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November 2024 by Laury Cadet
The donuts are so fresh and delicious!!!
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October 2024 by Shane Sikes
Beautiful day at a beautiful place. The apple cider donuts were in a league all of their own
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October 2024 by Lyndsey Loo
Great place, very family friendly.
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October 2024 by Josephine Legrand
Russell Orchards apple picking was a fantastic experience! Every moment was amazing!
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October 2024 by Spencer Mead
High hopes for apple cider donut….totally disappointed. Not hot, no flavor….just oily
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October 2024 by Luke Zumpano
Emma loves tourists!! The hard cider was delicious!
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October 2024 by Tiffany V
Great fall activity! Definitely get a fresh hot cider donut and take home one of their frozen fruit pies!
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October 2024 by Austin Hull
Pretty high priced place. Decent wines but the service was a little snoody.
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October 2024 by Vincent Errichetti (Taste of Massachusetts)
An apple farm, with a bakery, a winery, tractor rides, animals, and so much more, when you visit North of Boston Russell Orchards in Ipswich is a must visit.
Known for their Bakery and fresh made pies,
as well as their fresh made apple cider donuts. .
this 120 ache family farm with scenic views
and friendly animals, has been operating since 1920.
and their very popular fruit wines draw crowds year round.
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October 2024 by Alan King
Such a cool experience! So much to try from a well stocked shop. Apple picking is available but way more than we needed for a few days in town. We enjoyed a few good items and a hot non alcoholic cider.
Lots of other produce from specialty wines, honey, baked goods, whole pies, ice cream, cooking books and much more. ?????
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October 2024 by B RC
It's a sort of typical overpriced "value-add" farm like you find all over new England this time of year-- super crowded, couple of marginal photo opps, okay cider donuts, expensive wines/ciders. The chickens are *super* overcrowded and pecking each others feathers out. That was really not cool.
Imo- Pick your own should be *cheaper* than buying in the farm stand, as you're the labor. It used to be that PYO was how we Poors could get access to farm fresh stuff only the folks in the big houses could afford.
It's cute if you have kids, maybe. I probably will skip it in future.
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October 2024 by Steven Carr
Donuts were a let down tasted like pancake batter blueberry scones were dry and had no flavor
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October 2024 by Daphne Vantine
We always stop at Russell Orchards on the way to crane beach. We love their baked goods and freshly harvested fruit. Their grapes were incredible - I’ve never tasted such flavorful grapes in my life. Highly recommend a stop here - bring an extra cooler if you’re heading to the beach for the day to stock up on things from their shop!
We also love looking at the animals. Typically, we’ll see ducks, donkeys, a horse or two, goats and pigs.
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October 2024 by Anna Paroles
We used to love Russel Orchards. Not anymore. You come for apple picking and the only option they give you is to get a 10lb (yes, a TEN POUND) bag of apples, costing $25. Nothing smaller than that. We reluctantly went for it, just for the old times sake, ended up with a ridiculous amount of apples that we won’t be able to consume.
For apple picking, go elsewhere. I know we will.
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October 2024 by Gerard Leary
Truly an autumn ritual.If you choose not to drive.Take the T commuter rail from North Station to Ipswich then catch the Ipswich/Essex shuttle directly to Russell Orchards This day will be a real treat
