As
of November 11, 2009 The season at
Fruit Acres Farm Market & U-Pick is over. Thank you very very
much for a great 2009 season. If you have any suggestions or comments
please feel free to fill out my survey below. Thank you so much
for wonderful comments already posted.
We
will re-open in June 2010 with Fresh Local Strawberries. Right now
Fruit Acres Farms has a adequate amount of rain and temperatures
to produce a wonderful crop of fruit for 2010. We will let you know
if anything changes in the winter or spring.
What do
Annette & Randy do during the winter?
Annette does paperwork, taxes, and computer work to catch up from
the last several months. Randy and his helpers fix all the equipment
that broke during the season, clean up the farm for the winter rest,
figure out what we are planting in the spring, and in December will
start trimming apple and cherry trees. We both attend farmer conventions
during the winter, in December we will be at Grand Rapids, Michigan
for the Great Lakes Expo, and in February we will be in Hershey,
Pennsylvania and Ontario Canada for more conventions. We do not
have any plans for vacation this year though, the recession has
hit everyone. But we still look forward to a very relaxing winter.
Fruit Acres Farm Market
& U-Pick will let you know when your favorite crops are getting
close to ripening. This newsletter will let you know when the perfect
cherry, peach or apple will be ready for you to pick it yourself
off the tree, in a beautiful country setting in southwest Michigan
on a perfect summer or fall day! Fruit Acres Newsletter will let
you know what is happening at the Fruit Acres Farm Market too!!
Fruit
Acres Farms is a 230 acre fruit farm owned by the same family since
1846. The current owners, Randy and Annette, are the 5th generation
to operate the orchard. We grow Big black Sweet Cherries,
Sour Pie Cherries, and Crisp Juicy Flavorful Apples. Our specialty
is Sweet, Juicy, Luscous Peaches fresh picked and sold for 10 weeks
from Mid-July thru September. Check Harvest Times for this year's
ripening schedule.
U-PICK
Fruit
Acres has U-Pick Sweet Cherries ,Sour
Pie Cherries, Sweet Juicy Freestone Peaches, Cling Baby Gold Type Peaches,
White Freestone Peaches, Crisp Juicy Apples and and of course pumpkins.
Click on U-Pick for details. FREE Wagon
rides and FREE picnic area with playground
for a great family day.
Sweet
& Sour Cherries
Peaches
Apples
FARM
MARKET
A
huge assortment of locally grown fresh fruits and vegetables are available
at our Farm Market located directly off
offI-94 at Exit 39 in beautiful Southwest Michigan. Gourmet Jams, Jellies,
Honey, Sauces and Pickles are available as well as Country Gifts, like
Handmade Soaps and Candles. Fresh Sweet Apple Cider in the Fall. Free
Fruit Samples everyday.
WHOLESALE
FARM
Sweet
and Sour Cherries, Freestone, white flesh and
cling peaches, summer and fall apples are available in wholesale
amounts (over 10 bushel) everyday at our farm just 1 mile from
Fruit Acres Farm Market.
STELLAR
PEACHES
We
also have the Fruit Acres Stellar Peach Breeding
Program.
For the past 24 years we have been developing new varieties of freestone
peaches especially suited for the commercial growers in the northern
peach growing areas. They ripen from 18 days before Red Haven to 45
days after Red Haven. The 11 named varieties are selected on the basis
of their Cold Hardiness, Great Flavor, Red Skin Color, Flesh Firmness,
and Large Size.
