PETER'S
ORCHARD
Cherries, Apricots, Peaches at Peter's u-pick
Prices for U-pick:
- Sweet Cherries: $3.00 / lb
- Rainier Cherries: $4.00 / lb
- Tart (sour) Cherries $3.00 / lb
- Apricots - picked: $3.00 / lb
- Shiro Japanese Plums $ 2.50 / lb
- Picked Cherries $3.50 / lb
Additional Information
During the fruit growing season, we are open 7 a .m. to 6 p.m. daily, 7 days a week, starting mid or end of June until somewhere near the end of August whenever we are sold out completely.
We have picnic tables, so you can bring your lunch and enjoy a beautiful day under the Okanagan/Vernon sun. We will provide you with cardboard boxes and plastic bags to take your fruit home with you.
We will provide you with picking pails with hooks, and ladders for picking, however, the fruit trees are pruned in a such a fashion that ladders are optional and not necessary.
We offer ready picked cherries and automated cherry pitting, larger quantities can also be purchased and the amount of 400 lbs and over qualifies for a free delivery within 80 km from the farm.
We also provide cold beverages, local honey, freshly made jams that are often still warm.
For approximate picking dates look at the chart
Please note that picking dates will depend on seasonal weather conditions which will dictate ripening dates, phone before coming to make sure fruit is ready for picking
More Information about u-pick cherries
- We accept cash and debit but not personal cheques as a payment
- Interac and credit cards are available as well
- Cherry pitting is also available upon request, however, you must tell us of this request prior to cherry picking, because we can only pit certain size cherries and we will advise you of the size to pick
- Did you know: Different cherry varieties have distinct flavours and different taste, you must try them and savour their beautiful aroma and flavour and get powerful antioxidants as a benefit. The true wonder of nature.
Cherry blossoms
White and delicate
ever so mystical
beautifully scented
hiding many beauties
lovers of bees and bumblebees
what will they bring us?
- delight beyond imagination
A.T.
