Many Asian Pears, Some Early Apples & Pears Ripe Now

   Pears and Asian pears have started ripening earlier this year.  I've harvested many 'Shinko' Asian pears and some European pears all week.  We have a very good Asian pear crop this year, but the European pear crop was greatly reduced by the March 27 frost, and by extremely high winds on Fri. Aug. 16.

We have many 'Shinko' Asian pears for sale now until early-mid Oct.

  We'll have many Asian pears for sale now until early-mid Oct.  Asian pears are shaped like apples and eaten fresh like apples, plus used in salads and stir-fry dishes.  They're very crunchy, very sweet and very juicy.

   We have a few 'Blake's Pride' pears for sale now, and some 'Shenandoah' pears now until late Sept.  We sell all pears and Asian pears harvested only. 

We have a few 'Blake's Pride' pears for sale now.

  Some harvested early apples from my breeding program are for sale now, but pick-your-own and harvested 'Enterprise' apples won't start until mid-late Sept. 

   Harvested apples, pears and Asian pears sell for $1.45 per pound + sales tax for #1 fruit with no damage.  A 20-pound box of #1 fruit costs $28.02 + sales tax, and you save $1.00.  We have some nice #2 fruit with small sunburned areas, cracks or other surface damage, that sell for $1.16 per pound + sales tax.   

These 'Sunday Sweet' apples, from my breeding program, are #2's, with some surface damage, great for cutting in slices, baking, etc.

   We still have about 78 bags of harvested, cracked pecans for sale, before we sell out in mid-late Sept.  Pecans store well for 3-4 months in a fridge, and for over 6 years in a freezer.  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 kernels, you get 3 pounds or more of nutmeats.  Each bag costs $19.32 + sales tax.

   Revised projected sales dates for all our crops are shown in the updated sidebar at left under Crop Sales Seasons.  That also tells which crops we sell harvested, and which crops we sell pick-your-own.

   We're now very busy harvesting, pruning and controlling weeds on all our fruit crops and pecans, so we don't always see or hear vehicles arrive here.  Until Aug. 31, please phone 620-597-2450 a day before you plan to come buy fruit and/or pecans, and leave a message on our answering machine with your name and the day and approximate time you'll arrive here, so we can look for you.

   We prefer that people come get fruit and/or pecans in late mornings, arriving here between 10:30 and 11:30 a.m., or afternoons, arriving here between 1:30 and 5:00 p.m.  If you drop by during our Fall Open Hours (shown in the left sidebar), ring the bell on our sales building porch very loudly.

   As always, we take cash or checks for payment, but NO credit cards or debit cards, and no "apps".  We don't use a smart phone, and have no phone line to the sales building.  So please bring your checkbook or enough cash to cover the amount of fruit you want to buy.  Thanks.