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October 29, 2005
THE PUMPKIN PATCH IS
OPEN - and THE FALL COLORS COULDN'T BE MORE BEAUTIFUL!
Now Picking: We still have
nice Red Northern Spy, Green Northern Spy, Red Delicious, and Yellow Delicious
Apples. Hot Peppers, Winter Squash, Cabbages, Collard Greens.
Our farm is open from
8:30 in the morning until 6:30 in the evening, 7 days a week.
Our Tea Rooms are open
from 11 in the morning until 4 in the afternoon.
The Tea Rooms are closed
on Mondays.
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2005
Picking Schedule
- June 4 thru July 1
- RHUBARB
- STRAWBERRIES .
- July 2 thru July 16- SWEET CHERRIES - A beautiful crop this year.
- QUEEN ANNES - Red on the outside, white
on the inside. Firm, flavorful, not quite as sweet as black cherries, but
very good for freezing and canning.
- BLACK CHERRIES - Royaltons, Bings, Black
Ox-Hearts, and Black Windsors (in order of their ripening). All very similar:
big, black in color, and very sweet.
- YELLOW OX-HEARTS - . Taste just light
black cherries, but are bright yellow in color.
- MULBERRIES - Available June 29 until about July 7.
- CURRANTS - Both red and black varieties available in limited quantities
until July 10.
- July 10
- TART CHERRIES - We grow Montmorency
Sours - the favorite pie and cooking cherry - as well as Richmond
Sours, which are smaller & sweeter, great for fresh eating and
for cherry jam & jelly.
- GOOSEBERRIES
- Delightfully tangy to just eat, excellent
for pies, jams and jelly.
- RASPBERRIES - Both
purple and red raspberries,
- ALL DURING AUGUST
- PEACHES - We grow many varieties
(Red Haven, Hale Haven, Sun Haven, Jubilee, Crest Haven, Triogem, Glo-Haven,
Loring) - all freestone - that are available throughout the month of
August.
- Mid-July thru November
- APPLES - Red Williams and Hyslip
Crabapple in August.
Gravenstein, McIntosh, Macoun, Cortland, Greening, Red Delicious, Jonathan,
Yellow Delicious, Ben Davis, Empire, Ida Red, Rome Beauty and Northern
Spy and Fuji apples throughout the fall.
- PEARS - Clap Favorite, Sugar Pears,
Bartlett, Bosc and Anjou pears starting in Mid-August through
September.
- PRUNES - in early to mid-September.
- VEGETABLES - Lots of hot peppers, winter
squash, herbs, flowers, pumpkins and other vegetables in August, September
and October.
- CIDER
- HERBS - Marjoram, sage, summer savory and mint
perfect for cutting July 8 - July 18..
- FLOWERS - Cutting flowers for bouquets ready
July 15.
All dates are approximate. Picking information is updated daily
in season. You are welcome to eMail
or call us at (716) 778-7926 for more information. All fruit and vegetables
are available fresh-picked or Pick-Your-Own. Please call ahead for large,
already-picked orders.
During the season, we are open for picking 7 days a week from
8:30 in the morning until 6:30 in the evening.
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Our Products
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- The Country Barn Store is open,
as well, offering a vast selection of our homemade jams, jellies, fruit
butters, herbed oils and herbed vinegars.
- As always, our jams and jellies,
apple gift boxes and gift baskets can be ordered
online, by
mail, or by telephone at (716) 778-7926.
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