Summer = Stone Fruit

There is absolutely no better time of year to indulge in some incredible stone fruit.  California is our Key supplier with a full selection of cherries, plums, peaches, nectarines and Apricots.  Try being a little adventurous and try some of the many varieties of “Pluots” (plum grown on an apricot root stock) There are various shapes, sizes and textures, some being spotted, to plain Jane ones that look just like regular plums.  Usually they are fantastic and extra sweet.  As the season progresses its move north to Washington and British Columbia and then nearer to home with great suppliers of peaches coming from the Niagara Region in early August.

I saved the best for last – the crème de la crème and that is our very small crop of Nova Scotia peaches, arriving usually at the end of August and thru to the 3^rd week of September.  They’re absolutely gobsmaking, sweet and extra juicy – you have to eat them in “the bathtub”.  The reason I know all this is because at my farm (Luckett Farms Ltd) without bragging too much, we produce some of the wowest peaches you’ll ever taste – Don’t miss’ em.