R.B. Tukey Horticulture Orchard
Tukey Orchard Description
This orchard is here in Pullman for members of the local campus or others to do teaching, research, and/or extension work. Those are our top priorities. If we have surplus fruit or vegetables that will not be used for teaching, research, or extension projects we sell the surplus produce to the general public and apply that money to our operations funds.
On site we have 83 varieties of apples; 11 varieties of pears; 6 varieties of sweet cherries; a small stone fruit variety block with tart cherries, 11 peach varieties, 8 apricot varieties, 3 prune varieties and 2 nectarine varieties; 3 strawberry varieties; and 20+ varieties of cane berries. All these fruit plantings are on about 10 acres total. In addition, our site also houses the 3-acre Department of Crop and Soil Sciences Organic Farm.
General Information about Fruit Sales
Typically, we have a fruit sale in the middle to end of July for tart and sweet cherries for 1 to 3 weekends depending upon crop volume. Our fall fruit sales usually begin some time in September with our fall crops; primarily, apples and pears. The highlight of our apple sales is the 83 varieties of apples from our variety block. Twenty of the 83 cultivars are different strains of Red Delicious, including the original Standard Red Delicious.
Fall Fruit Sales - Now through maybe only November 13 & 14????? depending upon remaining fruit quantity...
Fridays, 11 am - 6 pm; Saturdays, 10 am - 4 pm
PLEASE NOTE:- We accept only cash or checks.
- Bring your own bags or boxes for holding your fruit.
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Please recycle your extra plastic or paper shopping bags with us.
THIS WEEK: November 6 & 7
The apples on the trees froze solid October 9 when temperatures went to 18 degrees here on the orchard site. Temperatures were below 22 degrees for about 5 hours. The experts say that the fruit will not recover from this treatment. There will NOT be any more fruit for you to pick this season.
We do have quite a bit of fruit in the cooler yet so we will continue to have our already picked fruit sales until we run out of the fruit that is safe in the cooler. Updates will be posted here on the web site. Keep checking this web site for the most current estimate on the predicted date of the last sale for this year.
Fruit and Potatoes |
Varieties available Nov 6 & 7 | Price per pound |
| SALE PRICE on Organic Bartlett Pears | Ripe Organic Bartlett Pears | $.35 |
| SALE PRICE on Jonagold Apples | smaller Jonagold apples | $1.00 |
| Apples | Gala, small Honeycrisp | $1.50 |
| Organic Pears | Anjou, Honesweet (almost gone), Seckel | $1.50 |
| Plums | Italian prune plums (almost gone) | $1.50 |
| Apples | Earligold, Empire, Haralson, Hibernal, Prime Gold, and maybe others | $.85 |
| Potatoes | Cal White, Chieftain, Red LaSoda, Satina | $.85 |
| Apples | McIntosh, Golden Delicious, Red Delicious | $.75 |
| SALE on Small Asian Pears | Small Asian Pears | $.50 |
| Small Peaches | Early Elberta, Stark Sensation | no charge |
| Juice apples | small or slightly damaged apples, mix of all varieties | $.35 |
| Juice pears | small or slightly damaged pears, mix of all varieites | $.35 |
| Apple wood chips for BBQ | Variable sized apple wood chips that can be used for barbequing or smoking foods | $.50 |
Fall Fruit Sales
Into part of November....
Fridays, 11 am - 6 pm Saturdays, 10 am - 4 pm
Click here for more information.
Our location
WSU Tukey Orchard
1182 NE Airport Road
Pullman, WA
Our entrance is at the intersection of Airport Road and Terre View Extension. Coming from the intersection of State Highway 270 and Airport Road that is closest to Pullman you would drive 1.25 miles north on Airport Road to the Tukey Orchard entrance on the right (east) side of Airport Road.
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Contact us:
Deb Pehrson, Farm Manager
509.335.6700
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