Last 10 to 12 Days for Thornless Blackberries

   The thornless blackberry crop is winding down now, but we still have some to pick for the next 10 to 12 days.  'Apache' thornless blackberries are still ripening for the next week or so, until about Aug. 4.  'Apache' canes were hurt more by winter cold and cane blight than our other varieties, so we have a reduced crop of 'Apache' this year.  'Apache' berries are almost as big as 'Natchez', and are great for cobblers.

'Apache' thornless blackberries are still ripening for the next week or so.

   'Triple Crown' is ripening a good amount of fruit now, and will continue to ripen until at least Aug. 8.  'Triple Crown' berries have the smallest seeds and are the juiciest, so are especially good for jam, fruit salads or pies.  Many customers also think that 'Triple Crown' berries have the best flavor.
   From June 1 to Aug. 31 we're open our summer hours, shown in the sidebar at left: open 7:30 a.m.-12 noon & 7-9 p.m. Mon.-Sat., and Sundays 7-9 p.m. only.  We're closed noon to 7 p.m. every day due to high summer heat, and closed Sunday morning for church.
   Thornless blackberries cost $2.78 per quart + sales tax, pick-your-own, and are sold pick-your-own only.  There are NO chiggers, and you can pick a quart in 10 minutes.  Please arrive at a time that allows you enough time to finish picking and check out by our closing time.  Thanks.  
   For payment, we accept cash or checks (from any state); NO debit cards or credit cards.  Please bring your checkbook or enough cash to cover what you'll buy. 
   We have no peach crop this year, and no pear crop, due to the April 16 freeze.  We still have some #1 'GoldRush' and 'Enterprise' apples for sale now, and many 2nds apples.  Once they sell out, the fall 'GoldRush' crop doesn't start ripening until late Oct., and these apples are best after at least 1 month cold storage, so it will be Dec. or later before the 2018 'GoldRush' apples have the same quality as those we have for sale now.
   Small amounts of harvested #1 apples cost $1.30 per pound + tax.  A 20-lb. box of #1 apples costs $25.00 + tax ($1.25 per pound + tax), which saves $1.00 off the per-pound price.  We have many 2nds apples, with small cracks, cork spots, hail damage, or other surface damage.  These are great for baking, slicing for salads, or for making applesauce or apple butter.  Usually 95% to 99% of each fruit is still usable, but they're 70% or less the cost, at $0.93 per pound + tax for less than 20 pounds and $0.88 per pound + tax for 20 pounds.  When you buy two or more boxes, each 20-lb. box of 2nds apples costs just $16.67 + tax ($0.83 per pound + tax), so that's $33.34 + tax  for 40 lbs. of 2nds apples.
   We've now sold out of 'Pawnee' pecans, but we still have about 32 bags of 'Kanza' pecans left to sell.  These are from the second 'Kanza' harvest, when Bill shook the 'Kanza' trees a second time in Jan. 2018 and ran the mechanical pecan harvester over the ground again.  After these cracked pecans sell out, we'll have no more until mid-Nov. when the new pecan crop starts.

These cracked 'Kanza' pecans have over 75% nutmeats and less than 25% shells.hese cracked pecans

   We sell our papershell pecans in 4-pound bags, which cost $16.67 per bag + tax.  These pecan bags contain at least 75% pecan kernels, so you get the equivalent of at least 6 pounds of in-shell pecans in each bag.  These pecans are very fast and easy for customers to pick out, and when you pick out the pecans, you get over 3 pounds of nutmeats.