FABULOUS FRUIT from hepworth farms!

Our luscious fruit share runs for 22 weeks, from June 13 to November 14—however, there will be no distribution on Tuesday, July 4th. We will skip that week.

On average, you’ll get 2 to 4 different kinds of fruit each week. Most shares weigh about 5 lbs. (except for the weeks that you get berries). Fruit shares are not pre-boxed. Weather permitting, the share starts with strawberries and then cherries in late June; blueberries, raspberries, plums, peaches, and nectarines in July; peaches, plums, blackberries, pears, and cantaloupe in August. From September to November, the share finishes with watermelon, gooseberries, ground cherries, grapes, apples, plums, and pears. Check out photos of our 2022 veggie/fruit shares here.

Here’s the kind of variety you can expect: BERRIES: strawberries, blueberries, raspberries, blackberries, and gooseberries; CHERRIES: Bing, Rainier, Montmorency, and sour; PLUMS: Early Magic, Shiro, Italian, red, blue, and prune; PEARS: Bosc, Devoe, Clapp, Sickle, and Asian; APPLES: Gala, Sweeties, Golden Supreme, Cortland, Empire, Mystery Red, Mutsu, Fuji, Macintosh, Ginger Gold, Honeycrisp; PEACHES: white, yellow, and donut; GRAPES: Concord, Niagara, and Cayuga; plus ground cherries, watermelon, and cantaloupes.

​The melons are organic and so are most of the berries. But the humid weather in the Northeast typically requires some spraying to grow apples, peaches, pears, plums, grapes, and cherries. Hepworth Farms practices Integrative Pest Management (IPM), which means they spray only when necessary, using small amounts of targeted synthetic pesticides, which are less toxic to the microorganisms that live in the soil.

Please note: You can register for a Fruit Share without getting a Vegetable Share. The cost of a Fruit-Only Share is $422.50, equivalent to $19.20/week. (If you purchase your Fruit Share in the Check Store you will save about 3%. Just make sure you follow the instructions carefully and send your payment promptly.) Fruit-Only share members must work three volunteer shifts, just like all veggie share members, and purchase a membership fee. Please check out Volunteer Info for details.