Welcome to Fruit Basket Orchards, the only full-service U-Pick orchard in western Colorado.
Sept 10 – There are apples, peaches, and grapes waiting to be picked or purchased in the store. This will be the winding down for the peaches, and not all the apples are ripe yet.
For the peaches, Gloria will be on the trees for picking and JH Hale will be available in the store. We should have peaches this weekend and next, that might about finish them for the season.
You-pick apples will include: early Fuji, some Cortland and Empire. We will check the reds, Granny Smith, and Roman Beauties Friday to see if they are ripe and ready to pick.
There are grapes on the vine and ready to be picked. The concords look pretty good.
As always, lots of good stuff in the store. Freshly made jams will be available, honey, dried apples, and dried peaches; sourdough bread will be back again this weekend.
Be careful around the new irrigation system and the trimmings from pruning which were mulched this year; protect your toes with closed toed shoes.
We look forward to seeing you in the orchard.
Our motto is “strive to grow the most delicious, enjoyable, fruit available” and if it grows on our property, we’ll let you pick and take it home. We grow a little bit of everything, including all your favorite stone fruit (peaches, sweet cherries, tart cherries, nectarines, apricots, plums), raspberries (they are planted), plus 18 varieties of apples. We also grow table grapes and a few pears.
The store address is 253 32-1/2 Road, Grand Junction, CO 81503 or give us a call at (970) 434-3063. We accept all major credit cards.
