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Washing Cots

Posted by PKG on Jul 31st 2018

The 2018 crop is off the trays.Now it's time for washing.  We'll wash (imagine a tumbling rotating washer with holes) eachand every apricot we cut.  Just a short day of laying the washed tra … read more

Scraping & Sizing the Apricots

Posted by Harvesting with our Son on Jul 27th 2018

We've spent the entire week scraping the fruit off the trays.  This consists of 10 men pushinga paddle/scraper on a moving tray line.  Trays are dumped into several bins......The  bins … read more

That's all Folks

Jul 25th 2018

Not a single fresh cot left on the ranch.That's it for 20118

Pants on Fire

Posted by ApricotQueen @ ApricotKing Orchards on Jul 20th 2018

Seems I lied.....the end of the season is inches away..........but the fruit I still ripening on the trees.Got another few tons out there....and cool weather (like we wish we had two weeks ago)....... … read more

Last Four Days .......

Posted by ApricotQueen looking forward to the end.... on Jul 16th 2018

By Wednesday all the fresh will be gone.We will have stripped the trees and cut every last one of the lovely (sunkissed)  Blenheimsfor the 2018 season....They'll dry for 3-5 days.Fruit assessment … read more