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NOTE:
To those who come just to EAT our cherries and
not BUY our cherries to take home:
We are a family owned, working orchard. We spend the entire year paying huge
water bills, buying nutrients and fertilizer for the trees, pruning the
trees and controlling weeds all so that we will have a great crop of cherries to sell
for one month of the year.
We are happy to have you taste a couple of cherries to see which ones you
want to purchase. But if you EAT more cherries than you BUY we will have to enforce a
$5.00 per person consumption fee.
Thank you.
Villa del Sol
Sweet Cherry Farms
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The Cherry Picking
Process at Villa del Sol
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1. You arrive
at the orchard
where we have lots of free parking. |
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2. You are
greeted at the entry of the orchard by a staff member who
explains how to pick the cherries—Do’s and Don’ts.
We want you to pick the cherries only - leave the
stems and leaves on the trees.
If you want stems you can cut the stems with scissors. We do
have some scissors for rent. We charge you $1 for “rent” of
the scissors which we return to you when you bring the
scissors back after picking. (We just don’t want people to
forget to return the scissors!) |
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3. Each person
is given a red bucket for picking and directed to the cherry
trees with the prime cherries that are ready to be picked. |
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4. Cherry
orchard personnel are available in the orchard to answer
questions and to assist customers in picking if needed. |
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5. After you
have picked all of the cherries you want, you come back to
the sales area where we transfer your cherries to paper
bags, weigh the cherries and send you to the cashier. |
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6. At the
cashier’s station we also have local raw honey and water for
sale. The cashier can take cash, credit or debit cards.
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7. We have
port-a-potties and hand washing stands for our customer’s
convenience. |
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