Nestled in the mountains of western Maine, Pietree Orchard is a family owned business offering a variety of apples as well as pumpkins, squash and gourds. The orchard was operated by the McSherry family for over 75 years and offered for sale in 2007. The Maine family that purchased the property intends to keep it a working orchard.
 
Pietree Orchard covers both sides of the Waterford Road in Sweden, Maine. It is easily accessible from Bridgton, Norway, Fryeburg, Lovell and North Conway, New Hampshire.
 
The original landscape has changed with the addition of storage buildings and a new home for the migrant workers. The farmstand has cold storage under the building to keep our apples fresh and crisp until late fall. The entire property was fenced to keep deer and moose from destroying the trees and fruit.
 
The trees on the north side of the orchard have been treated organically for the past three years. We are allowed to sell these apples as “organically grown”. The south orchard apples are grown conventionally meaning we eliminate any pests as they appear with approved treatments.
 
Scott Miller, “The Apple Doc”, is the production manager and resident beekeeper. He has been working in this orchard for several years.
 
The University of Maine Cooperative Extension and the staff at Highmoor Farm are resources for the growth and development of the orchard.
 
The trees that Scott and Margaret planted during the first year of operation have begun to produce fruit. We had honeycrisp, black oxford, cox’s orange pippins, brock, pinova, golden delicious, gingergold, northern spy, red spy, winesap in addition to our macintosh, cortland and macouns  The peaches were a huge hit with the local peach enthusiasts.
 
We had our first pick your own strawberries in June 2011. The plan will be to expand the strawberry fields to fill the demand for locally grown berries.  We also planted Seascape strawberries, which extended the berry season into fall.
 
Pietree presses and bottles our own unpasteurized cider for sale at the farmstand.
 
Bryce and Campbell return every spring to help us with the fruit and vegetables.
 
So if you are looking for something to do in the fall, come on over to Pietree Orchard and check us out, taste some locally grown products, meet our wonderful staff and enjoy Jesse’s brick oven baked bread and pizza.
 
We hope to see you at Pietree, where the scenery is spectacular, the apples delicious,
and the staff ready, willing and able to please!