Sweet Cherry U-Pick at our US 31 Market
Our US 31 Market has a later variety of sweet cherry called a Hudson that is just now getting ripe. We should have these available for u-pick through the weekend of August 9th along with raspberries and apricots. Our M-88 Market will have pick your own tart cherries available along with apricots and raspberries. We […]
Pick You Own Tart Cherries Through the Weekend; Pick Your Own Apricots Strong by the Weekend
U-pick tart cherries is still going strong and will go through the weekend. They are $1.00/lb and $1.00/bucket to pit them. Pick your own apricots are slowly starting to roll in. We should have good apricot u-pick by the weekend. We are looking forward to peach season which should begin around mid August if we continue […]
Great Pick Your Own Tart Cherries
Pick your Own Tart Cherries in their Prime! Pick your own tart cherries are still going strong and our pitter is running at our M-88 Market! Tart cherries are $1.00/lb and pitting is $1.00/u-pick bucket (which fits about 13lbs). U-pick sweet cherries is closed at our M-88 Market, however there will be a late variety […]
Sweet Cherry U-Pick Coming to an End, Tart Cherries at Their Prime
Pick your own sweet cherries will be coming to a close in the next couple days. Sweet cherries are very valuable this year because of the gaining popularity of black cherry yogurt and ice cream (our favorite flavor here at King Orchards). Due to this, we have to harvest the sweet cherries on schedule with […]
Tart Cherry Picking OPEN!
Montmorency tart cherry picking is open for just $1/lb (same price as last year)! We have a great crop out there and can pit them for you for just $1/u-pick bucket (about 15lbs of cherries). We should have tart cherries open for picking for about 2 weeks. Sweet cherries are still available for picking as […]
Tart Cherry U-Pick Open by the Weekend! Pick Your Own Sweet Cherries Open!
The Montmorency tart cherries are almost ripe and ready to pick! We should be in full swing by the weekend if we get some warmer weather. We will still have pick your own sweet cherries available as well. We do have a commercial sweet cherry pitter and tart cherry pitter so we can pit the […]
Open for U-Pick Sweet Cherries!
We have officially opened up the orchard for pick your own sweet cherries and raspberries. We also have sweet cherries available in both markets. The u-pick sweet cherries will last for 3-4 weeks or so. U-pick raspberries will last through the summer, however picking does vary day to day. We recommend calling before you come […]
Sweet Cherries Next Week!
The sweet cherries are looking fantastic and gaining color every day! It looks like sweet cherries will be making an appearance in a week or so towards the end of the National Cherry Festival in Traverse City. Make sure to keep updated on our “Orchard Talk” blog on the website. Sweet cherries will run for […]
Sweet Cherry Update
With all the crazy weather that the Traverse City area has seen this spring and early summer, it’s exciting to see branches loaded with sweet cherries. At this point, the cherries are starting to get some color and size. We are hoping to see the first sweet cherries around July 7-10 if Mother Nature keeps […]