Many Apples, Pears & Asian Pears for Sale Now

  Our pick-your-own apple season is going strong.  More 'Enterprise' apples ripen each day and will be available for picking during the entire month of October.  'GoldRush' apples, our latest-ripening apple variety, will start ripening in mid-Oct. to late Oct., and will be available for pick-your-own customers from about Oct. 15 to Nov. 12.

Some 'Enterprise' apples are turning red and are ripe for picking now. More will ripen over the next 4 to 5 weeks.

   Pick-your-own apples cost $1.00 per pound + tax for #1 apples (practically perfect) and $0.79 per pound + tax for #2 apples with cracks, bird pecks, or other surface damage.  Those who pick over 40 pounds total (#1's + #2's) get a discount, so #1 apples cost $0.93 per pound + tax and #2 apples cost  $0.74 per pound + tax.  Pick-your-own means that you harvest apples from the trees, and you buy whatever you harvest.  Those who pick some #1 and #2 apples to buy may also pick some #3 apples, with small rotten spots, for free if they want them.

The Sammons family from Noel, MO had a great time picking apples on Mon. Sept. 30.

   We now have a good amount of harvested 'Enterprise' and other apple varieties for sale.  I harvest all selections from my apple breeding program, since these trees are grown from seeds resulting from controlled pollination, so there's only one tree of each selection.
   We also still have many 'Harrowsweet' pears and 'Shinko' Asian pears for sale, now until we sell out in about late Oct. or early Nov.  I give taste samples.  Many who didn't like pears, before tasting ours, love these varieties.

We still have many 'Harrowsweet' pears (left box) & 'Shinko' Asian pears (right box) for sale now.

   Small amounts of harvested apples, pears or Asian pears all cost $1.30 per pound + tax.  We pick directly into 20-lb. boxes, which I then weigh to exactly 20.0 lbs., so you save $1.00 if you buy a 20-lb. box of apples, pears or Asian pears for $25.00 + tax.  We harvest apples and pears into 2 bags per box, so you can get a 10-lb. bag of pears and a 10-lb. bag of Asian pears or apples, and still get the 20-lb. discount.  Our 2nds apples and pears, with rain cracks, limb rubs or other surface damage, sell for $0.93 per pound + tax.
   We also have some fall red raspberries now, sold pick-your-own only, for $2.32 per pint + tax.  More fall red raspberries ripen each day until the first fall freeze in late Oct., so you can often pick a few pints of raspberries if you ask about them.  Raspberries often get picked out on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays, but there are many to pick on weekdays.
   For payment, we accept cash or checks; NO debit cards or credit cards.  Please bring your checkbook or enough cash to cover what you'll buy.  Thanks
   We also appreciate it if pick-your-own apple customers bring us some clean, non-ripped, used plastic grocery sacks in different colors.  We have customers pick #1 apples into white bags, #2 apples into yellow or tan bags, and #3 apples (if they pick any) into gray, blue or brown bags.
   Our fall hours, shown in the sidebar at left, run from Sept. 1 to Nov. 30.  During this time, we're open 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Mon. to Sat., and 1 to 5:30 p.m. on Sundays.
   I'm usually out harvesting apples or pears each morning, until customers start arriving here.  I put a sign on the sales building above our bell, that says "I'm working in the orchard. Ring bell for service."  Ring it loudly, just once or twice, and I'll hear it and drive our utility vehicle up to the sales building.