2024 SW OR: Lane, Coos, Deschutes, Douglas Counties Peach U-Pick Farms and Orchards - PickYourOwn.org
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Peach U-Pick Orchards in SW OR: Lane, Coos, Deschutes, Douglas Counties in 2024, by county
Below are the U-Pick orchards and farms for peaches that we know of in this area.
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Douglas County
Brosi Sugartree Farms - strawberries, blueberries, broccoli, bush, beans, cabbage, cantaloupe, cauliflower, cherries, corn, cucumbers, nectarines, peaches, pears, peppers, plums, prunes, pumpkins, summer squash, tomatoes, u cut flowers, watermelon, winter squash , 540 Winston Section Road, Winston, OR, OR 97496. Phone: 541) 679-1472. Open: Call for for hours and availability; typically, around the end of May with Strawberries and Cherries; 7 days a week, 9 am to 6 pm, with u-pick closing at 5:30pm. Click here for a map and directions. Payment: Cash, WIC Vouchers . Brosi Sugartree Farms NOTE: prices are from 2020; check on their page for this year's prices: Apples- "Mutsu"- U-pick: .60 lb. "Gala"- In stand: .99 lb or $13.95 box. Moyer Plums- U-pick: $1.00 lb. In Stand: $1.89 lb or $18 box.Prunes- Ready around the end of September.*Cauliflower. *Cabbage (red & green). *Bell Peppers. *Chili Peppers. *Walla-Walla Onions. *Sweet Corn. *Pickling Cucumbers (Order list). *Lemon Cucumbers. *Summer Squash (Zucchini, Yellow crookneck, & Patty pan. *Green Beans. *Slicing Cucumbers: 5/$1!! *Broccoli: .49 lb!! *Jumbo Pickling Cucumbers: 4/$1.00 or $11/#20 box.Melons- Our Watermelon & Cantaloupe are exceptional right now!!Tomatoes- Coming on very slowly, but once they start up, we will have more than enough for everyone!! Possibly another few weeks before they are plentiful.Pears- "Bosc"- U-pick: .39 lb. "Comice" & "Bartlett"- In stand: .69 lb or $10.95 box. *Farm Fresh Eggs. *Local Honey. *Jams. *Syrups. *Baked Goods. Comments from a visitor on July 05, 2011: "love this farm. I think they have a corn maze in fall. and it seems I have heard about hay rides too. "
Norm Lehne Garden & Orchards - apples, beans, beets, carrots, corn (sweet), cucumbers, eggplants, flowers, herbs or spices, nectarines, pears, peaches, peppers, plums, pumpkins, summer squash, winter squash, tomatoes, other vegetables, Other fruit or veg, 386 Cleveland Rapids Road, Roseburg, OR 97470. Phone: 541-672-2745. Open: Summer Hours mid July thru Sept: Monday to Saturday, 8 am to 6pm. Directions: From Roseburg, Interstate 5, Garden Valley Exit, #125. Go west on Garden Valley Road about 5.3 miles from freeway, staying in right hand lane, to the rural fire station. Garden Valley Road makes a left around the fire station. Continue another 2.5 miles to Cleveland Rapids Road. Turn left. Norm Lehne Garden & Orchards is the first house on . Click here for a map and directions. Payment: Cash, Check. Norm Lehne Garden & Orchards Facebook page. Summer Hours (mid July thru Sept): Monday to Saturday, 8 am to 6pm. Sunday, 8 am to 4 pm. Fall Hours (October) Monday to Saturday, 9 am to 5 pm. Closed Sundaysthe left on Cleveland Rapids Road. Look for signsCrops are usually available in July, August, September, OctoberNorm picks our cantaloupes and watermelons. We also grow black-eye peas, cabbage, cauliflower and broccoli. Dried Hazelnuts are available in October. Call for details on these crops
Paris Orchards - peaches, nectarines 331 N Curry Road, Roseburg, OR . Phone: 541-530-1338. Email: parisorchards@gmail.com. Open: July to early September. Click here for a map and directions. The final varieties of the season are the improved elbertas and O' Henry's. Both of these varieties are excellent canners.
Peaches
Peach Picking Tips, Recipes and Information
In
the U.S., Peaches typically peak during late June through July in the South, and
July and August in the North. In order to produce good local peaches, producers
depend on ideal spring and early summer weather conditions, and no late frosts.
If you want to know
which are the best varieties of
peaches for home canning, see this page!
Before you leave to go to the farm:
Always call before you go to the farm - Peaches are affected by weather
(both rain and cooler temperature) more than most crops. And when they are
in season, a large turnout can pick a field clean before noon, so CALL
first!
Leave
early. On weekends, then fields may be picked clean by NOON!
Most growers furnish picking containers designed for peaches, but they may
charge you for them; be sure to call before you go to see if you need to
bring
containers.
If you use your own containers, remember that heaping Peaches more than 14
inches deep will bruise the fruit on the bottom.
Plastic dishpans, metal oven pans with 3 inch tall sides and large
pots make good containers.
Bring
something to drink and a few snacks; you'd be surprised how you can work up
a thirst and appetite! And don't forget hats and sunscreen for the sun. Bugs
usually aren't a problem, but some deet might be good to bring along if it
has been rainy.
You might want to ask whether the peaches are! There are two major types of
peaches: "Freestone" and. "Clingstone". Freestone peaches and nectarines
have flesh that slips easily away from the pit. Clingstones are a REAL pain,
because the fruit tenaciously clings to the stone or pit! Most peach
varieties grown today are freestone and are usually available (depending
upon your location) from June through September. Some nectarines are
freestone and some are clingstone. Freestone nectarines are available in
June and July. Most plum varieties are clingstone.
When you get home
Spread the fruit out on towels or newspapers and separate any mushy or
damaged fruit to use immediately.
Put a couple of days supply into the fridge, wash and cut the others and
freeze them up!
Even under ideal conditions peaches will only keep for a week in a
refrigerator, so for best flavor and texture, use them as soon as possible
after purchase
Ripe peaches have a creamy or golden undertone and "peachy-sweet"
fragrance.
Peaches should be refrigerated and used within a few days.
Putting peaches and nectarines in a loosely closed paper bag at room
temperature for a day or two can help soften firm fruit - but they won't
become sweeter or ripen further - that stopped when they were removed from
th etree.
For best flavor, allow the fruit to ripen fully on the tree.
Store at 33 F to 40 F and high humidity (a vegetable drawer in the
fridge).
How to tell if the peaches are ripe!
Attached to the tree: Peaches are best picked when the fruit
separates easily from the twigs. If it is hard to pull off the tree, it
isn't ripe! Peaches will not ripen further once removed from the tree (they
only "soften")
Color: Green is definitely unripe, but you can't use red color as
an indicator of how ripe a peach is. Different peach varieties have
differing amounts of red blush in their natural coloring. Pick them when the
ground color changes from green to yellow, orange, red (or a combination).
The skin of yellow-fleshed varieties ripens to an orange tint, while the
skin of white-fleshed varieties changes from greenish- to yellow-white.
Softness: unless you
like your peaches very firm, pick your peaches with just a little "give"
when gently pressed. Peaches at this stage are great for eating, freezing,
and baking. Peaches won't ripen very much after picking!
Odor: It should smell sweet and ripe!
Tips on How to Pick Peaches
A
peach is softer than most fruit, so it is important to pick a peach gently, with
little pressure. Using the sides of your fingers rather your fingertips helps to
avoid bruising. Grab the peach firmly and pull it straight off the branch.
DON'T drop the peach into the basket, but set it in gently!
Marks on the Peachs: Bugs (particularly squash bugs and stink bugs)
bite fruit during development and this results in some imperfections in the
peach. This is especially the case with organically raised fruit. These
look like dents in the peaches if the peaches were bitten by a bug when they
were young. This causes a spot that does not grow properly and makes a wrinkle
in the peach. There's nothing wrong with these peaches. They may look funny, but
they will taste just as good as blemish-free peaches, and it's better not to
have the pesticides!
How much do you need?
Raw measures:
About 2 medium peaches = 1 cup sliced peaches.
About 4 medium peaches = 1 cup pureed peach.
About 3 medium peaches = 1 pound of peaches
Process yields (Raw amounts to processed amounts)
2 to 21/2 pounds of fresh peaches yields 1 quart canned
1 lb of fresh peaches typically yields 3 cups of peeled, sliced peaches
or 2 cups or puree.
It takes about 5 good sizes peaches or nectarines (or about 10 plums) to
fill one quart jar of canned peaches.
An average of 171/2 pounds of fresh peaches are needed per canner load of
7 quarts;
An average of 11 pounds is needed per canner load of 9 pints.
1 bushel = 48 to 50 pounds, yields approximately 18 to 25 quart jars.
And a visitor contributes this: 6-7 peaches makes about 4 cups puree, so 2-3
peaches make about 2 cups puree. 1 peach equals about 1 cup puree.
Peaches - Average retail price per pound and per cup
equivalent, Most recent data (2020)
Form
Average retail price *3
Preparation yield factor
Size of a cup equivalent
Unit
Average price per cup equivalent
Fresh *1
$1.72
per pound
0.96
0.342
pounds
$0.61
Canned
Packed in juice *2
$2.02
per pound
1
0.540
pounds
$1.09
Packed in syrup or water *3
$1.81
per pound
0.65
0.441
pounds
$1.23
Frozen
$3.39
per pound
1
0.331
pounds
$1.12
Note 1 - The USDA National Nutrient Database for
Standard Reference (SR) reports that the inedible pit of a peach accounts for 4 percent of the retail weight, implying a preparation yield
of 96 percent, when eaten raw.
Note 2 - Consumers are assumed to eat the solid
fruit and drink the juice. All contents of the can are edible and count towards an individual's recommended fruit consumption.
Note 3 - The syrup (or water) is discarded prior
to consumption. Based on the Food Patterns Equivalents Database (FPED), ERS assumes that 65 percent of the can's gross weight is solid and
35 percent is liquid. The FPED cup equivalent weight for canned fruit is the weight of the solids and not of the liquid medium in which it
is packed. The preparation yield factor for canned peaches in the above table does not account for any further preparation that occurs prior
to consumption.
Source: USDA, Economic Research Service calculations from 2020 Circana (formerly Information
Resources, Inc. [IRI]) OmniMarket Core Outlets (formerly InfoScan) data; the USDA National Nutrient Database for Standard Reference (SR),
Legacy Release; and the Food Patterns Equivalents Database (FPED) 2017–18 as well as the FPED's accompanying Methodology and User Guide.
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Peach pit tips
It's best to remove peach pits before you cook the peaches. Cherry, peach,
and apricot pits also contain amygdalin; the latter two, in potentially harmful
amounts. Fortunately, peach and apricot pits are sufficiently large and hard
that few people intentionally swallow or chew them. (The unapproved anti-cancer
drug See this page for more
information&URL=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.cancer.gov/cancerinfo/pdq/cam/laetrile">Laetrile is a semisynthetic derivative of amygdalin; a cheaper version of
laetrile produced in Mexico came from crushed apricot pits.)
See this page for more
information.