These are estimated dates. Actual dates when fruit is available varies from year to year depending on weather conditions.
Quantities of certain fruits may be limited or unavailable. Please call the orchard salesroom from 8:00 am to 5:00 pm during fruit season to check on fruit availability. 256-437-9254
June
| Blueberries | About June 5 |
| Cherries | About June 5 |
| Blackberries | About June 20 |
| Cling Peaches | About June 25 |
| Early Gold Apples (tart, cooking and eating) | About June 25 |
July
| Semi-Freestone Yellow Peaches (Red Havens) | About 1st week |
| Plums | About 1st week |
| Freestone Yellow and White Peaches (Many different varieties, sweet, good for eating and preserving) | About 2nd week |
| Seedless Grapes (green, red, and purple) | About 2nd week |
| Pears | About 2nd week |
| Asian Pears | About 3rd week |
| Nectarines | About 3rd week |
| Indian Cling Peaches (Red flesh, good for eating, pickling, and preserving) | About 3rd week |
| Ginger Gold Apples (Sweet/tart, good eating apple) | About 4th week |
August
| Peaches, pears, grapes, plums, etc. usually available until the middle of the month. | |
| Gala Apples (Sweet eating apple) | Early in the month |
| Pippin Apples (Large, tart, green cooking apple, good for drying, applesauce, and applebutter) | About the 2nd week |
| Ozark Gold Apples (Good for cooking and eating) | About the 2nd week |
| Honey Crisp Apples (Sweet-tart, crisp eating apple) | About 3rd week |
| Jonathan Apples (Tart, red, good for cooking and eating) | About 3rd week |
| McIntosh Apples (Not as tart as Jonathan, good for eating and cooking) | Toward end of month |
September
| Jonathan and McIntosh Apples will still be available. | |
| Jonagold Apples (Cross between Jonathan and Gold Delicious, good eating apple) | About 1st week |
| Red Delicious Apples (Sweet eating apple) | About 2nd week |
| Gold Delicious Apples (Sweet eating apple) | About 2nd week |
| Mutsu Apples (Good eating apple) | About 2nd week |
| Fresh Apple Cider | About 2nd week |
| Rome Beauty Apples (Good for eating and baking) | About 3rd week |
October
| Cider, Jonathan, Red Delicious and other varieties of apples may still be available. | |
| Winesap (tart, good for pies) | Early in the month |
| Fuji (Sweet Eating Apple similar to Gala) | Early in the month |
| Granny Smith (tart, good for pies, drying, canning) | Early in the month |
| Arkansas Black (very hard) | Middle of the month |
| Pink Lady (crisp, juicy, sweet/tart, stores well) | End of the month |
November/DECEMBER
| Cider, Jonathan, Red Delicious and other varieties of apples might still be available. Closing date for the season varies from year to year. |
Am I able to get apples for our church to provide to families for Christmas?
Please call the orchard salesroom and let them know what you want and when. 256-437-9254
When are you expecting to have peaches at the Winchester Farmers Market?
We hope to have enough peaches to open at the markets in early July.
Do you have any cherries?
Sorry, the cherries didn’t make it this year again. Dad has concluded that this isn’t the right climate for cherries.
GOTTA GET DOWN THERE IN AUG OR SEPT. HAVE HAD YOUR APPLES -WONDERFUL