Be Sure to Try Our Queen's Apple
Hours:
Monday-Saturday
9 a.m.-5 p.m.
Sundays: 11 a.m.-4 p.m.
2469 Highway 2, Donnellson, Iowa 52625 • (319) 372-1307
Locally Grown Fruit-Ripening Calendar
We grow and sell fresh fruits, including apples, peaches, strawberries, blueberries, blackberries, and raspberries! We also grow several varieties of each fruit, allowing us to provide a great variety of delicious berries and fruit over a longer period of time.
The following ripening calendar shows you approximately when certain fruits are typically ready for harvest. We are, however, subject to the whims of Mother Nature, so if you are coming out to purchase a particular fruit or variety, please call ahead: (319) 372-1307.
| Fruit | Varieties or Preferred Uses | June | July | Aug | Sept | Oct | Nov |
| Strawberries | Annapolis, Cavendish, Honeoye, Jewel, Kent, L'Amour, Mesabi | ||||||
| Blueberries | Chandler, Patriot | ||||||
| Raspberries | Red, Black | ||||||
| Blackberries | Chester, Triple Crown | ||||||
| Apples | |||||||
| Lodi | sauce apples | ||||||
| Paula Red | baking, eating, sauce apples | ||||||
| Wealthy | baking & eating apples | ||||||
| Williams Pride | baking, eating, sauce apples | ||||||
| Williams Red | eating and sauce apples | ||||||
| Beacon | eating and sauce apples | ||||||
| Red Free | baking & eating apples | ||||||
| Ozark Gold | baking & eating apples | ||||||
| Jonagold | baking, eating, sauce apples | ||||||
| McIntosh | baking, eating, sauce apples | ||||||
| Red Delicious | baking and sauce apples | ||||||
| Golden Delicious | baking, eating, sauce apples | ||||||
| Grimes | baking, eating, sauce apples | ||||||
| Jonathan | baking, eating, sauce apples | ||||||
| Ida Red | baking & eating apples | ||||||
| Rome Beauty | baking & eating apples | ||||||