Tuesday, November 22, 2022

Harvested Pears, Apples & Pecans Now

   We still have many harvested pears ready to sell, and some harvested apples ready to sell now.  Both apples and pears make wonderful pies, sauces and relishes for Thanksgiving.  Hope everyone has a great day, praising God for His many blessings.

   We'll be closed Thanksgiving day, but open our regular fall hours (see left sidebar) every other day through Nov. 30.  We're open Dec. through May by appointment, which means to phone 620-597-2450 a day ahead and leave a message on our answering machine saying your name, when you'll come, and what you want to buy.

   Apple harvest ended on Nov. 17, but we still have over 4000 pounds of harvested 'Enterprise' apples, and over 2200 pounds of harvested 'Gold Rush' apples, in large bins stored in our larger cooler.  I'll sort apples out of those bins all winter and spring, so we'll have both 'Enterprise' and 'Gold Rush' harvested apples for sale until about next May.

   We sell #1 harvested pears and apples for $1.39 per pound + sales tax.  We sell #2 (2nds) apples and pears, with cracks or bird pecks, for $1.06 per pound + sales tax.

We still have many harvested 'Harrow Sweet' pears (left box) ready to sell, and some harvested 'Enterprise' apples (right box).
   We pack 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 apples, the price goes down to $1.34 per pound + sales tax.  So a 20-pound box of pears and/or apples costs $26.85 + sales tax, and you save $1.00.

   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 still have some harvested, cracked pecans for sale until about Nov. 30.  Our pecan crop was reduced by 90% this year due to 5 months of extreme drought and the early hard freeze.  So we'll have pecans for sale for just 2 to 3 weeks this year, instead of the 10 months we had pecans for sale last year.

   Pecan prices are the same as last year.   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 bags. The sample box at front shows what the 'Kanza' pecans in the bags look like. Kernels are smaller this year due to the extreme summer and early fall drought.