Cherries open first, usually the last week of June, and close within ten days - the shortest row of the year. Peaches follow in July and run about three weeks. Honeycrisp apples take over in August and stay open longest, often into the middle of September, because we plant more rows of them than anything else.
Pears open in mid-September alongside the last of the Honeycrisp, and the late-season apples close the year out through October. We do not grow anything meant to carry past the first hard frost - when the late apples are picked out, the gate closes for the season.
Rows overlap by a week or two at each handoff, so there is almost always more than one fruit open at a time in high summer. The gate board lists exactly which rows are open, which are thinning out, and which are done for the year.
