Apple Hill #14 - Denver Dan's — Local services in Placerville

When we got there, the boy at the cashier said we were welcomed to sample any of the apples from the tree. So silly me for assuming that this place was organic. So we did that, and then we walked past a shed with a huge sign 'pesticides, keep out.' When we went to pay, I asked the girl if the apples are organic and she literally said 'I don't know what that means.' Seriously!? How do you not know what that means when you work in the food industry? Then she says 'They are sprayed.' So she knew what that meant but didn't want to say it. And thank you NOT for telling me that I can sample the apples from the tree which have not been washed so we can ingest the unknown pesticides. I'm not getting on this place because it's not organic but I'm getting on it because they were telling us to basically eat the unwashed apples and then acting like they didn't know what...

We came here quite late in the season, but still managed to pick a few good apples from their apple farm, and even scored several good ones that have fallen to the ground. However, this review is solely based on the hospitality of the staff here. They were giving hands-on demos for their apple peeler/slicer and let the kids try it out. It was a hit, and the staff is so friendly. Of course, we bought the peeler/slicer and received our bag of apples for free because of it! You must also try their amazing cider sauce and their apple pie a la mode... YUM! Do yourself a favor and skip the busy roads and long lines at some of those advertised orchards. Get the true u-pick apple...

We had such an incredible experience at Denver Dan's! I'd never gone apple picking before, but they made it easy with provided pails and a top down map of the farm with each part of the orchard labeled so we knew exactly what we were picking. The man there was so nice and helped us choose which apples to go out and pick based on what we wanted to make with them. It seemed like we may have gotten there too early for some of the trees (we were there in late September), but we managed to pick two buckets of gravenstein, gala, and fuji apples that made the most delicious pies! We'll definitely be...