Fruit Harvest Dates
Picked When Ripe
Here are the usual picking dates and a description of each variety of fruit from our orchards. Fruits are listed in order of ripening in Palisade, Colorado:
Cherries (sweet): June 15 to July 15
- Bing, a large, dark purple, tangy sweet cherry
- Rainier, a cross between Bing & Royal Anne, a delicate flavor
- Lapins, a late cherry that resembles a Bing
Apricots: July 4 to July 31
- Riland, a medium, sweet, round & red coloring
- Perfection, a large, oval shaped apricot, orange color & sweet
- Goldrich, a large, oval shaped apricot that must be fully ripe
- Rival, a medium sized, oval shaped apricot with a blush of red
Peaches: July 1 to September 20
Listed in order of ripening. SC=semi-cling, F= freestone:
- PF #1, (SC) 20 days before Redhaven, 90% red, sweet
- Early Redhaven (SC)14 days before Redhaven 90% red, sweet
- Rising Star (SC) beautiful early season peach 80% red, sweet
- Redhaven (F) First freestone peach. 90% red coloring, good flavor.
- Blazing Star (F) 5 days after Redhaven, 90% red coloring, sweet
- Roza (F) 75% red, large, sweet peach, good canner or freezer
- Redglobe (F) Excellent canning & freezing peach
- Suncrest (F) Large, round peach, 2/3 red blush, good texture & flavor
- Cresthaven (F) Medium large, juicy but firm flesh
- Angelus (F) Large, firm peach, replaces standard elberta
- O’Henry (F) Best of the late peaches, flesh yello streaked with red.
Nectarines: Aug. 20 – Aug. 30
- Red Gold (F) very large nectarine, yellow flesh with red around pit