FRUITS

GENERAL INFO

PRE-ORDER or NO?

Indiana Strawberries

The Indiana crop is very limited for 2020 due to may freeze. We will have Northern Indiana strawberries as they are available.  Deliveries are typically late Tuesday and late Friday.

No pre-order is available.  Check website or call for updates.

Sweet Cherries

(cherries for eating)

This year we are hoping to have fresh sweet cherries available mid July. Most likely from Michigan (sweet cherries don’t grow well in central Indiana). We will have in Farm Store as we are able.

Once we have more info on the cherry crop we will update if pre-order in bulk will be available.

Tart Cherries

(cherries for pie)

We get 10lb buckets of tart cherries (pitted in cherry juice, not frozen) in Mid-July. Pickup Date TBD. These buckets are ONLY available for pre-order

Yes. You MUST pre-order by July 3rd. Pre-payment is required. Cost is $30 for 10lb.  ORDER HERE.

Blueberries

Coming from Northern Indiana and Southern Michigan.  Available in Farm Store Mid July to August.

If interested in 2lb or 5lb tubs, you must pre-order for pickup in late July.  Click here to see available dates.

Black Raspberries

Typically early July from a farm in Northern Indiana.  Only available by pre-order. Very perishable.  Pickup is Tuesday/Friday PM for select weeks in early July when ripe.

Pre-order is required.  Ordering only opens a couple days before ready.  To be notified about availability, you can join the black raspberry email list here.

Blackberries

We try to get some fresh blackberries from a local farm in late July and early August.

No pre-order.  Available in Farm Store for a couple weeks when ripe.

South Carolina Peaches

We will have cling peaches now through early July (cling do not separate from pit).  Freestone Peaches (those that separate from the pit will be available beginning mid July through mid August.  They are available by bag, peck and half bushel once we start to have freestone peaches.  If you’d like peck or half bushel, you can pre-order.

Click here to pre-order your peck or half bushel of freestone peaches for July/August.

Lodi Apples 

for sauce not for eating

We do not anticipate having a Tuttle’s Lodi crop this year due to frost in May.  We are working to get some from an orchard in Michigan in mid-July.

No pre-order is available until we have more info.

Watermelon

Yellow watermelon ripen in late July.  Then red watermelon in early August followed by seedless red in mid-August.

No.

Cantaloupe

We will have some from the south as we are able to get them until our own are ripe in late July and August.

No.

VEGETABLES

Slicing Tomatoes

We have great Tennessee tomatoes, and have begun harvesting a very few of our own.  As more ripen we will have them available in farm store.  Cherry Tomatoes start mid July.  Roma start in August.

No.  Have all the time by the pound.

Canning Tomatoes

Canning tomatoes do not really start until we have a large quantity of field tomatoes in August through early September.  They are sold in peck (12lb) or half bushel (25lb).

NOTE:  as of August 20, 2020 we are NO LONGER TAKING ORDERS for 2020 as at this point the list is long and we will be unable to fill all the orders that remain.

Sweet Corn

For June and early July we will be sourcing corn from south as we are able.  Currently in June price is very high and availability very limited so we only have on days we can get it in limited supply.

Tuttle’s Corn around July 20th this year.  We’ve planted white and bicolor corn.  All corn for summer is non GMO.   Freezing corn is sold in bushel bag which holds 50 ears.  Bushels must be pre-ordered.

For ears/dozens, no need to pre-order.  Only need to pre-order if you are wanting bushels for freezing.  Ordering opens a few days before in our online store.  

Green Beans

Looks like we will start picking around July 4th this year.  By the pound available in the Farm Store most days once we start picking.  We are getting from other locations until ours are ripe as we are able.

By the pound, no need to pre-order.  NOTE:  as of August 3, 2020 we are NO LONGER TAKING ORDERS for 2020 as at this point the list is long and we will be unable to fill all the orders that remain.

Pickles

For those wanting cucumbers for making pickles we expect to start picking in early July.  They are available in small bags, peck boxes and half bushels once they are ripe.

NOTE:  as of August 3, 2020 we are NO LONGER TAKING ORDERS for 2020 as at this point the list is long and we will be unable to fill all the orders that remain.