Mercier Orchards is a Family Destination

Mercier Orchards is known as Southern Living Magazine's "favorite roadside apple market," but it is much, much more.
For 50 years, the Mercier family has been welcoming visitors to taste the fruits of the mountains, and the yummy fried pies and fritters that come from the fruit!

The orchard, largest in the southeast, grows 20 varieties of apples, including Gala, Red and Golden Delicious, Jonagold, Rome, Stayman, Granny Smith, Braeburn, Fuji and others. Today fruit is available every season beginning in May and June, with strawberries, peaches, blueberries and blackberries, followed by early apples through fall. Take a tractor ride and pick your own fruit!

Mercier's bakery doesn't just produce the most famous fried apple pies in the mountains -- also peach, blueberry, chocolate and coconut, among others. The apple house offers a huge selection of jellies, jams, smoked trout and other gift items to create gift baskets for the holidays. Mercier's makes the best cider in the mountains! The orchard has added picture windows in the bakery and fruit processing areas to allow tourists to see the action firsthand.