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Apple U-pick is open weekends through October 25. Honeycrisp and Jonagold are ready now.What's picking

High Mesa Orchard

Harvest calendar

What's ripe, and when.

Dates move a week or two with the weather. The announcement bar at the top of every page always says what's ready right now.

Month by month

  • Mid-June to early July

    Sweet cherries: Bing and Rainier.

  • July

    Apricots, early peaches, and sweet corn.

  • August

    Peak peaches: Red Haven, Cresthaven, and Elberta.

  • September

    Late peaches, Bartlett pears, Gala and Jonagold apples.

  • October

    Honeycrisp, Fuji, and Golden Delicious. U-pick weekends and fresh cider.

  • November to May

    The stand is closed. Pie preorders and cider by appointment.

At the stand

This week's prices

  • Honeycrisp applesIn season

    $2.75/lb

  • Jonagold and Fuji applesIn season

    $2.25/lb

  • Apples, half bushel (about 20 lb)

    $38

  • U-pick applesWeekends

    $2.25/lb

  • Fresh cider

    $9/half gallon

  • Bosc pearsLast week

    $2.50/lb

  • PeachesSold out

    Back in August

Prices change with the harvest. Cash, card, and tap accepted.

Through the year

A season on the mesa

  • Pink peach blossoms against a blue April sky
  • A bucket of dark red cherries with stems on
  • Two hands holding a ripe, blushing peach
  • The farm stand: a red wooden shed with fruit crates and a hand-painted price board
  • Wooden orchard ladders leaning in a row against a fence at sunset
  • Frost on the last apples hanging in a bare tree in late October