Thursday, March 18, 2021

Still Many 'Enterprise' & 'Gold Rush' Apples

  We still have many harvested 'Enterprise' and 'Gold Rush' apples for sale, and some 'Sundance' apples.  We'll likely sell out of 'Gold Rush' and 'Sundance' apples by early-mid April, so call us in the next few weeks if you want some.  We have more 'Enterprise' apples, so will likely have those for sale until May.

   When it's cold or wet like it was today, I'm sorting apples in the sales building.  I'm now working on an order for Columbus Schools, for 8 20-pound boxes of 'Enterprise' apples.  When the weather's nice I'm pruning the apple trees so they'll produce the right amount of good-sized apples this year.

   From Dec. 1 to May 31, we're open by appointment, which means to phone 620-597-2450 a day ahead and leave a message on our answering machine with your name, day and time you'll come, and what you want to buy.  I'll return your call after dark to confirm your appointment.  If you want to come that same day, call between 8 a.m. and 9 a.m., when I'm still in the house where the phone rings, before I go out to the sales building to sort apples (where there's no phone) or out to the orchard to prune trees.

   Harvested apples cost $1.30 per pound + sales tax.  A 20-pound box costs $25.00 + sales tax, so you save $1.00 by buying 20 pounds.  I pack apples into 2 plastic bags lining the boxes, and have some mixed boxes with 2 different kinds of apples, one bag of each variety.

This 20-pound box of #1 apples has one bag of 'Enterprise' (red apples at left) and one bag of 'Gold Rush' (yellow apples at right).
   We also have some harvested 2nds apples, which cost $0.93 per pound + sales tax.  These have hail damage, cracks, or other surface damage, and are great for cutting into slices, in salads, or for cooking, baking or preserving.  If you buy 40 pounds (2 boxes) or more of 2nds apples for one household, the price goes down to just $0.88 per pound + sales tax, so $35.20 + sales tax for 40 pounds of 2nds apples.

   For payment, we accept cash and checks (from any state), but NO credit cards or debit cards.  We have no phone line to the sales building, and no card reader.  Please bring your checkbook or enough cash to cover the amount you want to buy.  Thanks.

   We had severe cold a month ago, in mid-Feb.  The temperature dropped to -16 F here, which killed all fruit buds on the peach trees.  So we will have no peach crop in 2021.  Apple and pear fruit buds are more cold-hardy, down to -20 to -25 F, so we still expect good apple and pear crops so far, as well as good blackberry and pecan crops.