We still have Purple King plums and Bon Chretien pears on the Stall. 🙂
Purple Kings will be over by Friday but the Bon Chretiens will be available until early next week.
From Saturday onwards we will have Black Doris plums available on the Stall in both 1st and 2nd grade boxes.
Cox’s Orange apples are about a week away and Royal Gala should be ready around March 10 🙂

This weekend on the Stall we have Bon Chretien pears available in 5kg bags for $6 and 10kg for $12.
Bon Chretien are the classic pear for bottling, stewing and eating. 🙂

We also have delicious Purple King plums in 3kg bags for $9. 🙂
Purple King are a sweet, juicy, red skinned/yellow fleshed plum that kids just love! The “dust” on the plums is a natural bloom and is easily rubbed or washed off if you so desire (not essential though as it has no effect on the flavour). 🙂

Right now on the Stall we have Bon Chretien pears available in 5kg bags for $6 and 10kg for $12.
Bon Chretien are the classic pear for bottling, stewing and eating 🙂

We have just started our gorgeous Purple King plums!
Purple King are a sweet, juicy, red skinned/yellow fleshed plum that kids just love!
We have them available on the Stall in 3kg bags for $9 🙂

Alexia picking Purple King

Another busy day with PYO nectarines. 🙂
It looks like we will be out of them by tomorrow (Saturday) afternoon.

Bon Chretien pears start tomorrow. 10kg bags for $12.
Bon Chretien are the classic pear for bottling, stewing and eating. 🙂

The next round of Nectarines have finally decided to ripen so as from tomorrow they will be available for PYO at $1.90 kg. 🙂
No need to race up though as they will be available until at least next weekend smile emoticon
The nectarines are freestone and great for eating and bottling.
The Billington plums are very popular and we will have them for another few days on the Stall in 3kg bags – $10-00 and 5kg bags – $15-00.
Our very first apple, the Red Gravenstein, is available in 2.5 kg bags for $5-00. The main crop of apples starts in March.
The Bon Chretien pears should be ready to pick in a few days time so they will be on the Fruit Stall by the end of the week. 🙂
Even though we are out of apricots, there are still plenty in the Valley, so a trip up here will not be wasted.
The Black Doris plums will be a bit late this year but will definitely be in by the end of the month at the very latest. Omegas should start early March. 🙂

This weekend on the Fruit Stall we have:
Billington plums – 3kg bags $9-00 – an all purpose plum which has red flesh – great for bottling – eating – stewing – freezing. 🙂
Black Amber plums – 3kg bags $10-00 – yellow flesh with a tinge of red. A really nice eating plum.
Shiro plums – 2 kg bags $6-00 – a great yellow skinned/fleshed eating plum.
Red Gravenstein apples in 2.5 kg bags – $5-00
These are our first apple of the Season and are great for both cooking and eating. 🙂
Bon Chretien pears are still a few days away as the sugar levels aren’t high enough to pick yet.
PYO Nectarines are still a few days away as are Peaches.
There is a lot of wonderful fruit available throughout the Valley so a trip up to Roxburgh will not be wasted. 🙂

Meanwhile at Hercules Flat…….;)

It’s been a very busy weekend! Always great to see familiar faces and new ones too. 🙂
PYO apricots are now over but there will be boxes of apricots on the Fruit Stall for the next week or so.

The Billington plums have ripened and are available in 3 kg bags for $9-00. 🙂
This variety has red flesh and red skin and is an all purpose plum with great flavour.
Ideal for Sauce – Jam – Eating – Bottling – Stewing.
Shiro plums will be on the Stall from tomorrow onwards in 2 kg bags and selling for $6-00.

Bon Chretien pears; also called Williams and Bartlett; should start in a week or ten days once the sugar level is up a wee bit more.
PYO nectarines should be available in about eight days as will our peaches.

Hopefully the warmer weather has returned so the fruit will all ripen quicker. 🙂
There is heaps of wonderful fruit throughout the Valley and if we haven’t got what you want, we will put you onto places that do. 🙂

This weekend we have Moorpark and Clutha Gold apricots available for PYO. 🙂
As always the PYO price is $1.90/kg.

On the Stall we have Clutha Gold and Stevens Favourite apricots available in 1st grade ($3/kg) and 2nd grade ($2.50/kg) boxes. 🙂

A big day today…..our first fine day, which actually lasted all day. 🙂
It’s been a bit of a nasty week, so everybody made the most of the fine weather and came picking! 🙂
It was great to see so many familiar faces and many new ones. 🙂

There are still plenty of Moorparks available for PYO but the first variety of nectarines may be over by Saturday as there are so many nectarine lovers and they picked their hearts out today. 😉
The next variety is about 10 days away and there is a great crop so don’t panic if you miss out on the first lot.
The Shiro plums will start on Saturday and they are a great eating and jam plum. 🙂
On the Fruit Stall we have a range of 1st ($3/kg) and 2nd ($2.50/kg) grade boxes of Steven’s Favourite and Trevatt apricots.