Welcome to Fruit Basket Orchards, the only full-service U-Pick orchard in western Colorado.
With the warm/hot winter/spring , the fruit season is upon us early this year. We have cherries!!! We will have both u-pick and picked cherries in the store. We will open Friday, June 5 from 12 noon until 4 pm. Saturday, June 6, the store will be open normal hours, 9 am to 4 pm.
Several things of note have changed in the orchard this year:
First, the process of pruning changed. Instead of gathering up all cut limbs and hauling away, they were mulched in-place. Many partially cut up sticks remain in the grasses. Because of those sticks, no open toed shoes will be allowed, such as flop-flops, open-toed sandals, etc.
Second, the irrigation system has been changed from furrow, flood irrigation. This means sprinkler black pipe and above-ground sprinklers are stretched out along the tree line. Please don’t step on the black pipe or the sprinklers. Your attention to this is greatly appreciated.
Because this is an early season, it is not clear if there will consistently be fruit available for the first several weeks. Watch for our email and FB posts or call us. That is about all for now, 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.
