We have fruit available from June to January. Our goal is to have our local fruit or fruit products available to Minnesota coops year round. We start harvesting strawberries in late May or early June. Before the strawberries finish up, we start on red raspberries and then blueberries. The black, purple, and yellow raspberries come after the early reds. Cherry plums overlap the berries and then the American hybrid plums start and continue to ripen into early September overlapping the summer apples. The high quality fall apples begin in mid September and then the winter apples are harvested in October. Winter apples are kept cool and crisp in our refrigerated storage and are sold into January.
Summer Fruits
June
Strawberries, Early red raspberries
July
Blueberries, Red, yellow, and purple raspberries, Tart cherries, Cherry plums, Hybrid plums
August
Raspberries, Apricots, Japanese plums, Summer apples
Partial List of Apple Varieties
August
Pristine, William’s Pride, Redfree, Discovery,Whitney crab, Centennial crab, Chestnut crab,Paula Red.
September
Dayton, Zestar, Sansa, Prima, McIntosh, Honeycrisp, Jonafree, Sweet Sixteen Honeygold, Haralson, Connell Red Fireside.
October
Regent, Primegold, Liberty, Fuji, Golden Russet, Crimson crisp, Snow Sweet, Keepsake, Northwestern Greening, Old Fashion Red Delicious