Bauman Orchards

Let me start by saying, yes during their Fall Festival it is business and crowded. That’s why you go there knowing that the kids will have fun and don’t go if you’re in a hurry.
Now let’s talk about the real reason to go to Bauman Orchard. The cider is the best anywhere. I usually have to buy 2 or more gallons if I want any. The rest of the family drink it so fast. The price on cheese and other items are awesome compared to the local stores in the area.
Like I said, the Fall Festival is a fun time to take the kids, pick apples, get some fresh doughnuts, maple flavored cotton candy (so good), kettle corn and multiple gallons of cider. Other less busy times are great throughout the year for bagged apples, baked goods and other store items.
We love this place and recommend it to all. You really can’t beat the taste of the cider.
And I almost forgot Apple Cider Slushies!!!
Enjoy all.

I dont even know where to start with this place. Lets do good news bad news. The good news is the cider is sold everywhere and the quality is considered tops in the area. Their baked goods and their variety of products is tremendous. There are wagon rides for the kids and family and they have a vendor that makes fresh donuts.
The bad news. The front of the building was constructed about 18 feet from the the very busy Ritman road. This causes all kinds of problems. All the merchandise is presented out front including the baked donuts so the line literally goes out into the busy street and I mean literally. We almost got hit by several cars. The line moves terribly slowly too. We ended up leaving after 20 minutes in line cause then we would have to wait in a second line to get cider or apples. Next, The wagon rides pull out into heavy traffic with loads of kids onboard. I cannot begin to tell you how dangerous this is. The reason the traffic is so heavy is because there is no parking at all. You have to park on the street. This too is hazardous because you have to dodge cars to get across and there is no shoulder on Ritman. The band plays in front of the building adding to the problems. There are hot dog vendors out in front too.
Summary: This could be the best orchard in town with some careful planning and redesign of the physical layout and where items are bought. Perhaps they could move all the vending to back or side of the building to keep the public out of the street. My recommendation for right now, is go to another place to get apples and cider until the physical planning issues are addressed.

After a visit to Bauman Orchards in October of this year, my wife and I decided to have some apples shipped to our house. The cost to ship the apples was doubled the cost of the apples, but we thought getting a better product would be worth it. We were wrong! The apples arrived in about 3 days (Texas) which was good. However, half of the apples were either bruised or soft. They looked worse than what we get in our local grocery store. The Honey Crisp apples weren’t near as sweet and we found our store bought apples were sweeter.
We had every intention to order more apples later in the year, but what’s the point. The cost for subpar apples isn’t worth it.