Raspberries

Pick-your-own update for the week of 10/15:

Pick-your-own opens at 8 a.m. Monday – Friday and closes at 6 p.m. with the last entry at 5:30 p.m. Saturday it opens at 8 a.m. and closes at 5 p.m. with the last entry at 4:30 p.m.

Wristbands are FREE weekdays* and are only $2 per person Saturdays & holidays. They’re ALWAYS free for kids 12 and under!

**Bees are very active in our orchard this time of year. We strongly recommend that you wear closed toed shoes, not pick up fallen fruit and use care when picking fruit off of the trees.**

PLEASE NOTE The check-in shed for all fruit is now on the same side of Weaver Road as the store. Follow the signs to direct you.

NOW PICKING:

Apples:

Cortland, Macintosh, Red Delicious & Smokehouse: Limited
Golden Delicious, Jonagold, Macoun, Shizuka, WineCrisp : Now through approx. 10/20
Blushing Gold, Cameo, Crimson Topaz, Empire, Mutsu/Crispin, Suncrisp & Stayman: Now through approx. 10/27
Braeburn: Now through approximately 11/1
Fuji: Now through approximately 11/3
Opening 10/20: Granny Smith
Opening 11/1: Pink Lady & Goldrush

Our apple bag pricing, which allows our customers to pick a variety of different apples for one price, has begun!

Kiwiberries: Prime picking now! They will last at least through 10/20 unless we get a heavy frost before then.

Raspberries: Limited availability now until our first frost.

FINISHED: Apricots, blueberries, blackberries, cherries, peaches, all pears, all plums, nectarines, strawberries, Honeycrisp, Ginger Gold, Golden Supreme, Gala, Autumn Crisp, Jonathan, Crimson Crisp, and Early Fuji apples.

HOURS: Mon-Friday 8-6 p.m., Saturday 8 a.m.- 5 p.m. (Last admittance a half hour before close each day.)

Wristbands are free Monday-Friday, and are only $2 on Saturdays & Holidays.

Wristbands:

We require wristbands for everyone entering the pick-your-own areas, which allows us to identify people who are in the orchard as paying pick-your-own customers. This leads to greater security for us and for you, ensuring that everyone who is on the property is accounted for. It is also a way for us to keep overall costs down by ensuring that everyone is paying for the fruit they pick.

WRISTBANDS ARE FREE ON NON PEAK DAYS – MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY, excluding holidays.

Wristbands are always free for children five years old and younger who are accompanied by a paying parent or legal guardian.
Wristbands are $2 for customers 6 years old and up on peak days (Fridays, Saturdays, Independence Day, Labor Day and Columbus Day in 2018).

A $10 pick-your-own discount card provides 10% off all pick-your-own purchases throughout the season. (Most customers find this card pays for itself within the first two visits.)

Read orchard president Ed Weaver’s description of our pick-your-own experience & the crop outlook for 2018 here.

Black Raspberries

Season: Late June. Finished for this year.

Pricing for black raspberries:

$4.50 /pound for over 10 pounds
$4.99 /pound for under 10 pounds

Black Raspberry Picking Tips

Avoid all the red berries. They are not red raspberries, just unripe black ones! Pick only berries that are such a deep purple they are almost black.
Ripe berries separate from the bush easily. You should be able to just roll your fingers across them into your bucket.
Don’t fill containers too full. The berries are delicate and will crush easily, especially on a hot summer day. If you need more containers, we’re happy to supply them!

Red Raspberries

Season: Available now

Pricing for red raspberries:

$4.50 /pound for over 10 pounds
$4.99 /pound for under 10 pounds

Red Raspberry Picking Tips

Avoid light red berries and berries with white or yellow tips. Look for deep red berries that drop off the core easily.
Be careful not to fill your containers too full or else you will have smashed berries on the bottom. We’ll give you any extra containers you need!

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