There are hundreds of wonderfully varied, sometimes curiously shaped, heirloom apple varieties waiting to be explored, including the sweet 'Api Etoile,' the tropical-flavored 'Pitmaston Pineapple,' and several cider apples, such as the crisp 'Golden Russet' and the bittersweet 'Muscat de Bernay.' Below are dozens of sources for antique apple varieties, whether you prefer to pick your own at an orchard, at your doorstep, or grow them yourself.

Pick-Your-Own Orchards
Purchasing these oldies but goodies from a farm stand or farmers' market has its own rewards, but nothing quite compares with the experience of being at an orchard and plucking antique apples from the trees.

Midwest
Apples on Oak
16146 West Oak Avenue
Joliet, IL 60432
815-726-0386

Fieldstone Orchard
7049 East 149th Street
Overbrook, KS 66524
785-665-7643

Friske Orchard
10743 U.S. 31 North
Ellsworth, MI 49729
888-968-3554

King Orchards
4620 Route 88 North
Central Lake, MI 49622
877-937-5464

Kiser Orchard
6105 Church Road
Plattsmouth, NE 68048
402-298-8132

New England
Alyson's Orchard
57 Alyson's Lane
Walpole, NH 03608
800-856-0549

Champlain Orchards
2955 Route 74 West
Shoreham, VT 05770
802-897-2777

Lyman Orchards
Junction of Routes 147 and 157
Middlefield, CT 06455
860-349-1793

Windy Hill Farm
686 Stockbridge Road
Great Barrington, MA 01230
413-298-3217

Mid-Atlantic
Milk Pail Farm and Orchard
1346 Montauk Highway
Water Mill, NY 11976
631-726-4565

Riamede Farm
122 Oakdale Road
Chester, NJ 07930
908-879-5353

Reid's Orchard
2135 Buchanan Valley Road
Ortanna, PA 17353
717-677-7466

South
Hidden Hollow Orchard
3200 Apple Hill Road
Louisville, KY 40245
502-243-4196

West
Apple Place
54950 Route 245
Miramonte, CA 93641
559-336-2608

Denver Dan's
4354 Bumble Bee Lane
Camino, CA 95709
530-644-6881

Kiyokawa Family Orchards
8129 Clear Creek Road
Parkdale, OR 97041
541-352-7115

Old World Apples
5917 Northwest 199th Street
Ridgefield, WA 98642
360-887-4273

Pope Farm & Apple Orchard
2531 U.S. 26
Lingle, WY 82223
307-837-3015

Prevedelli Farms
375 Pioneer View Road
Watsonville, CA 95076
831-724-9282

Sierra Glen Ranch
15665 Big Hill Road
Sonora, CA 95370
209-532-2534

Ya Ya Farm & Orchard
6914 Ute Highway
Longmont, CO 80502
303-485-5585