applesandpears

9/29/26

On our self serve table under the awning of the green pole building - - open daylight hours.

We currently have Haralson, Haralred, and Honeygold apples, along with Lucsious pears.  

Measured by the pound and pre priced in tote bags in even amounts ranging from $3 to $8.  Call for larger amounts. Cash or check.

Also there are various selections of fall garden produce.  Also, we have winter squash,  gourds, pumpkins.  New to us is Autumn Frost squash.  Our taste buds say it tastes like butternut squash but somewhat sweeter, a texture like delicota, and looks like a frosted ribbed pumpkin.

Our apple trees are:

• Oriole - a softer early apple which has a distinctive flavor all its own.

• Zestar! - one of the crisper early apples and some people prefer the flavor over honey crisp.

• Haralson - a favorite cooking apple which stays moderately firm upon cooking.  It has a good apple flavor but is not as sweet as Honey Gold.

  • Haralred - a redder version of Haralson that tends to be somewhat sweeter than Haralson.

• Honeygold - a cross between Haralson and yellow delicious.  A very good eating apple that is sweet with a tender skin.

• Honey Crisp - the one that everyone talks about.  Very crisp and sweet.  Best for fresh eating, but I have not found an apple that does not make an excellent pie!

• Keepsake - one of the parents of Honey Crisp.  This apple does not develop its true flavor until December.  Very crisp and a sweet apple. It will keep under normal refrigeration until May.

• We do not use any chemical thinners on the trees and hand thin each tree to provide the size and spacing needed for the fruit to mature to a nice size.

  • We let the apples remain on the tree as long as possible to allow the starches to develop into sugars resulting in sweeter apples.

 Our pear trees are:

• Summercrisp - an early pear which is slightly sweet and crisp.  

• Lucsious - a later pear, sweet and juicy with softer flesh.