Still Harvested Pears, Few Apples

   I'm still harvesting 'Harrow Sweet' and 'Shenandoah' pears, now until early Oct.  We have these European pears for sale now until mid-Oct.  These pears are great for baking, canning, drying and fresh eating once allowed to get soft.

'Shenandoah' pears are very large and sweet-tart with a tangy taste. This 20-pound box has only 28 pears since they're so big.

   Asian pears sold out for the season today, Sept. 28.

   We will NOT have pick-your-own apples this fall 2026.  After 10 weeks of record high heat and a total of only 0.1 inches of rain, most of the 'Enterprise' apples started developing internal breakdown on the trees instead of ripening.  Very few sound 'Enterprise' apples are left on the trees, so we will not offer pick-your-own 'Enterprise' apples.  I'm now harvesting a few 'Enterprise' apples, and they sell about as fast as I pick them, so we'll have only a few harvested apples for sale until very late Oct. or early Nov.

   We still hope to harvest 'Gold Rush' apples starting in late Oct., but the 'Gold Rush' crop will be reduced, and we'll need to harvest all the 'Gold Rush' apples ourselves for our farm market.  If we can harvest a good amount of 'Gold Rush' apples, we'll have them for sale from early Nov. until about June 2027.

   Harvested pears and apples sell for $1.48 per pound + sales tax for #1 fruit with no damage.  I sort and pack apples and pears into bags in boxes that I weigh to 20 pounds, so if you get a 20-pound box of #1 apples or pears you save $1.00.  We also have some nice #2 apples and pears, with some surface scarring but no internal damage, that sell for just $1.18 per pound + sales tax.

   We'll have harvested, cracked pecans for sale starting in mid-Nov.  There will be fewer nuts to harvest this year, so pecans will likely sell out for the season by Feb. 2027. 

   As always, we take cash or checks for payment, but NO credit cards or debit cards, and no phone "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. 

   From now until Dec. 15, we're open the hours shown in the left sidebar.  These open hours give me time to harvest tree fruits before customers start coming each day.   If I'm still harvesting fruit when you arrive, ring the bell on the sales building VERY LOUDLY.