Harvesting 'Blake's Pride' Pears

   I started harvesting 'Blake's Pride' pears this morning, and we have some for sale now until late Oct.  'Blake's Pride' pears have a wonderful, sweet flavor and a smooth, buttery texture.  They're great for fresh eating, baking and canning.

I harvested this 20-pound box of 'Blake's Pride' pears this morning.

   We sell harvested #1 pears for $1.42 per pound + sales tax, and harvested #2 (2nds) pears for $1.09 per pound + sales tax.  If you get a 20-pound box with 2 bags of #1 pears (or a bag of pears and a bag of apples), the price goes down to $1.37 per pound.  So a 20-pound box of #1 apples and/or pears costs $27.49 + sales tax, and you save a dollar.

   From now until Aug. 31, we have people come to get pears and/or apples in late mornings, arriving here between 10:30 and 11:30 a.m., or evenings between 7 and 8 p.m.

   From Sept. 1 to Dec. 15, we're open our Fall Hours, shown in the left sidebar under Open Hours.  I'm very busy harvesting pears in early mornings, so if you drop by before 10:30 a.m., ring the bell on the sales building porch very loudly.

   I finished harvesting 'Sunrise' pears yesterday morning, and they've all sold.  This morning I finished harvesting and selling all peaches, so our peach season is now over.  We'll have harvested Asian pears for sale from about Sept. 4 to late Oct.

We still have many #1 Enterprise apples like these, and some #2 apples.

   We still have many long-keeping 'Enterprise', 'Gold Rush' and 'Sundance' harvested apples for sale for the next month or so.  These were harvested in Nov. 2022 and keep in top condition in our coolers at 34 F.  Apple prices are the same as pears.  If you want more than 20 pounds of apples, please call 620-597-2450 a few days ahead and leave a message on our answering machine, so I can have them sorted, cleaned and packed for you.

   I'll start harvesting the new apple crop in mid-Sept., but it will be very sparse this fall.  Our pick-your-own apple season, shown in the left sidebar under Crop Sales Seasons, will only go for 3 weeks this fall, and we'll only have 'Enterprise' to pick.  We have many great-quality apples now, so buy them while we have them.  I give taste samples, and almost everyone who tries these apples loves them and buys some.

   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 and fall.

   As always, we take cash or checks for payment, but NO credit cards or debit cards.  So please bring your checkbook or enough cash to cover the amount of fruit you want to buy.  Thanks.