NORTH BROOKFIELD, Mass. - Apple picking is on hold at Brookfield Orchards this fall.

"We have fungus going on, a blotch over here, another blotch right there," said David Nydam, holding an apple showing signs of frost damage. 

Nydam is charge of growing the apples at the orchard. He said more than half of the apples this year are too small, too brown or too damaged to sell, leaving the orchard no choice. 

"Apple picking this season is not going to happen this year," Nydam said. "We had a frost or a freeze back on May 16. Temperatures out here got down to 25 degrees." 

Those conditions don't grow the best apples. So now, out in the field where people would pick apples, there is hardly an apple in sight. 

"We did have some really small apples, but they froze solid," Nydam said. "I was cutting them open with my thumb nail and the insides were all brown."

In a typical fall season, the orchard moves 2,600 bushels of apples, welcoming about 500 people a weekend. This year, customers won't be able pick them, but they can pack them.

"We will have apples," store manager Diana Nydam said. "We will have all the varieties you're used to seeing, you'll just pack your own."

About a 10 minute drive from this orchard, some of their apples are growing at a higher elevation and are fine to sell. They're just too high in the tree for people to pick.

All the classic apple favorites are still in store as well, everything from apple cider donuts and fudge to apple pie. 

"Wait until you see all our bakery, our country store," Diana Nydam said. "There is so much more to our family's orchard than just the apples. The apples are a huge part of it, but we've grown over the years."

The orchard also hosts events. They are holding a craft fair with more than 90 vendors on Sept. 9 and 10.