Red, Purple & Black Raspberries Ripe Now

    Red raspberries are ripening in fairly good amounts now, but many people have come to pick them.   More berries ripen each day, so we'll still have some red raspberries to pick until about June 30.  Red raspberries are the most heat-sensitive type of raspberry, and some berries have been damaged by the excessive heat this week.

Red raspberries are ripening in fairly good amounts now, but some easily-seen berries, on the outer edges of the plants, have been damaged by the excessive heat this week.  Berries in the middle of the row of bushes are protected from sun damage.

   Purple raspberries have just started ripening, and we'll have some purple raspberries to pick now until about July 5.  Purple raspberries are hybrids between red raspberries and black raspberries, so have hybrid vigor.  Purple raspberry plants are larger and fruit are larger than the other two raspberry types, they yield more heavily, and fruit withstand the heat quite well.

Purple raspberries (foreground) have just started ripening. The red raspberry row (background) has more ripe berries.

   Some black raspberries are ripe now until about June 25, but black raspberries do not yield as heavily as the other two raspberry types.  Also, black raspberry plants have large spines, so we do not allow young children to pick them.

   Our red raspberry variety is almost spineless, but most fruit are borne low on the plants, so picking them takes some squatting or bending.  Purple raspberry plants have small to medium spines, but most fruit are borne high on the plants, so purple raspberries are the easiest and fastest raspberry type to pick.  Peak production for purple raspberries will be about June 22 to July 2.

   All raspberries are sold pick-your-own only, for $3.24 per pint + 8.0% sales tax.  We provide containers, and you'll take them home in the pint containers you pick into.  We place the pints on cardboard trays for you to bring home, and appreciate it if customers bring cardboard, metal or plastic trays if you have some, to bring your berries home on.

   Thornless blackberries should start ripening about June 22, with the most berries ripening from about June 28 to July 31.  When ready, thornless blackberries are sold pick-your-own only, for $4.63 per quart + sales tax.

   We still have many harvested, cracked pecans for sale, now until mid- to late July.  We had a very good pecan crop this past fall, so we probably will not sell out of pecans before mid- to late July.

   We sell cracked pecans in 4-pound bags, which are over 75% pecan kernels and under 25% shell fragments.  Each bag has the equivalent of 6 pounds of in-shell pecans, and when you pick out the pecan kernels, you get 3 pounds or more of nutmeats.  Each bag costs $18.52 + sales tax.

We sell cracked pecans in 4-pound paper bags. The plastic sample box shows what the pecans in the bags look like: over 75% pecan kernels and under 25% shell fragments.

   We should have a fairly good peach crop this year, but we now have just 82 bearing peach trees, only 40% the amount of peach trees we had from 2012 to 2019.  Most of these trees are just 4 or 5 years old, so haven't reached full bearing capacity yet, and our peach crop will be about 25% of what it was in 2017 or 2019 (our last good peach years).

   As shown in the sidebar at left under Crop Sales Seasons, we expect to have peaches for sale from about July 12 to Aug. 24.  We'll take orders for peaches in July and August, a few days ahead, but not before then.

   Sales dates for all our crops are listed in the sidebar at left under Crop Sales Seasons. That also tells which crops are sold pick-your-own and which crops are sold harvested.  I adjust the dates as crop conditions change.

   From June 1 to Aug. 31, as shown in the sidebar at left under Open Hours, we're open Mon. to Sat. 7:30 a.m.to 12 noon and 7 p.m. to 9 p.m., and Sundays 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. only.  We're closed Sun. mornings for church services (as we are year-round), and closed from 12 noon to 7 p.m. each day in summer.  If you tell others about us, please let them know the open hours.  Thanks.  

   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.