I get the question often. The answer is different each year....and the answer is always not always quite the whole picture. Of course.....the question is this: how many peaches do we harvest each season.
This year I say "15 baskets each morning". Folks comprehend that type of answer better.....We harvest each day for our fruit stand. Then we harvests for the farm to home clients. Then it gets really nutz when we have to harvest for the Farmer's Market...up top of the fruit stand and farm to home business.
Last year we didn't do much harvesting of peaches....the orchard being a little young. Each year as the trees get stronger to hold larger loads of fruit...and as the trees grow larger.....I imagine the daily harvest next year will be at least 45 baskets per morning.....an easy hundred down the road.
So.............our harvest has been going on for bout two weeks with no let up in sight for the fruit gathering. This is not as good as our 5 varieties Pluots that runs for three months. I can tell you this much.............it's way greater than 15 baskets a morning!
Next year we will be hiring harvesters......there is no way that Farmer Deno can do the job by himself.....and that is good news!
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