Wonderful apricots can be enjoyed over a month during the summer season for a number of your culinary wishes: from fresh eating, canning, and baking to freezing and drying.
We grow the following apricot varieties:
Harcot – Early Season – Small freestone – excellent for drying
Velvaglow – Mid Season
Goldrich – Mid Season
Vivagold – Late Season
For inquiries about bulk sizes, please e-mail (store@palatineroses.com) or call the store during business hours (905-468-8627).
Looking for Palatine Fruit but you are not local?
We do not ship your fruit to individual homes – but here is a list of the fine families and farms from which you can obtain your Palatine Fruit:
- Amy and Patrick Kitchen with Sideroad Farm Store, 805092 Sideroad 25, RR3, Markdale, ON N0C1H0 c: 705.446.5503 www.sideroadfarm.com
- Brookfront Farm Store, 2053 Bridge St., New Dundee, 1.519.696.2637 www.brookfrontfarms.com
- Eat Local Muskoka, Colin Sober-Williams, Fenelon Falls, 705.380.6936 www.eatlocalmuskoka.ca
- Fruition in Guelph – Jackie Keenan – fruitionguelph@gmail.com – pre-orders only
- Ontario Fruit Lovers – Laurie LeMay – Locations: Major Mac, King City, Newmarket,
- Moondance Organics (Angus) and Barrie – 1.705.331.4594 or ontariofruitlovers@gmail.com
- Michael & Phyllis Freiesleben with TLC Animal Husbandry Inc – mpfruit2008@hotmail.com or 1.519.327.8060 – pre-ordered only
- Michael Smidt in Durham with locations at the Village Market in Thornhill and at the Toronto Farmers Market. All pick up at the farm must be pre-ordered.
When our fruit is in season, you are welcome to pick up during our store hours. If you would like larger volumes you may want to call in your order so we can get it ready for you in advance.
Check out our fruit harvest guidelines to get a sense of what fruits are ready when. These are based on an average year and, depending on how long or short of a spring season we had, the timing may change.