Our Fruits

Our fruit season starts in late May with strawberries. It continues into early June with early rasberries and red and white currants.  Late June into early July brings black currants, more raspberries, gooseberries and cherries. 

Late July into early August, our peaches begin to ripen.  The Reliance and Sweet Sixteen peaches are early ripening varieties, and their taste can not be rivaled.  Reliance has floral and apricot overtones. Red Havens, Harrow's Beauty and White Lady varieties ripen in mid-August.  Our latest varieties in late August are Elberta and Bell of Georgia (a white fleshed peach that is juicy, sweet and outstanding in flavor).  Late July and August are also the season for blackberries. We have several varieties, all delicious. 

Late August through September beckons our apples and pears. Since this is our first season with enough apples and pears to sell, I will have to report back on varieties and their flavors.

We manage our fruits organically which means incredible flavor but sometimes blemished fruits, particularly the tree fruits.  So, if you see some specks or white clay residues or maybe a whole from an insect, rest assured that these traits are not harmful to people.  They just mean that the fruits are so tasty that other creatures want to eat them as well as humans.

We sell our fruits at the Urbana Farmers' Market, Bloomington IL Farmers' Market (alternate Saturdays-check our blog), Chicago's Green City Market and Oak Park Farmers' Market on Saturdays (May-October).  We also offer u-pick. 

LATEST UPDATE on U-PICK SCHEDULE

Our days and hours for U-pick Peaches and Blackberries START THIS THURSDAY, JULY 22ND FROM 5-8PM.

UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE, OUR U-PICK HOURS WILL BE TUESDAYS AND THURSDAYS FROM 5-8PM AND SUNDAYS FROM 1-4PM. 

PRICES FOR BLACKBERRIES ARE $3/PINT AND FOR $1.50/LB FOR TREE FRUITS (PEACHES, PEARS, APPLES).

WE PROVIDE BUCKETS TO PICK WITH. PLEASE EMAIL IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS: prairiefruits@gmail.com