FRUIT STALL OPENING UPDATE & COURIER INFOOur Fruit Stall will open for the Fruit Season on….. Friday 19th December.7am – 9pm 7 days a week Freshly dug New Spuds & Cherries will be in plentiful supply.🍒🍒🥔🥔 You will like our prices! 😊We only sell what we grow. As Xmas Day falls on a Thursday, the 16th and 17th December are the only days for Courier Orders to the North Island and the top of the South Island. 📦📦Monday 22nd December is the last day for orders to the rest of the South Island.If you would like to place a Pick up order at the Fruit Stall after the 17th or a ‘Courier Order’, or have a Query … TXT / ring / me – Ruby – 027 288 6090 – or PM me anytime. Our very first apricots, Earli Ril and Sundrop should be ripe by the beginning of January or a wee bit sooner if the Sun shines brightly ☀️ Then Roxburgh Red, Moorparks, Stevens Favourite, Valley Gold and many more varieties come on soon after. As the weather rules our lives it is impossible to give an exact date as to when each variety ripens but as soon as we know, you will know. PYO should start approx.10 January. #rollonsummer #solookingforwardtoseeingeveryone

Our Fruit Stall opens tomorrow Friday 19 December for the Fruit Season 🍒🍒🥔🥔As we only sell what we grow, we will start off with delicious Cherries and scrumptious New Spuds 😋Sam grows the spuds…😁😁You will like our prices!Sundrop apricots and Earl Ril apricots should be ripe by early January and also Wilsons Early plums…..….what we need now is a plentiful supply of sunny days ☀️☀️☀️🌞🌞🌞Both Sandra (Mum) and I (Ruby) are so looking forward to catching up with everyone!😊Remember you can ring me Ruby, anytime on 027 288 6090 for fruit queries, Order, pre-orders or for a catch up.Open 7 Days a Week7am – 9pmUntil the beginning of June 2026If you are going through outside Opening Hours and want to pick up an Order or purchase fruit, contact us and we will Open up or stay open for you. Absolutely no worries. Mum started doing this trend when Sam and I were just toddlers so have many happy memories of the old days 😊 catching up with customers/friends in our pyjamas 😄Gosh the years fly by.#rollonsummer #beautifulcherriesandspuds#intimeforxmas#cantwaittoseeeverybody

Hope everyone had a great Christmas! 🎄Plenty of freshly picked cherries available on the Fruit Stall.🍒In a few days we will have Red Beaut & Early Wilson plums with Earli Ril & Sundrop apricots not far behind. 😁Please send us any sunshine you don’t want in your area!!☀️☀️PYO apricots will be starting approx 8-10 JanuaryWe will keep you updated as the fruit ripens.Contact Ruby on 027 288 6090 for pre-orders of apricots, fruit info, weather reports.👍😊.

Message from Sandra (Mum) about preservers. She has many people enquiring on a continual basis as to where you buy them in New Zealand.

For those wanting to purchase a brand new Stainless Steel Preserver in NZ, here is a link to Chefs Complements in Taupo https://www.chefscomplements.co.nz/…/fowlers…/…

I purchased my new Fowler Preserver 15 years ago from Australia, after all my secondhand Agee Preservers died…and

It arrived four days later!!! Back then Preservers were not available in NZ.

Agee Preservers stopped being manufactured a few decades ago, just incase you are wanting this model.

I might add I never swapped over to Fowlers jars, lids and rings.. as I had hundreds of Agee jars and a stockpile of seals so yes you can use your trusty jars….Actually there are other brands of jars and seals out there these days.

I can definitely recommend this Preserver.

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Monday 2nd June

Today is the last day of Granny Smith apples…….. 5kg boxes and 10kg bags

Later tonight, our Fruit Stall closes for the Season.

The past six months have flown by ever so fast

It was great meeting new customers and of course catching up with old ones, some who I have known all of my life!

Also thanks to all those around New Zealand who have purchased our fruit via Courier.

We are sincerely grateful to all of you….without your custom we wouldn’t be in business!

Pruning is next on the list of things to do

My trusty Hydralada and I will be constant companions throughout the next few months and then of course frost-fighting begins and then thinning…Sam and I also have a few hundred new trees to plant out as well

Will post updates/photos throughout the Winter and Spring months

Remember you can still txt/phone me anytime – 0272886090 – if you want your name on any of our Fruit Lists for next Season.

Keep happy, safe & warm,

Ruby, Sandra (Mum) & Sam

Granny Smith and Democrat apples are available over the three day weekend in 5 kg boxes and 10 kg bags Both are long keepers and great for both cooking and eating…..also Granny Smiths are a very popular bottling apple.

Bottled apples and custard..yum

We are aiming to close the Fruit Stall for the Season late Monday evening….will confirm this later that very night.

You will like our prices!

Have great weekend everybody!

We open at 7am and close late

#lastchancetogetsometastyapples#1stdayofwintertomorrow

#applepie#applecrumble

#appletart

#applesandcustardareagreatcombo

Fruit Update

Winter is certainly around the corner!

This morning we woke up to 0 degrees – but we have an absolute beautiful sunny day albeit slightly crisp

Still have quinces available

Golden delicious will be finished by the end of the weekend – Red Delicious will be finished by end of next week

Braeburn and Splendour apples are available in plentiful supply. Braeburn apples are fantastic for cooking and eating. Splendour are a sweet crisp eating apple which is also great for desserts. Both varieties are long keepers.

Granny Smith will be available from tomorrow.

They are great for eating and cooking and a long keeper

Sending out apples and quinces in 10kg and 15kg boxes.

If you like to place an order, remember I send out on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. Tuesday being the cut off for North Island orders.

Phone/txt me on 027 288 6090 to place an order or for general enquiries.

Open from 7am till dark. No worries if you are running late and can’t pick up an order till late in the evening. Just call me and let me know – I will have your fruit ready

Freshly picked Royal Gala, Golden Delicious and Red Delicious apples are available in 5kg and 10kg bags

Golden Delicious are an all time favourite for cooking and bottling as well as eating Red Delicious, another great eating apple, can also be used in apple salads and for dehydrating

Beurre Bosc and Packham’s Triumph pears are available and both varieties are excellent for bottling, eating, chutney,etc.

Quinces are now on the Stall in 2.5kg and 5kg boxes. Apart from making jelly, jam and paste, you can also roast quinces with honey, cook them with meat, make chutney or just cook up apples and quinces together – both flavours compliment each other

We courier apples, pears and quinces in 10kg and 15kg boxes every Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday PM or contact me on 027 288 6090 for all queries or to place an order.

Open from 7am – 9pm every day

We only sell what we grow

Freshly picked Golden Delicious, Red Delicious and Royal Gala apples are available on the Fruit Stall.

Sam did the first pick of Red Delicious last night and they taste amazing – I love all the old varieties

Remember Golden Delicious are amazing cooking apples, as well as great for eating

Red Delicious are great eating apples plus they taste wonderful in apple salads.

We are coming to the end of Beurre Bosc pears but Packham pears will start in a few days

Great for bottling, cooking and eating.

Quinces will start being picked in a few days – this unique fruit is great for roasting, jelly, chutney, etc.

There is still more apples varieties to ripen – will keep you up to date as they become ready.

We are couriering out all varieties of apples and pears in 10kg and 15kg boxes – sending out every Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday.

Call me on 027 288 6090 to place an order or to make an enquiry.

Open every from 7am-9pm

Fruit Update

PYO has now finished for the Season.

What an enjoyable time it has been for many.

See you next Season for PYO Apricots.

There are a few boxes of apricots on the Fruit Stall..Sam picked the last of Sandra’s apricots last night. Too soft for bottling but ideal for stewing or freezing.

Back Doris plums are all go……Bon Chretien pears as well.

Feel free to contact me if you would like to place an Order for either whether it be a ‘Pick-Up Order’ or a ‘Courier Order’.

We Courier on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday.  Tuesday is cut-off to the North Island and upper South Island Rural deliveries.

Omega plums should start in about 10 days..

Cox’s Orange  in about 14 days.

Royal  Gala apples in about 21 days.

Quinces in  6 weeks.

Thanks to Sam for these updates.