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Fruita Orchards

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Planted over a hundred years ago by Mormon settlers, the Fruita orchards consist of 19 fields and over three thousand trees. They have apples, apricots, peaches, pears, cherries, plums, and so much more. While it’s free to pick as much as you can eat, if you want to take any home, you’ll have to pay a small fee by weight.

Check the Visitor Center to find out which orchards are open for picking.
You may walk through any unlocked orchard.
Self-pay stations are located in orchards open for picking.
Please pick only ripe fruit - it will detach easily from the tree when ripe.
Obey all safety signs and guidelines
Ladders and hand-held fruit pickers are provided. Use ladders with caution.
Do not climb the trees.

Typical Range of Flowering and Harvesting Times (varies widely by year)
Flowering
Cherries: late March to mid-April
Apricots: early March to mid-April
Peaches: late March to late April
Pears: late March to early May
Apples: early April to early May
Harvest
Cherries: mid-June to early July
Apricots: late June to mid-July
Peaches: late July to early Sept.
Pears: early August to early Sept.
Apples: mid-August to mid-October

Image: Staplegunther at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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