Riverview Orchards has been an apple farm for almost 100 years. Originally settled by the Dutch, the farm is located on an old Indian trail along the Mohawk River. After the Erie Canal was built, the farm was used as a stopping point for stabling the horses and mules that pulled the packet boats. Around the turn of the century, the Leversee family planted apple trees on the gently rolling land. In 1945, the Barrett family purchased the farm and grew both wholesale and retail apples and other produce for the next 40 years.
Today the farm is run by that same family, and is a favorite place for parents to bring their kids to visit, a step back to Grandma's day, where the land is open, the food is homemade, and there's lots of old-fashioned goodness.
