U Pick Cherries at Barrett Orchards

We wanted to pick some cherries and found Barrett Orchards, located at 1209 Pecks Canyon Rd. in Yakima. Picking ends at 3 pm although the store stays open longer hours. The orchard has other fruit. The ripening schedule is:

Cherries--June-July
Apricots--June-July
Peaches--Aug-Sep
Nectarines--Aug-Sep
Pears--Aug-Oct
Apples--Sep-Nov

Just not sure if you can pick the other fruit.

We were there in early July and the Rainiers were already gone. We were told to come by June 20 if we wanted Rainiers.

The staff liked Selah cherries--They said the cherries were a cross between Bing and Rainier. I'm not sure I found them.

The cherries are easy to pick. They're clustered and you don't need any ladders to get to them.

Winegar's ice cream is sold onsite. It's made locally in Ellensburg. I got a cone of Jacob's Caramel Brownie--chocolate ice cream with brownies and caramel swirl. One scoop was $2.75 and a waffle cone was $0.50. It was good and so inexpensive.

2019 07 06