately rigorous. The Paulared has the appearance of the Macintosh, but its flesh is firmer. Having a firmer flesh, this apple is ideal for desserts, because it keeps its shape. The Paulared are ready to be picked in August.
Lobo
Lobo
Lobo is a big apple, spherical and irregular, yellowish green with red stripes. Despite its thin peel, it is resistant to cold. As her sister Melba, his skin is a little thick and leathery. This beautiful apple is mostly used for desserts, fresh eating and cooking. Apples of this variety have hardy and moderately vigorous characteristics. Lobo is ready to be harvested from early September.
Honeycrisp
Honeycrisp
Honeycrisp is medium size and his skin is covered with red stripes on green and yellow background. This variety is exceptionally crispy and very good quality. This apple is good to eat at fresh or in dessert. The flesh is firm during cooking, so it keeps his shape. These apples trees are characterized as hardy and moderately vigorous.
MacIntosh
MacIntosh
MacIntosh size changes from medium to large. His skin is a little thick, smooth and mildly tender. Its flesh is very tender, but crispy. This variety is ideal for desserts, cooking, cider, simply eat at is or applesauce. Having a very tender flesh, this apple makes an excellent applesauce. Apple trees have hardy and vigorous features, perfect for our temperature changes. This variety provides a constant supply.
Spartan
Spartan
Spartan size changes from small to medium. The Spartan is very appealing to the eyes and has a beautiful color. Her skin is moderately thick, but smooth. It is a beautiful dark leathery plain color. This variety is very firm and crispy. Perfect for eat as it, desserts and cider. Apple tree are hardy and moderately vigorous. This apple is very tolerant with bruises, because of his rigid skin.
Cortland
Cortland
Cortland is a very attractive apple due to his size. This variety has variant sizes, from large to very large. It is a variety of choices for desserts; it is very resistant apple to browning. Cortland is a very juicy and crispy apple, also used in cooking, eat at is, freezing, salads, pies and cider. These apple trees are rustics, but still fragile.
Russet
Russet
Its origin is mysterious, but this apple is of very good quality. His skin is characterized by roughness, thickness and resistant to bruising. His skin is brown to golden yellow. Its flesh is yellow, crispy and hard. The Russets come from a moderately hardy apple tree and they are unproductive. Good for cider and eat fresh!
Empire
Empire
The Empire is a relatively small apple. His skin is a little thick and waxy, but very resistant to bruising. She has a beautiful dark red color up to 100% of its surface. This apple is very crispy and the flesh is firm. The empire is perfect for eat fresh, cider and dessert. The apple trees are very hardy, but they are strong and big. This apple variety remains very long in the trees.
Melba
Melba
Melba is a medium size apple, her skin is thick and leathery and her color is pale yellow with striped pale red. This apple variety is very fragile. It is also a perfect apple for dessert, cooking and juice. Melba comes from rustic tree, sturdy and perfect for our climate. These apple trees begin to produce early in the month of August. One of the best summer apples!
Sunrise
Sunrise
Sunrise is a good medium size apple. Her skin has a beautiful color, with a yellow background; it has scratches pulling from pink to red. Its flesh is white to cream. This apple has hardy and vigorous characteristics. The Sunrise is ready to be picked in August.
Our
Activities
Conscientious of the environment
Through the use of predatory insects (mites) method that the Petit family has grown, we are one of the first orchards in Quebec not to use chemical miticides for several years.
Since 2015, we participate in a program against The codling moth , Cydia pomonella . This struggle is to install in our orchards, pheromones . These pheromone aim the mating disruption and thereby counter the coupling and devastation. This new tool eliminates the use of chemicals such as pesticides in our orchards . The importance of the quality of our products is our goal !
Store Schedule
L 9:00 to 19:00
M 9:00 to 19:00
M 9:00 to 19:00
J 9:00 to 19:00
V 9:00 to 19:00
S 9:00 to 19:00
D 9:00 to 19:00
Apple-picking Schedule
L 9:00 to 18:00
M 9:00 to 18:00
M 9:00 to 18:00
J 9:00 to 18:00
V 9:00 to 18:00
S 9:00 to 18:00
D 9:00 to 18:00
Restaurant Schedule
L CLOSED
M CLOSED
M CLOSED
J CLOSED
V CLOSED
S 9:00 to 15:00
D 9:00 to 15:00
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