LaFayette, N.Y. – For the fifth time, a beloved Upstate New York farm has been crowned America’s best apple orchard. Beak & Skiff Apple Orchards, a farm with 113-year-old roots in picturesque LaFayette, has been dubbed the nation’s No. 1 apple orchard of 2024 by USA Today’s 10Best. The orchard is a staple on 10Best’s yearly list and was also voted the top orchard in 2015, 2017, 2020 and 2021.