Fairhaven Orchards

We just bought the dried apricots from Fairhaven because we were assured by the sales staff at a fruit stand in Santa Cruz that there was nothing on them. The «preserved with Sulphur Dioxide» is on the label, but is written in such tiny letters that we couldn’t see it. When we got home and I ate one I immediately had an asthma attack from the Sulphur. Using such tiny lettering for the label is a very poor business practice. These statements are required to be on the label for a reason. I tried to contact the company directly rather than posting on Unilocal,but their website address doesn’t work.

Don’t get me wrong, but cherry season is officially over at this Orchards. This year we visited just about every week to buy18 lbs Bing & Rainer. Today it was Bing, boy, was a total miss! The price went up too. It was $ 50/#18 in the past, but now it’s $ 60 and the quality went downhill (sad face). Rainer wasn’t good, either ($ 60/#18) a few weeks ago. They weren’t seen this afternoon.
We say see you next year. Bing (not Rainer) were incredibly out of this worldly good a few weeks ago, and I finally learned the lives of cherries are short in a hard way (tears).
I don’t care less about cherries, to be honest, but as for my man… I wonder how I can cope with his cherry withdrawal symptoms until next season.

Amazingly nice family! Even MORE AMAZINGLY (if that is proper English) delicious, plump, crisp, red Bing cherries!!! Every single cherry was PERFECT! A MUST!!!

BEST place to get cherries in California!!!
Crisp, large, crunchy, sweet & tart! Best summertime snack!
Love local produce and the farm to table availability! We MUST get them every weekend by the box until the season is over. We usually get the BIG box and split it with family and friends.
DON’T BOTHER WITH GROCERY STORES, GO HERE!!!

Beautiful Bings! There are several other types of cherries as well. Will be returning for apricot season.

Cherries schmerries. Yes, they’re fabulous cherries. Large, sweet, juicy, great flavor. No, you won’t find them in any store.
But the big deal is the APRICOTS!!! These are Blenheim apricots and you will never find them in the store because they don’t ship well. This is what an apricot is supposed to taste like, unlike all those other cardboard-​cots that you buy elsewhere. This is what you remember apricots tasting like. People commit serious crimes to have a piece of pie made from these apricots. No, I’m not kidding. They’re only available 2 weeks a year, so make plans. They are almost always ready the first 2 weeks in July. Call ahead to be sure they have them. To top it all off, they’re inexpensive compared to the cardboard-​cots you’ll find in the stores. Because they don’t all ripen at the same time, we buy at least 1 whole lug and have delicious treats for 7 – 10 days. Pick through them every day to find the ripe ones. A treat not to be missed. We usually bring back 7 – 10 lugs to supply friends and neighbors, who also can’t wait to get their hands on them.
At some places you can come close to their cherries. But the apricots are pure heaven. DO NOT MISS THEM!

I’m so excited it’s cherry season! And these are the best cherries in the whole world! This was one of my dad’s favorite fruit stands while I was growing up and it still is! I really don’t have to make up a reason to drive out to the orchard; the cherries and apricots are reason enough! The tel. number to the fruit stand is 831−637−4221; because I’m only going out there while they’re open :-)

Ripe. Sweet. Crunchy. And BIG! (Isn’t that how everyone likes it?) These are hands down the best cherries I have ever eaten. Since I don’t live near Hollister nor have any reason to be down in that area, I just make excuses to visit my friend who does and I just steal them from my her refrigerator. It’s the epitome of summer and I recommend them hands down!

BEST Cherries EVER! My hubby showed me how much he loves me by bringing home 18 lbs of cherries from Fairhaven! $ 46 for 18lbs — not too bad since I just paid $ 3.50/lb at the farmers market for OK cherries. I like my cherries to crunch when I bite into them but still be sweet — Fairhaven cherries are always like this. With gas prices it’s hard to justify a trip to Hollister, but if you’re in the area stop by for some of the best cherries!