Harvesting Last Peach Variety

   We just started harvesting our latest-ripening peach variety, 'Carolina Gold'.  These are older trees with wider root systems, so many of these fruit are larger, and most of these are #1 peaches, with no damage.  We'll keep harvesting 'Carolina Gold' for the next 7 to 10 days, and will have peaches for sale until about Aug. 31.

'Carolina Gold' fruit are larger, and most are #1 peaches, as here.

   We sell #1 peaches for $1.48 per pound + sales tax.  We sell #2 (2nds) peaches, with cracks or bird pecks, for $1.06 per pound + sales tax, and as of now we have over 200 pounds of #2 peaches for sale, of several different varieties.  The best-tasting variety for me is 'Intrepid', and we still have lots of #2 'Intrepid' peaches for sale now.  These are great for slicing, peeling and freezing.

We still have lots of #2 'Intrepid' peaches for sale now.

   We also still have some harvested, cracked pecans for sale, now until mid- to late Sept.  These are big, beautiful pecans with thin shells and great taste.  Some originated from my husband Bill's pecan breeding program on our farm, so only exist here.  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'll start harvesting our earliest-ripening pear and apple varieties next week, and hope to have some for sale during the last week of Aug. and into Sept., as shown in the sidebar at left under Crop Sales Seasons.  We'll sell #1 harvested pears and apples for $1.39 per pound + sales tax.  We sell #2 (2nds) pears and apples, with cracks or bird pecks, for $1.06 per pound + sales tax.  Our pick-your-own apple season, and main apple season, doesn't start until the last few days of Sept.

   If you want to come buy peaches and/or pecans in Aug., please phone 620-597-2450 a day ahead and leave a message on our answering machine with your name, day and time you plan to come (during our Summer Open Hours), and what you want to buy.  The best times to come get pecans and/or peaches are late morning, 10:30 or 11 a.m., or early evening, 7 or 7:30 p.m.

   Early each morning, a worker and I harvest peaches.  Our newest peach orchard is far from our sales building, so I usually can't hear vehicles come in the driveway or the bell ring out there.  If you need to ring the bell, ring it loudly just a couple times.  (When rung softly and rhythmically, it sounds like a bird when I'm out in the peach orchard.)  But I do appreciate a call a day ahead so I can expect you.  Thanks.