Thursday, August 9, 2018

Still Some Apples & Pecans for Sale Now

   Our thornless blackberry season has now ended.  We have no peach crop this year, and no pear crop, due to the April 16 freeze. 
   We do 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.
We still have some #1 'GoldRush' (left) & 'Enterprise' (right) apples for sale now, plus many 2nds apples and some cracked pecans.
   The fall 'Enterprise' apple crop will start in late Sept., when our pick-your-own apple season starts, and 'Enterprise' apples will be most numerous for pick-your-own customers during the entire month of October.  We have many 2nds 'Enterprise' apples now that are great for making apple pies, applesauce, apple butter or dried apples.
   We also still have about 28 bags of 'Kanza' pecans left to sell.  These are from the second 'Kanza' harvest in Jan. 2018, when Bill 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.
   Apple and pecan prices are detailed in the July 28 blog post (scroll down or click on Older Posts).
   We're still open our summer hours, shown in the sidebar at left, until Aug. 31.  Since fewer customers are coming now, it's a good idea to phone 620-597-2450 a day ahead and leave a message saying the day and about what time (during our open hours) you'll come, so I can look for you.  I have lots of weed control to do at this time of year, and can't see or hear customers come in when I'm on the tractor if I'm not expecting you.