Fruit Ripening Calendar

June – Tart Cherries, Apricots, Blueberries, Lettuce, and other spring Vegetables

July – Peaches, Blackberries, Vegetables – Tomatoes, Peppers, Eggplants, Summer Squash and others

Grandpa Lester’s Farmyard Village Opens – July 1st

August – Peaches, Blackberries, Plums, Grapes, Tomatoes, Sweet Corn, Peppers, Eggplant, Summer Squash, Watermelon, Muskmelon and others

September – Apples, Apple Cider, Fall Decorations, Gourds, Fall Squash, Pumpkins, and other vegetables

October – Pumpkins, Apples, Apple Cider, Fall Decorations, Gourds, Fall Squash

Pumpkin Festival – Columbus Weekend, October 9-10

November – May – Orchard Closed for the Season

Bakery Open on Weekends in November!

Fruit Varieties

Tart Cherries                          June 1-15

Apricots                                  June 10-25

Blueberries                             June 15 – July 10

Plums                                     June 15 – August 31

Blackberries                           July 10 – August 10

Peaches                                 June 20 – August 30

Early Star                                June 20

Early White Giant                    June 25

Nectarines                               July 10

Red Haven                              July 20

Glohaven                                July 25

White Carolina Bell                  July 25

Lorings                                    August 1

White Summer Pearl               August 10

Redskins                                 August 15

Cresthaven                             August 15

Encore                                     August 20

Summer Apples                       June 25 – August 25

Lodi / Pristine                           June 25 – July 10

JerseyMac                               July 15

Zestar                                       July 20

Gala                                          August 10

HoneyCrisp                               August 20

Fall Apples                                September 1 – October 31

Jonathon                                   September 1

Golden Delicious                       September 5

Jon-a-Gold                                September 10

Red Delicious                            September 10

Empire                                       September 10

Granny Smith                             October 1

Winesap                                     October 1

Fuji                                             October 10

Goldrush                                     October 15