A slow start and warm weather late in the season means apples are a little behind this year but ready to be picked and many orchards, like Ricker Hill Orchards, have opened to for the public to come pick their own.

A slow start and warm weather late in the season means apples are a little behind this year but ready to be picked and many orchards, like Ricker Hill Orchards, have opened to for the public to come pick their own.

Larry Hathaway reaches up to grab a McIntosh apple for his wife before heading over to fill a bag of Cortlands for himself at Ricker Hill Orchards in Turner Friday afternoon September 6, 2019. "It's still early and they are a little hard and tangy but she likes them that way." said Hathaway. "They won't last long so I'll be back in less than a week."

Friday, the neighborhood dog, and farm stand worker Marilyn Shaw wait for visitors to arrive at Ricker Hill Orchards in Turner Friday afternoon September 6, 2019.

A slow start and warm weather late in the season means apples are a little behind this year but ready to be picked and many orchards, like Ricker Hill Orchards, have opened to for the public to come pick their own.

Friday, the neighborhood dog, waits for visitors to arrive at Ricker Hill Orchards in Turner Friday afternoon September 6, 2019.

Friday, the neighborhood dog, and farm stand worker Marilyn Shaw wait for visitors to arrive at Ricker Hill Orchards in Turner Friday afternoon September 6, 2019.