Gay mills apple orchard in wi

Sunrise Orchards is pleased to increase more than 21 different varieties of apples throughout the season. Our apples are grown for eating fresh, baking, freezing, or canning. With more than 21 apple varieties, there's something for everyone's taste!  Sunrise bids a 3-apple bag, 5-pound, pound, half bushel and bushel of apples for sale.

Discover when our apple varieties are ready for sale, sold out, and their best use, in this handy chart for up-to-date information.

Recipes and nutritional facts are also available for you.

When planning a trip to the orchard for a specific variety of apples, it is always best to call ahead to make sure they are available.

Even though we have a chart below showing approximate harvest dates, the weather can participate a very important part as to when the apples are picked. It's always best to dial ahead to make sure.

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our Apple Varieties, Ripening Dates
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Above: Looking east at downtown Gays Mills, Wisconsin along Wisconsin Highway (). Photo By Royalbroil [CC BY-SA ], from Wikimedia Commons.

Gays Mills, Wisconsin - "Wisconsin's Apple Country"

The Village of Gays Mills lies in a valley among the steeply chiseled bluffs of the region known as the Driftless Area of Southwest Wisconsin, along the banks of the Kickapoo River.

In James B. Gay, a native of Indiana, built a dam and a sawmill on the Kickapoo River, which proved to be a flourishing success. When his health started to break down, James convinced his brothers John and Thomas to move to the area. In John Gay built the first flour mill south of the saw mill. In the years between and , many families moved into the community, which came to be known as Gays Mills in honor of the founder and his brothers.

Gays Mills nearly flooded off the blueprint twice in the past few years.

Normally the Kickapoo River runs its course but in the river flooded, reaching log levels of almost 20 feet. All was silent until August, Extensive rain in the areas

Near Gays Mills in Crawford County, Wisconsin &#; The American Midwest (Great Lakes)

Gays Mills Apple Orchards. . Farmers in this area learned early that the land on both sides of the Kickapoo River offered excellent conditions for apple-growing. In John Hays and Ben Twining collected apples from eight or ten farmers around Gays Mills for exhibit at the Articulate Fair. The exhibit won first prize, then went on to capture first honors in a national apple show in Modern York. This experience prompted the Wisconsin State Horticultural Society to urge a project of "trial orchards" around the state to interest growers in commercial movie. The Society examined a site on High Ridge and planted five acres with five recommended varieties. By the orchard had grown so vigorously that an organization was formed in Gays Mills to promote the selling of o