Many Pick-Your-Own Apples Now

   Many 'Enterprise' apples are ripe now, and those who want to pick them should come in the next week or two.  As the record drought and heat enters its 5th month, our later-ripening pear and apple varieties have started dropping fruit.  My husband Bill has started picking 'Enterprise' apples into large bins that we store in our larger cooler (which Bill fixed last week).  I'll sort apples from those bins into trays of #1 apples and #2 apples all winter.

Many 'Enterprise' apples are ripe & ready to pick now.

   Pick-your-own apple customers, please arrive here by 11:15 or so if you come in the morning, or arrive from 1:30 to 4:45 if you come in the afternoon, so you can finish picking and check out by our closing time.  Also please bring some used, clean, non-ripped plastic bags in different colors to pick apples into.

   We provide bags for those who don't bring any, but we appreciate it if you bring bags, especially yellow or tan ones.  Do NOT bring cloth tote bags.  We use plastic bags because that is the best way to store your apples in the fridge for 6 to 7 months, as the plastic keeps moisture in but lets ethylene breathe out. Also, reusing is better than recycling.

   Pick-your-own apple prices are $1.16 per pound + sales tax for #1 apples, and $0.88 per pound + sales tax for #2 apples (2nds).  "Pick-you-own" means you pick the apples from the trees while you stand on the ground, and you buy everything you pick.

  We 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.

   We pick the #1 fruit directly into 2 bags in each box, which I weigh to 20.0 pounds.  If you get a 20-pound box of pears and/or Asian pears, the price goes down to $1.34 per pound + sales tax.  So a 20-pound box of pears and/or Asian pears costs $26.85 + sales tax, and you save $1.00.  From mid-Oct. to next May, when we have more apples to sell, you can also save $1.00 by buying 20 pounds of #1 apples.

    We've now sold over 2400 pounds of 'Blake's Pride' pears and have almost 1000 pounds in the cooler, ready to sell.  We're still harvesting 'Harrow Sweet' pears and 'Shinko' Asian pears and have these for sale.  I give taste samples, and many say these are the best pears they've ever tasted.

We're still harvesting 'Harrow Sweet' pears & have many for sale.

   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.

   While I'm harvesting pears or apples, I put up a sign by the bell on our sales building porch, saying to ring the bell.  Ring it loudly, and I'll come to the sales building.