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mu, pica-your-own is growing in popularity.
“It’s all supply and demand," Mr. Hall said, walking through his strawberry patch. Red glimmers beneath the green leaves can be detected as early strawberries lay ready for the picking.
“You’ve got to offer what people what to buy,” he said.
Hall’s farm is an example of supply and demand. He grows several different types of peaches — not orchards of a type but just a few trees of several varieties.
He has 44 Granny Smith apple trees besides several other types and 40 plum trees and few nectarine trees. There is a vast variety of peach trees while the total numbers only 250. “First you have got to give quality,” he said walking through the peach trees laden with young peaches.
“Then, you have have got to give value and then the people will come back,” he said. •
“I’ve had customers returning each year since 1981,” Mr. Call said, adding “you offer them fine produce; and a chance to melt into the scenery of Rappahannock County with pickyour-own vegetables.
“It’s entertainment and the best possible preduct,” he said, adding personal choice is one of the reasons for offering items people may find of interest.
Offering a new choice, Muskrat Haven Farms introduces “peach, nectar” during peach season.
“It’s pressed peaches,” Mr. Call said, explaining it’s a change from apple cider and another item to interest the consumer like ever-blooming strawberries and a special type of green bean. Next week: Jordan River Farm.
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