CandyCot

Hello CandyCot Fans,

CandyCots are ready!! However, the 2024 crop is extremely light.

Katelin Britton Andrew is handling the farm stand sales of CandyCots this year. She can be reached at [email protected]. There will be three opportunities to purchase CandyCots this year.

The first sale for pre-orders is Wednesday, June 19th. The pickup address will be provided after your order is placed. The fruit will be picked on Wednesday morning so please have orders in by 3pm Tuesday.

Friday, June 21st, at 8:00 AM will be our “pop-up” next to Agora Coffee in the Renew Church parking lot. (4825 Stoddard Road, Modesto) Come early, as fruit will be first come, first serve, until we sell out. Preorders are also available!

Saturday, June 22nd will also be for pre-orders. The pickup address will be provided after your order is placed. Please order by 3pm Friday.

Price: $6.00 per pound. We take cash or Venmo.

Please place orders via email or DM on instagram https://www.instagram.com/fatappleproduce/

If you have any questions, please reach out.

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This SATURDAY, July 1st, from 8-12 we will be selling CandyCots next to Agora Coffee Bar in the Renew Church (4825 Stoddard Road, Modesto) parking lot. With the heat coming this weekend, this might be your only opportunity to get some delicious fruit.

CandyCot Breeding continues. Here is a new unnamed selection with great taste, very sweet (25 brix), and excellent firmness. Known now as “1061”, it soon may receive a name! It is going into trials next season to determine commercial potential. This will take a few years... Stay tuned.

We are sorry inform you that we are no longer producing CandyCots for commercial markets. We have removed our orchards. The reason for this is that we have struggled financially to find a way to produce crops which are profitable. CandyCots are poorly adapted to our climates, not producing crops every year, and any rain near harvest destroys the crop by cracking.

It is truly a shame that such wonderfully tasting fruit cannot be produced profitably. We have been operating at a loss each year, searching for a path to profitability. The hard decision was: we cannot see a path. So we have stopped production.

I am continuing to breed new CandyCot varieties, in the hope for finding new CandyCot varieties which can be produced profitability. This of course takes years of work.

Thank you so much for your loyalty. It is appreciated. We may announce in the future CandyCot partners who produce CandyCots for farmers markets or other small outlets.

Getting his CandyCot fix

Thinning Anya CandyCots. Can't wait until June harvest!