Gilroy Upick

The ripe blackberries are soft to the touch and easily detach from the vine. On the other hand, berries that are firm, or hard to detach are not quite ripe and may taste sour. The ripe blackberries are dull in appearance. The shiny blackberry is not quite ripe and will taste sour.

Taste test a berry for your preference. Blackberries are very delicate. Pick the blackberries in the box that you are given at the farm.

Pluerry is an inter-specific cross between a plum and a sweet cherry, a brand new fruit type from the genius of Floyd Zaiger. Predominantly of plum and cherry, combining the sweetness of a cherry with that summer fresh plum zing. Much larger than a cherry.

We grow two varieties of pluerries: sweet Treat and candy heart. Sweet treat ripens before the candy heart.