THE FRUIT SHARE - NON ORGANIC

Our fruit share is grown by Briermere Farms, a family farm located just a short drive away from us on Sound Avenue in Riverhead. The farm produces a wide variety of tree fruit and berries. Although Briermere Farms is not certified organic, some of their crops, including raspberries, blueberries and blackberries are grown in a way which would fulfill the organic standards. 

Long Island is a difficult region for tree fruit production because of the high humidity levels which contribute to fungus disease pressure, and can decimate fruit quality (and sometimes the whole tree). At Briermere Farms, insecticides and fungicides are used only when needed to produce marketable fruit. The tree fruit is sprayed with 1 or 2 synthetic insecticides and fungicides at some point typically earlier in the season. No herbicides are used underneath the trees, and on-farm produced compost from leaves is the only fertilizer/nutrient source for their fruit crops. 

QUANTITY & PRICING

There will not be a defined poundage or portion amount per week. For each item in the fruit share there will be a defined price (listed below). As we make deliveries each week we will keep track of the dollar amount delivered per share. The fruit share will extend until we have reached the total dollar amount of the fruit share. This will most likely be as long or longer than the 16 weeks that we delivered fruit in past years. Instead of quantities of fruit being up to 7 pounds (3.5 lbs plus 3.5 lbs) in a given week as in the past, the most it would be is 5 lbs.

PRICES for the various fruits in 2010 are as follows:

Apples, pears, yellow peaches - $1.50/ lb

Nectarines, white peaches, ufo peaches - $1.75/ lb

Blueberries (pint) - $4

FRUIT SCHEDULE

BERRIES

Blueberries : July through mid-August

PEACHES (WHITE & UFO) : End of July through mid-September

NECTARINES : August

APPLES & PEARS : September through October