Apple Bar Orchard

Apple Bar Orchard, LLC

Specialty Crop Producer Highlight Series: Apple Bar Orchard, Helena, MT

Montana Department of Agriculture interviews MTBGA Board Member Catherine McNeil about Apple Bar Orchard, her family-owned-and-operated orchard that grows juicy honeyberries (or haskaps), dwarf sour cherries, currants, aronias, saskatoons (or serviceberries), apples, and pears. Her fruit is sold fresh or frozen to local farmers markets and consumers.

Montana Ag Network: Berries are booming in the Treasure State

Evan Charney of KRTV NEWS and Montana Ag Network interviews Catherine McNeil about her berry growing endeavors and helping other berry growers around the state.

Read the full article and watch the short video.

Apple Bar Orchard is a woman-owned high-density berry orchard in the Helena valley. We grow Honeyberries/Haskaps, Dwarf Sour Cherries, Serviceberries/Saskatoons, Aronia Berries, Black Currants, and Red Currants. We have about 1000 plants in about 1-1/2 acres.

Berries and Products Available Year Round

Whether fresh or frozen, we have supplies available until we sell out, but we may have frozen supplies all year. Call 406-439-8570 to purchase berries!

Berry Products for Sale

Other than the berries themselves (fresh or frozen), we will offer haskap jam, syrup, jelly; honeyberry lemonade, aronia jelly, and more!

U-pick in July — Great Family Activity

U-Pick honeyberries/haskaps and tart cherries. Overflowing quart container $8 for almost a pound. The orchard is fully accessible for those with limited mobility and for small kiddos, so come on out next year!

More About Apple Bar Orchard

Catherine McNeil and her late husband, Ken, have spent their lives in agriculture. Their family owns Apple Bar Orchard in the Helena valley of Montana, one of the original homesteads in the area dating back to the early 1900s.

The McNeil family farm hosts seven acres of hay fields and 1.5 acres of fruit. The orchard got its start as a research site for MSU Extension to determine what kinds of berries could be grown in Montana on only .25 acres. The successful berry cultivars gained footing and expanded fruit production to its current acreage.

Products from Apple Bar Orchard can be found across the state of Montana in various value-added products such as jams, jellies, juice, kombucha, beer, wine, seltzer, pies, tarts, scones, and other baked goods. Catherine loves the nutritional aspects of the honeyberries/haskaps and other Montana-grown berries, and hopes they become a healthy option for Montanans in the future.