Lots of samples available. I haven't been here in a while, and I remember them having a lot more fruits to sell to the public. The prices are decent for Korean fruits since they're coming directly from the farm. It's a huge place. Good trip for kids. read more

It is a zoo indeed, at least on this Sunday. Driving in on the gravely road, you park slanted on the side and walk up to where there is the farm store. There's a buttload of ppl waiting to hitch rides to the picking area (looong line), it is a wonder the trees have not been stripped naked! The large warehouse structure beyond that has restrooms and more long lines. I think this is what it must be like to be to be in refugee camp. read more

You are not able to call before you go because two phone numbers listed on their website are never picked up. I drove more than an hour to get there only to learn that there was no picking. If their website was last updated less than two weeks ago, when did they cancel picking? Why didn't they update the voicemail or remove the "pick your own" signs by the farm entrance? The store employees barely speak English and all the signs in the store are in Korean. If you want to go picking, The Lee Turkey Farm in East Windsor is a much better place. read more

TERRIBLE !!!!!! I'm regret I didn't check reviews before we going. The old lady was sooooooo rude and even pushed my husband and shouted. She treated us like ATM not customers. Now the ticket is $8/person and you still need to pay &4/lb. Told my friends and family members not go there. We found much much nicer farms in same area later. read more

Definitely worth a visit if you've never been Asian pear picking! :) Today was a lovely October day to go pear picking -- sunny, warm, and breezy. Parking was pretty easy, they had workers direct the cars into parking spots. The farm has a playground for the kids, outdoor seating, and an indoor cafeteria with Korean food for sale. The food is pricey, they have this organic chicken soup for $40 which I was tempted to try but was deterred by the price. Outside of the cafeteria, they sell BBQ chicken which is $20 for a whole chicken, don't be fooled by the word "whole", it's a small chicken but pretty tasty. Also senior citizens are eligible to get free BBQ chicken. As for the pear picking, they only had Singo pears available for picking. Admission is $2, you hop onto this wagon which is pulled by a tractor so you get a ride around the farm and an opportunity to check out the various fields. Picking is limited to a certain section and ladders are scattered throughout the field to help you pick the ones high up. While pear picking you also have the opportunity to snack on a pear or two so bring a knife or peeler. :D It was $2.50 a pound. If you only have a handful of pears, they pretend to weigh it but they really just charge you $2 a pear. Everything is rounded up to the nearest dollar so you'll notice there are no coins involved. The farm also sells pears by the box, vegetables, dates, and some other edibles. It's worth the trip and is family friendly. read more

About a 2 hour drive from NYC. Very nice place to take professional pictures with friends and family. Organic everything!! A bit chilly there, bring a jacket. read more

Wow... this place is packed. This is not my first time on a farm picking fruits and etc but it is my first time picking asian pears. First impression... "what is this madness??" The line is freaking LONG and it is to wait for the tractor to take us to the pear picking area. NOT for the tickets... no where is there any signs telling you where to get the tickets. (I just know from experience that we usually need tickets to enter farms to pick fruits) so I asked around and finally found the area. But for some one who will be doing this activity for the first time. They would have gotten on that long long line and then find out at the end that they need a ticket. That would be sad. Poorly managed. At least tape some signs up. read more

Evergreen Farm - Juicy pears, there is some big ones if you are lucky. - Farmers Market Near Me - Yardville, New Jersey

Went there Today (Sunday). Saturday they are closed (stated on their website). We got 7 large Asian pears for $25 (grade A stuff in nice box) from store. (Strange thing is that less pear prepacked, more $$ it is - I wonder if pears are bigger it taste better?) Good thing we got information of that place before we went there. I heard it's cheaper to buy stuff in the store, than paying $5/ppl to go pick from field and more to weight/pay, so we skipped that as well. There is store which is fair market type, which there was pre-picked items in nice boxes. They give samples to taste. We saw chicken was getting barbecued in the back, we asked how much it is, they told us $20 so we skipped that as well. But, overall it's easy to get to, just off NJ Turnpike exit 7 and 2 miles on local road. There was bunch of people there looking to go pick their own by getting on the van, mostly Asian people. Pears we bought are really nice and juicy. We checked out those others large boxes of pear for $35 and other fruits and we found them too soft and mushed, so we did not buy any of them either. read more

Arrived at 9 AM with my 80-year-old mother. They all acted like they couldn't speak English and pointed us to go buy tickets. I'm thinking, for what? Six dollars a piece later we are directed about 20 feet across the parking lot to a man taking tickets to go down three Aisles of pears produce. First thing I noticed was trash all over the ground and two dogs they didn't look in very good shape (shiba inus) who I immediately started worrying about. We picked just a few pears. My mom took two I picked one. Very rude man who took our $12 ticket charges us eight dollars for three pairs and gave us eight dollars change. And I try to explain to him we needed $12 back he was very rude. The place was kind of dirty and gross. Try to pretend they don't understand English. I asked them twice about their dogs and they said "what dogs? When they were obviously right there in front of us. Calling the SPCA tomorrow and shiba rescue. These people are making all of their money from bus trips from New York City. If your local, don't bother they don't want you there. I forgot to mention that I went inside and asked for my $12 back for tickets. Tickets for what? I walked acrossed the parking lot to pick three pairs from a trash Strewed orchard. That was after the guy charging for the pairs tried to rip me off. they gave me my $12 back for the tickets I probably looked kind of pissed off ha ha read more

Only come for the pears. TERRIBLE WORKER- the guy passing the yellow bags will physically stop you by hitting your bag if he thinks you are stealing. No need to wait for tractor ride. Just walk toward restaurant and turn left and the pear picking farm is right there. read more

My parents stumbled across this place in a Chinese newspaper. This Korean owned farm sure knows how to reel in Chinese w/ freebies. As an incentive, they offered a free BBQ chicken (sells for $20 there) to whomever brought their parents. Just so you know, Chinese people's pupils dilate whenever they see the word FREE. It's MUST HAVE, even if we are never going to use it. Next thing you know I was driving there. Per their website, we went apple/date/singo pear picking. Too bad out of the 3, we could only pick singo pears. Else was out of season. From the farm where we parked the car, we were asked to step up a tractor pulled wagon with a bench on both sides. I felt like we were being hauled in like cattle. It was $1.75/lb for the yellow singo pears and $2/lb for the brown ones. This comes out slightly cheaper than the prepackaged ones. They also sell corn, apples, cucumbers, gourds, chives, dates, soybeans, black beans, turnips, sesame leaves, etc. I found the pricing to be average, just fresher. At least they made good on the chicken. Pics: http://www.meetup.com/teamfoodie/photos/440055/ read more

my group and i drove from NYC to only find out that there was no U pick this year.. no corn, peach, or melons nothing, but they got some for sale...we did try to call ahead for a week and no one ever answers the phone. felt like they coned us so that we was force to buy rotten fruit read more

I love this Farm ville, you get to ride on farmers Tractor Trailer!! They started charging $2, but if you go on a busy Sunday they won't check your ticket stub for obvious reasons. If you bring a senior person over 60 yrs of age you can pickup a little ticket that will get you one free roasted chicken(rather tasty, fat is all drained out and they slow cook it near by). The place is self explanatory once you park you get out and get in line to be taken to the field. Make sure to bring a small knife because its free to eat as much as you want once your at the field. read more

I think half the appeal of any farm is the atmosphere. Sure, you go there for the local and seasonal goods... but if that pairs with a quirky atmosphere, the quality almost starts to feel negligible. They charge $2 to either take a tractor ride that brings you around the farm and back to behind the barn where you first started OR I suppose you could skip the pointless tractor ride, still pay the $2, and walk right over to the pear trees. You can then expect to pay another $2/lb aka pretty much $2/pear. It's not exactly the place to go if you're looking to save $ on ingredients by going local. Just saying. For whatever reason, they block off all but one or two columns. Why go to a farm if you're stuck in crowds of people in ONE column of trees? I don't know. Again - maybe it's just the style of this farm... or they have a reason? And what's with the grapes on the ground? They seem to attract a million bugs. I've been to other Asian pear farms and have never seen piles of smushed grapes at the base of the pear trees. That said, the pears are juicy and sweet. They're almost a cross between an apple and a pear. Some people like that in an Asian pear, and others go for a more crispier texture. If we go back, we'll likely skip the $2/person fee and buy a box of pre-picked pears. Not saying anything negative about the quality of the pears, but the experience sort of did it in for us. Tip: Bring a knife so you can enjoy pears as you pick. This will make you feel a little better about all the $$ you're having to shell out. read more

Fee to go in? and peach picking is reserved for tour people screw that! go to Eastmont Orchards which is like 30 minute drive~!

This farm is a very cute yet unsanitary establishment. The floor is littered with dead fruit (I mean I know It's supposed to be covered with them but there is no one picking it up). There are always dust clouds and gave us like three lanes to pick from. I feel like every year, the produce is getting smaller. Although it is a great way to get fresh food quickly, I feel like this place is very dirty. I wouldn't even dare to go to the bathroom. On the upside, the pears tasted good, but the scenery and amount of bugs ruined it. This review is coming from an annual (forced) visitor. read more

DISAPPOINTING!!!!!!! The people there are very rude and have a bad attitude. They only think about their profit and don't even give a damn about customers' feeling. If they don't change, the rudeness will RUIN the business. Honestly, being there is one of the worst experience I had in New Jersey. All Korean or Asian people will feel ashamed for this horrible place. read more

If you're expecting service with a smile, go elsewhere. After the ride back from the u pick pear area, my family wanted to pick up some items from their market. After spending $200 plus on pears, grapes, corn, jujubes and chestnuts, we were ready to go home when a crate of white carrots or turnips caught my grandmother's eye. As my mom was picking one of their pre-sorted crates, a "younger" ajumma glared unpleasantly. Once we made a choice and wanted to pay she commented, oh. That crate is REALLY big, bigger than all the other ones. Fine. Take it. Just take it. And shooed her hand in our direction. Did you just accuse my mother of putting more items in the crate?? You were standing two feet away the entire time. Listen lady. Don't point fingers at the customers, if you're gonna blame anyone it should be your employees for not being consistent with all the crates. And honestly, the one we picked just had larger leaves on the tops... ridiculous. read more

BEWARE OF THIS PLACE...WORST FARM EXPERIENCE EVER!!! Every fall season my family go to farm for pick your own and we always have a fun experience, kids always enjoyed it BUT NOT ON EVERGREEN FARM!!! First their website says pick your own available even at the entrance...it was a big lie and misleading because they DO NOT HAVE PICK YOUR OWN PEAR THIS YEAR. They obviously purposely mislead people so you drive there and buy their produce instead. Staff and owner are EXTREMELY RUDE AND NO COSTUMER SERVICE AT ALL!!! OMG!!! We came around noontime after driving an hour and a half, kids were hungry so we parked in the parking lot and opened the trunk of car and we ate the pizza that we bought on the way knowing they might not selling food or snack so we came prepared just in case and true enough they are not selling snacks just fruits and some vegetables. After we ate we are ready to go to the store and inquire about how to pick your own pear, A VERY RUDE LADY WHICH I BELIEVED WAS THE OWNER CAME TO US AND ACCUSED US OF STEALING ONE OF THE CRATES THAT WAS IN FRONT OF OUR CAR, SHE ASKED US TO OPEN OUR CAR AND CHECK...Really lady???!!! What the eff you're thinking?? if you are too concern about people stealing your crates so do not stock or laid them in the parking lot, store them in where you think is safe!!! And why would you accused costumer of stealing the crates, there's no other place to park but in front of those crates for heaven's sake!!! And staff are the same no smile no eye contact they are just a "ROBOT LABORER" noone i repeat noone speaks english or they pretend they don't so you cannot get a good information on what else to do in the farm since pick your own pear was not available this year. Never going back to this place ever again!!! read more

Do not go here. I repeat, do not go here. The bathrooms are filthy. The workers are incredibly rude. You will get accused of stealing. They will search your belongings before you are allowed back onto the tractor. My family and I were treated like criminals at the Evergreen farm. read more

Love this place. We go every year to pick Singo Pears (they're better than golden pear). Tip: bring small knives to peel the skin read more

Picking the Asian pears during the first hour was fun with elementary school age kids. However, the most disappointing part of the two hour experience was waiting in line to pay for the pears. I am still in the line now almost one hour later, and this is erasing the positive experience earned in the first hour. read more

The experience of picking an Asian pear is extraordinary. We enjoyed it the first time (October 5, 2008). You don't pay any fee except for the $2/lb. darker colored pears. The grilled chicken is $25 per (small whole chicken). No, it's not free. We didn't dare buy any cooked meals because of the prices. The farm is only open for picking on Sundays. The market which sells Korean grapes, corn, boxed pears and other vegetables are by bulk. The parking is not too organized. You can basically park anywhere. The pears are so sweet and so delicious. Can't get that anywhere. Not even in Asian stores. The tip in picking is to pick the darkest which is the sweetest. The hassles that we experienced are also so extraordinary. We arrived at 1pm. We walked to the orchard. There is nothing left to pick. All the beautiful and abundant aisles of pears were closed down and workers were ordered to warn people not to pick from those aisles. Only 3 aisles were open and the fruits to pick!!!????...... Only pears from the top most part of the vine, which is 9 feet high are the only remaining fruits to pick. Ladders were provided only if you get the chance to grab it from 70 other pickers. I tried to pick pears from the other restricted aisle only to be stopped by the workers. Hassle number 2. The portable johns/potty are so dirty and let alone the smelliest. With hundreds of people visiting, they only provided 3. No baby changer. And, the portable potties re 10 meters away from the children's playground and another 10 meters away from the fully contained, uncollected garbage disposal bins. Second visit- October 12, 2008. It's worse than our October 5 visit. They charged $2 per person even children taller than 3 feet. And you have to wait 30-45 mins for a hayride to the picking orchard area. Depending on the time you arrived but between 11-3pm is the busiest. After buying the ticket, we just walked to the orchard and our kids waited for their turn to ride. Again, at 2pm, there is no pear left to pick. I have to go over the restricted border to get my fruits and I have to debate to the workers that there is nothing left to pick so they have to allow me to pass. Plastic bags are also controlled. We ate while picking and there is nothing like their pears. The warehouse is a chaos. No PAID sticker or receipt so some women will harass you and ask if you already paid. The situation in the potty and the uncollected garbage is still the same. It's a very disorganized farm and the only reward we got are their sweetest ever so juicy pears. The management has to change their system. We feel that the visitors are being treated very low in their standards in terms of the cleanliness, organization and the limitation in picking. The management should make the customers happy. Besides, we all came from far away townships. read more

Worst experience ever!!!! Will never go back ever again. Waited 1 hr to get on the tractor, picked pears for about 15 mins , waited another 2 hours to get on the tractor back to the entrance (wouldn't allow us to walk back to the entrance because it was a liability on them???). Only had 1 register for all the tour buses and customers on a SUNDAY! Customer service sucked. Bathrooms were disgusting. Oh and the bathroom line was about 45 Min wait too! read more

This place was very disappointing. We drove 2 hours and came 15 min after it opened at 8:15am. The owner stood by the building and was rude to begin with. Then I asked about the ticket price whether it's for adults or if kids are the same price. He said it's all the same. Well, we have a 2 year old? And he proceeded to tell us that "kids are the problem". "They pick, they drop and we loose money on these children!". Ok, that was it! Good bye. Wow, gotta be the worst u-pick farm I've ever been to. Just so rude. And yes, the parking lot is ridiculous. Bad pavement for car tires. I don't want to pick on ethnicity here... but I'm an Asian as well and I'm ashamed of being an Asian because of this owner. read more

Big disappointment!! We went into the store asking for help because we didn't know where to buy the admission tickets, but the staffs there just ignored us. It was $5 per person for admission and you can only choose one fruit to pick. So if you choose to pick the Korean pear, you can't pick apple. Arg!! So basically we paid $5 for admission fee and we can only pick pears from THREE lanes!! ONLY THREE LANES!! WTH!!! It's like I can finish walking end to end of the three lines in less than 2 minutes. The staff there just stares at you while you pick the pears. I feel like I'm in prison where the guard looks at you wherever you go and whatever you do. As for the pears, they don't let you pick the ones in paper bags because they claim it isn't ready yet (but I bet they just want to sell those because they are better). The pears I picked aren't sweet nor big. It was such a big disappointment that even other fruit picking places that doesn't require admission fee is so much better. read more

poorly organized. parking is not convenient. $4 per person (4y+) to enter. Wait long time to enter. Co-works were not nice, gave an instruction before picking without a "please". Finally, pears are very hard to reach. I used a stick I picked from the ground to knock them down. No ladders, No signs. Finally, the pears taste excellent for sure. read more

*3 and a half star! Well as a fan of food I'm also a big fan of fruit picking from apples to peaches to pears. Evergreen farm is a great place to have family time though it can be quite expensive due to some factors. First, pear picking this year they raised the price from 3 dollars to 4 dollars just to go in and pick! But I do gotta say if you're a person that love pears it's a good deal cause they have some of the biggest and best Asian pears. Though they are very strict when it comes to picking where they limit you to what and where you can pick from and they supervise you since it is very expensive. Which leads me to the next factor which is that they also raised the price of buying the pears to 3 dollars a pound. Though a tip for you is to pick pears that aren't fully ripped yet since they will go bad quickly once you put it in your fridge. Also I advise you to bring food since their food is okay except for the BBQ chicken which is 20 dollars each. Also they have other products to sell inside their storage place. One last thing to add is THERE IS ONLY PICKING ON SUNDAY NOT ANY OTHER DAY. Great farm that is packed almost every time I go. read more

Understand it's a family owned business but the people there are rude. No respect and raising their voice at customers. Overprice $3.00/pound. Won't recommend anyone I know to go there. read more

This place is essentially a one trick pony with a star attraction called Asian Pear. It is one of the only farms around the New York area that offers Asian Pears and for that this place is famous. Other than that, it's a lousy version of the ubiquitous fruit and produce selling, self picker farms that dot rural byways. Prices as of Sunday 13 Oct 2013 is $3 per pound. If you ride in the tractor pulled farm cart, the cost is $4 per person (age two or above). But if you're smart, just observe the direction from which the tractor returns and walk down that path; it's really only about a two minute walk. If you have a family of four, you just saved yourself $16 bucks. When you get to the pear picking area, you'll be handed a plastic bag to fill to your liking, which they will weigh and you pay in cash right in the field. One important word of caution here; as I was standing on line awaiting my turn at the weigh station, I noticed that the person doing the weighing, was purposely DROPPING the bags of pears onto the scale. Of course, the weight of the pears in addition to the momentum of the drop artificially gave a heavier weight. But rather than allowing the scale to equilibrate to a correct reading, he immediately removed the bag and shouted out the price you owed. In effect, this was A CLEAR AND OBVIOUS EXAMPLE OF 'PUTTING HIS THUMB ON THE SCALE' TO CHEAT THE CUSTOMER with an artificially high weight. The cheating aside. A rough guide is to consider each average sized pear to be about one pound each. They seem to limit your picking to only selected areas. It's OK to eat as many of them there as you want, but generally most people have one and find it to be already quite filling. Since they don't require tickets to take the tractor pulled cart back, you can get on with all the rest of the paying passengers if you wish. The place has gotten a bit of fame within the New York Asian community as THE place to go to for fresh Asian Pears, which is rather rare in the US. Most non Asians don't even know what this fruit is, so don't bother farming it. The pear itself is shaped like a large apple, and is slightly yellow brown when ripe. It is also one of the juiciest fruits that you'll ever eat, and it is this character that makes it such a delight. They vary in size, but large ones will be about grapefruit sized. At the farm's store, you can actually buy sized rated boxes of the pears. Smaller sized ones will have a higher count per box. They also sell apples, grapes, and corn. Again, the place primarily caters to the Asian (Korean and Chinese) community from the tri-state area. They do speak English, but they don't seem to be very good or experienced in terms of what is considered accepted farm or produce retail outlet management. There are very little in terms of signs and a newcomer will be lost as to what is supposed to happen there. The place on Sundays is overrun with tour groups and there are lines for everything. Conservatively speaking there must have been about 500 people there when I saw it yesterday afternoon. There is a dining hall there but not much in it. They have an open charcoal grill where they roast whole chickens that sell for $20 per chicken. You pay at the kitchen window to the far side of the dining hall where they give you a poker chip. You take that chip back to the grill where the "Amigo" gives you the chicken. Seniors can get the chicken for free. The chicken is quartered and then dumped onto a paper plate. There are packaged plastic utensils packs at the kitchen but they don't seem to want to let people know about it. The dining hall had a coin op soda machine but it wasn't working when I went. The kitchen also sells plates of sloppy looking Korean side dish appetizers for $4, small bowls of rice for $1, and a small bag of cooked Indian corn (with about 6 pieces) for $5. There are three bathrooms inside the dining hall, but they're all for women only. Men have to use the Port-a-Johns outside and they looked like they hadn't been serviced for a VERY long time. The one that I looked in on had a mountain of feces rising out from the chemical solution that rivaled a south sea island. The aroma was stultifying to say the least. If you can hold it, use the public facilities on the New Jersey Turnpike instead. All in all, I would have rated the place with two stars, except that the example of cheating the customer ALWAYS deserves the lowest possible score IMHO. Most of the DIY farms that I've been to all have much better signs, direction, and retail experienced personnel. This place only seems to care about milking their Asian customers who want and crave the Asian Pear. Frankly, their costs aren't any better than what an Asian pear sells for at the local Chinese super market. For those that want the "pick it yourself" experience, go elsewhere. You should only go to Evergreen if getting an Asian Pear yourself is an absolute must. Otherwise, you'll be rather disappointed. read more

Not like before. Very cold and rude. Just want you to buy from their farmstand and leave the property. They have a sign that you can pick but they wouldn't allow it. So, we asked if we can just go into the pear or grape farm to take pictures. This lady said, no. Excuse me? What kind of fruit farm wouldn't let their customers go in when there was a sign that you can pick as well? Definitely not like before. I didn't drive long just to be forced to buy few things sitting on their table. Meanwhile, you see those possible illegal immigrants working like a dog in their warehouse. We were able to walk into the farm before but not this time. Something's definitely wrong over there. The prices weren't cheaper than the stores either. Might as well just went to my local store instead of driving all the way down there. If they didn't want customers expecting to walk into the farm anymore, they should not advertise as such. read more

Came here with my family towards the end of the fall season. My parents really wanted to see and pick up Korean golden pears so we made the hour and a half journey from Southern Brooklyn to the farm. We arrived around 11am and we can already see a lot of visitors there. the entrance fee was about $5/person. The floor of the farm is very dusty (sand and dirt) so do not come super dressed up because it may get dirty. There is a retail area where you can buy all the things the farm produces such as concord grapes, korean pears, jujube, and korean dried dates. At the time we were there, you can only get access to the Pear farm. The apple and grape areas were closed to the public. The pears at that time was not good at all. A good majority of the pears were overly ripe and rotting. If you have the patience, you can find a few good ones which are still edible. My parents had a good time climbing up on time of ladders which you'll find throughout the farm and pluck the ones they like. We ended up with two big bags full of pears and super stick hands. Now each pear was about $3/each. Doesn't matter how much it weights, it was $3 each which is kind of pricey. Had the season yielded better pears, it would have been worth the experience. Come here early because it gets super crowded, people are plucking and eating fruits and it ends up rotting on the floor, and it can be chaos. It was an interesting experience and I would give it another chance in a better season. According to the owners of the property, 2016 proved to be a very difficult year as they faced drought and issues. read more