Red Raspberry
Tentative Picking Schedule (subject to change - will be updated in June)
Prelude June
Caroline. June & August
Heritage June & August & Sept
Lathem. July
Crimson Night August & Sept
Raspberry descriptions
Prelude - Prelude is the earliest ripening summer red raspberry, ripening in mid-June. Although Prelude is also fall-bearing, it produces the biggest portion of its crop in the spring. Prelude berries are round-conic, coherent, with very good flavor.
Lathem -Summer bearing variety Small red fruit has good color, crumbly texture with fair flavor. Fruit ripens mid-season and over a long period of time.
Heritage - Everbearing raspberry for fall bearing with great color, flavor, firmness and freezing quality.
Caroline -Ever-bearing crops of delicious berries.
Crimson Night - Fall bearing with fantastic flavor.
Strawberries
Tentative Picking Schedule (subject to change - will be updated in May)
Early June - AC Wendy & Honeyoe
Mid June - Chandler, Sonata, Darselect, All Star
Late June - Ruters Scarlet
All June - Albion & San Andreas
Chandler - These early midseason June-bearing strawberries are a good choice for fresh pickings of homegrown, bright red, flavorful fruit. Firm, large and beautifully shaped, these berries are especially appealing in fresh fruit trays.
AC Wendy -Large, early to ripen fruit with aromatic flavor. Firm berries are great for freezing.
Honeoye -The strawberries are delicious fresh, frozen, or in jams and wines. Ripens in June.
San Andreas San Andreas strawberry plant produces berries with outstanding flavor.
Sonata -June bearing, This strawberry plant produces large, uniform, conic-shaped fruit.
Darselect -June bearing, the Darselect is rated as a large berry that is firm with excellent flavor and has good freezing quality.
Allstar - June-bearing with large, juicy-sweet berries are great for eating fresh or ideal for canning or freezing.
Rutgers Scarlet - Rutgers Scarlet is a June-bearing, This strawberry is with superior berry quality and amazing flavor, the fruit of ‘Rutgers Scarlet’ is juicy, with exceptional flavor and wonderful balance between sweetness and acidity that is solely developed for fresh picking.