Our workers and I are very busy pruning blackberries this week. |
Harvested apples are kept in top condition in our cooler, set at 34 F, ideal for apples. 'Enterprise' apples keep well in our cooler or a fridge for 6 to 7 months, and 'GoldRush' apples keep well in our cooler or a fridge for 8 to 10 months. So we'll have apples for sale until late May or June.
Small amounts of harvested apples cost $1.20 per pound + tax. A 20-lb. box of apples costs $23.15 + tax ($1.15 per pound + tax), which saves $1.00 off the per-pound price. I harvest apples into two plastic bags per box, so you can get a mixed box of 'Enterprise' and 'GoldRush' and still get the 20-lb. discount.
I pack many mixed boxes of 'Enterprise' and 'GoldRush' apples , plus boxes of all 'Enterprise' and all 'GoldRush' apples. |
If you buy 40 lbs. of 2nds apples, you save another $1.00 per box, for a total of $4.00 off the per-pound price. Each 20-lb. box of 2nds apples costs just $14.82 + tax, so that's $29.64 + tax ($0.74 per pound + tax) for 40 lbs. of 2nds apples.
My husband Bill is still very busy harvesting, cleaning and cracking pecans for sale. We still have cracked 'Kanza' pecans for sale, for $15.05 per 5-pound bag + tax. Bill cracks the pecans, blows off the loose shells, and then weighs the bags to 5 pounds. So you get the equivalent of 6 pounds of in-shell pecans in each bag, and when you pick out the pecans, you get at least 3 pounds of nutmeats. Pecan harvest will continue until late January or February, and we should have cracked pecans for sale until mid-May.
Recipes using apples and pecans are posted as Notes on our Facebook page, Brendas Berries. Each year I serve Healthy Apple Salad with our Christmas dinner, as our grown kids love it and it looks festive with apples, craisins and celery in Christmas colors.
Our grown kids love Healthy Apple Salad with our Christmas dinner. |
I am here every day, except Sunday morning when I'm at church, but can't always see the driveway when I'm pruning at the back of the blackberry planting. So I appreciate a call a day ahead, saying the day and about what time you're coming, so I can look for you.
Have a joyful Christmas!