Cherry Picking @ Northside
Tuesday, June 17, 2008 10:25One of my favorite things about the end of spring and the beginning of summer is the abundance of cherries. And what better place to get delicious cherries than right off the tree?
Last weekend, I went cherry picking. I was afraid that it was going to be too late in the season for good cherries, but I didn’t need to worry. There were plenty of nice plump cherries on the trees. Unfortunately, it might be a bit too late for rainier cherries (the yellow ones) because the few rainier trees we did find only had a nice ripe ones all the way at the unreachable top.
The orchard we went to, Northside, has lots of trees and a few varieties of cherries to pick from. My favorite that day were the dark red cherries which were crunchy and sweet. The orchard charges $3 a pound for cherries, which is not bad considering they don’t charge you for the cherries you taste off the tree while you’re there.
The only caveat is that if you plan to separate your pickings into different bags, make sure to use different buckets in the first place. The lady who weighed and tallied up our costs was cranky and gave someone in our party a hard time because she wanted her cherries split into two bags and even offered to pay for the cost of the second bag.
Also, make sure to pack sun block and a hat. While the orchard was shady, there were still some patches of sun and it was at least 95 degrees outside.
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Northside Cherries
9729 Northside Drive
Leona Valley, CA 93551
661-270-1290
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