BELLEVILLE, Ill. — The fall season is still a few weeks away, pick-your-own apple season has already begun at Eckert's with ripe-for-picking Maia apples at its Grafton and Belleville farms. At ...

Of the more than 30 PYO apple varieties, the McIntosh trees are especially heavy with fruit at Alyson’s Orchard. Late in the season, heirloom and winter keeper apples such as Northern Spy and ...

An array of PYO apple varieties, plus a brew barn, fall BBQ, hayrides, farm animals and more. *** Schartner Farm 211 West Berlin Rd., Bolton schartnerfarm.com Hayrides, a corn maze and farm animals.