Kar-Dean Fruit Farms

The 2013 Fruit Season has Finally Arrived! Dean and our workers have been busy pruning and now thinning. We do this so we have less fruit growing on the trees. What that means to the consumer is - less fruit - bigger size! This is the first year we have been able to get a full crop off most of our asparagus crop. What a great crop it has been! We will be having asparagus for another couple of weeks. Cherries - that is what everyone has been asking us about! Yes, we are pleased to announce we will be open for pick your own this year. As you know, we think we are the boss - but really it is Mother Nature that is in charge! Our cherries are just starting to turn colour, so it is unlikely that we will be able to be open this weekend. Our cherries need a certain amount of sun in order to bring up the sugar content and we want to be sure that when you do come to pick - the conditions are great. We don't want you to be disappointed. Please feel free to phone us at 905 562 4394 to listen to our Cherry Report. Farmers' Markets If you can't make it to our farm but would like to enjoy the fruit of our labour (sorry, I couldn' resist) - please visit us at one of the markets we visit each week. They are: Tuesday -- Regent Park Farmers' Market; Wednesday -- Nathan Phillips Square, Concord Cityplace Market; Thursday -- Metro Hall, North York, Grimsby; Saturday -- Guelph, Cambridge, Humber Bay Shores. It is going to be a busy summer for us - but that is just the way we like it! Take care. Talk to you soon. Karen