Prairie Cherry Pit

08/17/2025

Hope everyone is having a great summer. We are closed for another season. See you next year.

08/13/2025

Last 2 days for the season! Friday August 15th & Saturday August 16th. We're offering a deal on purchases over 20lbs.

08/08/2025

08/04/2025

Open August 8th, 9th & 10th.
We'll be closed during the week. See you all next weekend.

08/02/2025

Prepicked sour cherries available August 2nd to 10th. Pre-orders only.

08/01/2025

Open! Yay! 9-5 August 1st 2nd & 3rd.

07/30/2025

Orchard hours are 9-5, August 1st, 2nd & 3rd.
See you then.

07/24/2025

Looking for prepicked raspberries? We will have 4 pails available Saturday July 26th. Must pre-order to receive one. $8/lb.

07/23/2025

We'll have raspberries this Saturday & Sunday available for U-pick. Sorry no sour cherries yet.
That's July 26th & 27th.

07/19/2025

Timing is important when harvesting dwarf sour cherries. It's tempting to pick them once they are red, but that does not mean they are fully ripe. It takes time for the cherries to develop deeper, richer colours, which is when they have reached their peak in flavour and sweetness. Sour cherries tend to stay on the branches when ripe and only fall if in very high winds or hailstorms, so you don't have to worry about ripe fruit dropping.
Tasting the fruit is one way to determine ripeness but these colour cards developed by the University of Saskatchewan Fruit program show what colour the fruit should be for best flavour and sweetness. Save a screen shot to your phone and compare. You may have to do the comparison indoors as there may be too much glare outdoors.
You can download ripeness cards for
Carmine Jewel
Crimson Passion
Cupid
Romeo
Juliet and
Valentine
These cards are in our dwarf sour cherry growing guide here: https://linktr.ee/Gardening_at_USask