Thornless Blackberries Ripe July 1-31 This Year

    The thornless blackberry season has been further delayed this year by unusually hot and dry June weather.  Thornless blackberries will ripen from about July 1 to July 31 this year.  We will NOT have any berries to pick this coming week, June 24-30.  Thornless blackberries are sold pick-your-own only, for $4.74 per quart + sales tax.

Berries of 'Natchez', our earliest-ripening thornless blackberry variety, have just started turning red, so are a week away from first harvest.

   We'll be open our regular Summer Hours on July 4, but many people usually come to pick blackberries on July 1 to July 4, so there may not be many ripe berries to pick those days.  More berries should be ripe July 5 to July 31.

We've been working hard to mulch all the thornless blackberry plants, to conserve moisture and help control weeds. Some plants still have blooms, as here, so more berries should ripen until about July 31.

    We've now retired from growing all types of raspberries for sale, so our only berry crop from now on will be thornless blackberries.  So we've adjusted the dates for our Summer Open Hours, shown in the sidebar at left under Open Hours.

   Our Summer Hours now start June 15, and still go until Aug. 31.  During those dates, we're open 7:30 a.m. to 12 noon and 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Mon. to Sat., and 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. only on Sundays.  If you tell others about us, please tell them these open hours.

   We've also adjusted the dates of our Fall Open Hours, as shown in the sidebar at left.  Our Fall Hours will still begin on Sept. 1, but will now continue until Dec. 15.  From Dec. 16 to June 14, we're open by appointment, which means to phone 620-597-2450 a day ahead and leave a message on our landline's answering machine saying when you'll come and what you want to buy.

   Crop Sales Seasons have also been updated in the sidebar at left to reflect current and expected conditions.  This also shows which crops we sell harvested, and which crops we sell pick-your-own.

   We still have many 'Enterprise' and 'Gold Rush' harvested apples for sale for the next couple months.  See the June 4, 2023 blog post for prices on apples.

   Those visiting us from Joplin, MO should take 7th St. to Galena, KS then Hwy. 66 to Riverton and Baxter Springs, KS, then Hwy. 166 for 15.0 miles west to Brenda's Berries & Orchards as usual.  Hwy. 166 is closed from Baxter Springs to 4.0 miles east of Baxter Springs for road work this summer.

   For payment, we take cash or checks (from any state), but NO credit cards or debit cards.  Please bring you checkbook or enough cash to cover the amount of fruit you'll buy.  Thanks.