Many Harvested Apples & Cracked Pecans for Sale Now

   We still have many harvested 'Enterprise' and 'GoldRush' apples for sale, plus many harvested selections from my apple breeding program and Asian pears.  We also now have harvested, cracked pecans for sale, thanks to a break in the rain last week.  We praise God that our pecan orchard finally dried enough for my husband Bill to start harvesting it last Sat. afternoon, and he worked very hard over the next 5 days to get most of the pecan crop harvested.

We have many great-tasting selections from my apple breeding program, such as this selection from a cross of 'Jonafree' x 'Sundance', for sale now, plus 'Enterprise' and 'GoldRush' apples.

   Small amounts of harvested apples and Asian pears cost $1.30 per pound + tax.  We pick or pack 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 and/or Asian pears for $25.00 + tax.  We harvest apples and Asian pears into 2 bags per box, so you can get a 10-lb. bag each of 2 different apple varieties, or a 10-lb. bag of Asian pears and a 10-lb. bag of apples, and still get the 20-lb. discount.
   Our harvested 2nds apples, with rain cracks, limb rubs or other surface damage, sell for $0.93 per pound + tax.  We now have a good supply of harvested 2nds apples, for those wanting to make apple pie filling, apple butter or other apple products. 

The first step in harvesting pecans is to use a tractor-mounted trunk shaker to shake pecans from the trees.

   It requires 5 different machines to harvest pecans and prepare them for sale.  First, Bill uses a tractor-mounted trunk shaker to shake pecans from the trees.  Then he uses a pecan harvesting machine, which scoops up the pecans from the ground with rubber fingers, over the orchard. 

After shaking the pecan trees, Bill uses a pecan harvesting machine, which scoops up the pecans from the ground with rubber fingers.

   Thirdly, Bill runs the newly-harvested pecans through a field cleaning machine, to remove sticks and debris.  This machine deposits the nuts into super sacks that hold about 1000 pounds of pecans, and Bill stores these super sacks in our pecan building to allow pecans to dry.

Bill dumps newly-harvested pecans from the harvester into a field cleaning machine, which removes sticks and debris, then loads the nuts into super sacks that we store in our pecan building to dry.

   Fourthly, Bill runs the nuts through a pecan cleaning machine in our pecan building to remove shucks, mud balls and leaves.  He fills smaller burlap sacks with cleaned pecans.

The pecan cleaning machine in our pecan building removes shucks, mud balls and leaves, while Bill picks any bad pecans off the conveyor belt so they don't go into the burlap sacks.

   Finally, Bill pours cleaned pecans from the burlap sacks through the pecan cracking machine and blower in our pecan building.  Then he scoops cracked pecans into paper bags by hand and weighs them.

We now have these mixed selections from Bill's pecan breeding program for sale.  These are all large pecans with thin shells and great taste.

   The price for pecans is the same as last year: $16.67 + tax for a 4-pound bag of cracked pecans which are over 75% nutmeats.  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 at least 3 pounds of nutmeats.
   We only sell cracked pecans; we do not sell in-shell pecans or pecan kernels.  We sell all our crops retail only, so we do not sell pecans wholesale to those wanting to pick out kernels and resell them.  Those wanting to buy in-shell pecans, pecan kernels, or wholesale pecans may contact Miller Pecan Company in Afton, OK.  Their website is https://www.millerpecancompany.com/freshnuts/
   We're still open our fall open hours (shown in the sidebar at left) until Nov. 30: 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Mon. to Sat., and 1 to 5:30 p.m. on Sundays.  We'll be closed on Thanksgiving Day, but open our usual fall hours every other day until Nov. 30.
   Those wanting more than 40 lbs. (2 boxes) of apples or more than 16 lbs. (4 bags) of pecans should phone 620-597-2450 a day ahead and leave a message on our answering machine with your name, day & time you’ll come, and what you want to buy.

   From Dec. 1 to May 31, we’re open by appointment.  During those months, all customers should phone 620-597-2450 a day ahead and leave a message on our answering machine with your name, day & time you’ll come, and what you want to buy.

   Our phone rings in our house; we have no phone in our sales building or pecan building and we don't carry cell phones with us.  So we'll get your message when we come in from working in the sales building or pecan cracking room.  That's why you need to call a day ahead.