Approximate Opening Date for Crops:
Red & Black Raspberries- The Summer Raspberries are Finished. We expect to have some raspberries available in the fall.
Blackberries-Currently Picking is Limited. Peak season now through August.
Blueberries- Fair to Good picking now. Peak season – July
Sugar Plums- Today we have some limited picking of Yellow Plums and Santa Rosa Plums. There will be some other plums available at times throughout the rest of the summer.
Apricots- Open Now, but unfortunately the late ones are ending up a bit small and spotty.
Donut Peaches- Open Now and lasting through around August 4th.
White Peaches- Open Now, we currently have some really nice medium to large Semi-Freestone white peaches. The Jumbo super sweet “Sugar Giant” White Peaches will be ripe in mid August.
Yellow Peaches- Open Now, these yellow peaches are Semi-Freestone and medium to large in size. Yellow Freestone peaches will start around August 2nd.
White Nectarines- Open Now, super nice strong flavored white nectarine.
Yellow Nectarines- Open Now, nice sweet yellow nectarine.
Donut Nectarines- Open Now, these yellow fleshed donut nectarines are a great snack, like a donut peach, but no fuzz!
Pristine Apples-Open Now-Early yellow/green, sweet/tart eating and baking apple
Honeycrisp- Approx. August 14- Sept 11
Other Apples starting mid August…
Pears starting late August
Storytime is every Monday, Wednesday and Thursday!
Click on the bee to book your time slot or for more information. Check out the Read ‘n’ Pick Storytime page!
Weaver’s Orchard Farm Market & Pick-Your-Own Farm
A destination for homegrown produce & events near Reading & Lancaster County
Weaver’s Orchard Farm Market is nestled in the scenic hills of Berks County, just 15 minutes south of Reading, Pa. Our farm market offers fresh produce including our homegrown fruit, an excellent grocery selection, local dairy products and meats, plus a bakery, a deli and frozen heat-and-serve foods. Shop in store or online. Curbside pick-up and local delivery within a 10-mile radius is available!
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Pick-Your-Own Fruit
From June to early November, our orchard offers pick-your-own fruit. The season starts in June with strawberries and throughout the harvest, crops include apples, blackberries, blueberries, cherries, kiwiberries, peaches, pears, plums, pumpkins, raspberries. We use an Integrated Pest Management approach with our farming practices that employs many preventative and organic methods to ensure that our crops and our land remain healthy.
Farm Market Open All Year
Find our homegrown produce and our award-winning freshly pressed apple cider in our year-round farm market, which also features a bakery, a deli, grocery items and a selection of all-natural dairy items and free-range meats.
Find Delicious Recipes & Read Food Stories on Our Blog
Cantaloupe Pie
Late July sees a pretty strong transition in seasonality at the orchard. The reign of berries in PYO is coming to a close and we are at the start of stone fruits, peaches, plums, nectarines and donut peaches! While this transition is felt in…
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Berry Pavlova for a Light Summer Dessert
My sister-in-law makes the best desserts and loves to exercise hospitality in her home. We’ve enjoyed many parties and picnics that she’s hosted and enjoyed good conversations around great food. One of my favorite desserts that she makes is Pavlova, a meringue dessert topped…
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Our Favorite Plum & Apricot Recipes
In mid-July, sweet apricots and juicy plums are such a refreshing snack. I spent two summers living at a property with plum and apricot trees and it was so exciting to go out to the garden and harvest a few of these every day!…
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