The overwhelming majority of consumers who are looking to pick their
own apples are NOT looking for a price bargain in our neck of the
woods, but they recognize the treemendous value spending a couple of
hours of "high quality time" with their family.
My proof of that is simple. We charge $18.00/ half bushel for pre
picked apples, $23.00/half bushel for PYO. We will sell 200+ bags PYO
for every pre picked bag.
Enough said.
Maurice Tougas
Tougas Family Farm
Northboro,MA
www.tougasfarm.com
On Oct 25, 2007, at 11:28 AM, Ken Hall wrote:
A couple of the commenters at the linked article made a key point--
apples fresh from the tree ought to be worth something more than
apples that may have traveled extensively and done time in CA
storage. That doesn't make the latter bad apples by any stretch,
but I doubt many would argue that fresh-picked (and hand-picked by
the end user) are better. Add the value of the experience to the
presumably superior quality of the fruit, and the price premium can
be justified easily. It's up to the market whether to bear it, and
the community should make sure it is making that case.
Best regards,
Ken
From: Matt McCallum [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, October 25, 2007 10:38 AM
To: Apple-Crop
Subject: Apple-Crop: U-Pick whining
Apple crop gang,
I thought you would find this interesting reading. As the former
owner of a pick-your-own operation I was not very happy to read her
opinion.
Matt
http://www.wisebread.com/who-saves-money-when-you-pick-apples-the-
grower
