Review for Saturday 10/28/2023 visit. Great persimmon u-pick location! There were plenty of fellow picked parked when we arrived, but we did not have any trouble finding a parking spot. They do not provide purning shears or ladders, but they do provide buckets. Price was $45 for a bucket but you get $10 back once you return the bucket. While they did have some fruit already picked that you could purchase, there did not appear to be a lot.. but I didn't ask them if they had more stashed close by either. One exceptional feature of their orchards is that they have a nice variety of persimmon cultivars, including Giant Fuyu, fuyu, Spiced Chia, Chocolate, etc. and both astringent and non-astringent varieties. The vast majority of the fruit is close to road, so walking the grounds is a breeze. Bringing at least a small ladder with you would be recommended, especially if you plan to pick in November and not October. There is NO climbing on any trees!
One tip for first-timers would be start picking away from your car and work toward it, so that when your 5 gallon bucket is full, you are only walking 50 yards as opposed to 150 yards. And, yes, I was kicking myself when I had to lug all three buckets from the back of the orchard when we were done (total rookie mistake). Almost all of the fruit we picked were very large persimmons, but we did not pick their Fuyu variety which looked to have a lot of significantly smaller fruit. There were plenty of larger ones if you were willing to search them out (we were not). This is a popular picking spot so later October is the best picking if you want to optimize the amount of available fruit. The ground in the orchard were safe and easy walking. The folks at the stand were plenty friendly. Cash and carry. read more