Orchard Talk

There is one question everyone is asking. How long will we be able to pick sweet cherries? This year is so odd that I can’t say. My hope is that we will be able to pick through to next week end. There is a lot of fruit out there and if it stays dry the cracked cherries may dry up and the good cherries will be left for picking. Am I wishing for the impossible? If it continues to rain we will have to wait and see. Tart cherries will be into full swing come mid week. Raspberries continue to be great! All in all people are happy with there fruit and having fun. Betsy

Tags: crop report, sweet cherries, tart cherries, u-pick

To encourage lots and lots of Michigan cherry picking, we are rolling back our u-pick prices to 2006! We’re calling it our Cherry U-Pick Stimulus Plan (CUSP for those of you who love your acronyms).

U-Pick Sweet Cherries: $1.50 per pound
We-Pick Sweet cherries: $4.50 per quart

We have a gorgeous crop of both sweet and tart cherries (another 7-10 days before tarts are ready), and from the looks of it, we’ll have u-pick available throughout the rest of July. Hope to see you out there!

Tags: cherry picking, crop report, sweet cherries, u-pick cherries