POST FRUIT PICKING OPPORTUNITIES HERE WITH YOUR CONTACT INFO

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Permalink Reply by Bobbi Reichtell on August 8, 2009 at 2:07pm

From Mati Senerchia :
There are two apple trees off the Tremont side of the Abbey bridge that produce bushels of really good-looking apples... but only every 2-3 years. They're on the other side of the fence, though... it would take a daring bandit to get at them.

There are also cultivated but freely shared raspberries at the end of W. 65th outside the machine shop, wineberries in the rocks at Edgewater, a fine mulberry tree (big, fat, sweet, worth the trouble) near W. 71st on Wakefield (next to the railroad tracks), wild elderberries along the RTA tracks.- at the southwest corner of W. 59th & Herman, two apple trees and a pear tree in front of Alanna Meyers-Kiousis' former home (a double with two shades of green paint, brick porch). I don't know if they've rented or sold it after building the new house, but the pear is fully loaded and has not been thinned, so it doesn't look as though anyone's maintaining. The apples are few, kinda buggy and many have been dropped, but the pears are promising. there's also a giant blackcurrant bush in the east side community garden at, i think, 35th & Cedar (? - john mcgovern would know, he used to garden there). Really unusual, as they aren't much planted and usually succumb to disease. Most people prefer them in sweetened, cooked preparations, jellies, etc., but they're very high in antiox and expensive to buy if you can find them fresh at all. Also, there are gooseberries and raspberries at a house on the south side of Ellen - house wasn't abandoned as of last year, but perhaps well on its way, and I never saw evidence the berries were being picked.

From Bobbi Reichtell:
On the east side of Columbus Road between Willey and the Lorain-Carnegie Bridge are two vacant lots next to each other (with a 3-car brick garage at the back of the lot) that have two plum trees.

Apple trees on Jefferson Avenue down in the industrial valley! Take Jefferson Avenue in Tremont east all the way down towards the bridge that no longer exists near St. Mary's cement at West 3rd. Two apple trees on the southwest corner of the intersection.

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Permalink Reply by Randall S Over on August 13, 2009 at 12:05am

Noticed fruit trees with good looking apples - near the new Lake to Lake Trail in Middleburg Heights near corner of Fowles Road and the Parkway - between new wooden bridge and power lines, north side of Lake Isaac. Brought a couple apples home tonight to check out. Randy.

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Permalink Reply by Wendy Donkin on August 24, 2009 at 8:53pm

I have a very abundant supply of black walnuts in Cleveland Heights, if anyone is interested, either for eating or for making dyes. It is falling from the trees now. (Watch your head!)

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Permalink Reply by Kristel on September 7, 2009 at 12:35am

I know it's a Cleveland fruit share, but this is too good not to share. There are concord grapes and berries growing along a sidewalk in Westlake. They are purple and tasty to pick and eat as I walk along, I just don't have the time to pick and do anything with them myself.

Take 90 west to the crocker basset exit. Take a right off the of the exit and an immediate right at the first street. You'll come to a curve and there are trees on the left. The berries and grapes are in the trees and many are well within reach of the sidewalk. Continue down for a little while and the road splits in two. Cross over and the grapes are now on the right side of the road.

This would be best done by walking along with a bucket to pick what's ready. Even better, you'll probably see some deer and other wildlife while you're out since they aren't really afraid of people. Happy picking!

Enjoy!

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