Contact Us

Morton's Orchard
3651  E 1/2 Road
Palisade, Colorado 81526
Phone: 970-464-7854
Fax: 970-464-5893
In Denver: 303-421-8977
Email: dmort0374@aol.com

We can't ship our peaches because they're picked ripe from the trees. Please visit us at the farmers markets.

 

AUGUST 22, 2009
Lafayette Peach Festival

Morton's Orchards provides peaches for this fun annual festival. See you there!

Visit festival website
 

Market Locations

Wednesday
Fort Collins 11 am - 3 pm
Boulder 4 - 8 pm

Saturday
Boulder 8 am - 2 pm
Longmont 8 am - 2 pm

Sunday
Fort Collins 11 am - 3 pm

More about our markets

Our fruit is Certified Naturally Grown
Morton's is part of the Colorado Proud program.

USDA and Colorado Dept of Agriculture certify our fruit organic.

If you're visiting our area:
Grand Junction Visitor and Convention Center,
800-962-2547

 
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Find our fruit at farmer's markets througout Colorado's Front Range

We are not making jam or jelly in 2009.

TRY JAM FROM OUR FRIENDS. A friend of ours still has jams made from certified naturally grown Palisade peaches and cherries that we heartily recommend. You can order online at PeachFactory.com

USDA Certified Organic...

At Morton's Orchards in Palisade, Colorado, we grow peaches, cherries, apricots, and nectarines, available at many farmers markets throughout Colorado, and some through wholesale. Our fruit is certified organic by the USDA and the  Colorado Department of Agriculture.

...Morton's Certified Delicious!

Picked When Ripe ...

Here are the usual picking dates and a description of each variety of fruit from our orchards. Fruits are listed in order of ripening in Palisade, Colorado:

Cherries (sweet): June 15 to July 15

  • Bing, a large, dark purple, tangy sweet cherry
  • Rainier, a cross between Bing & Royal Anne, a delicate flavor
  • Lapins, a late cherry that resembles a Bing

Apricots: We lost all our apricots in 2009 due to "spring frost events"

  • Riland, a medium, sweet, round & red coloring
  • Perfection, a large, oval shaped apricot, orange color & sweet
  • Goldrich, a large, oval shaped apricot that must be fully ripe
  • Rival, a medium sized, oval shaped apricot with a blush of red

Peaches: July 1 to September 20

Listed in order of ripening. SC=semi-cling, F= freestone:

  • Roza PeachPF #1, (SC) 20 days before Redhaven, 90% red, sweet
  • Early Redhaven (SC)14 days before Redhaven 90% red, sweet
  • Rising Star (SC) beautiful early season peach 80% red, sweet
  • Red Globe PeachRedhaven (F) First freestone peach. 90% red coloring, good flavor.
  • Blazing Star (F) 5 days after Redhaven, 90% red coloring, sweet
  • Roza (F) 75% red, large, sweet peach, good canner or freezer
  • Redglobe (F) Excellent canning & freezing peach
  • Suncrest PeachSuncrest (F) Large, round peach, 2/3 red blush, good texture & flavor
  • Cresthaven (F) Medium large, juicy but firm flesh
  • Angelus (F) Large, firm peach, replaces standard elberta
  • Cresthaven PeachO'Henry (F) Best of the late peaches, flesh yello streaked with red.

Nectarines: Aug. 20 - Aug. 30

  • Red Gold (F) very large nectarine, yellow flesh with red around pit