Colorful and shapely gourds fill one of several boxes Monday at Wallingford’s Fruit House on Perkins Ridge Road in Auburn. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal

Titus Veilleux, right, his brother Gideon, center, and sister Millie pose Monday for their mother, Casandra, at Wallingford’s Fruit House on Perkins Ridge Road in Auburn. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal

Salem Lord looks for her grandmother as she picks out pumpkins Monday afternoon at Wallingford’s Fruit House on Perkins Ridge Road in Auburn. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal

Collin Ray, right, looks up Monday at his brother Hudson in the backyard of Wallingford’s Fruit House on Perkins Ridge Road in Auburn. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal

While children play and others shop, some sip on hard cider and relax Monday afternoon outside the barn at Wallingford’s Fruit House on Perkins Ridge Road in Auburn. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal

A scary clown stands Monday as part of the Nightmare on the Ridge presentation starting Friday at Wallingford’s Fruit House on Perkins Ridge Road in Auburn. The haunted walk starts at 7 p.m. every Friday, Saturday and Sunday until Halloween. Tickets are available on their website, wallingfordsorchard.com. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal

Children play Monday afternoon in the backyard section of Wallingford’s Fruit House on Perkins Ridge Road in Auburn. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal