Welcome to Maynards Fruit on May 25 2013

We are a pick-your-own fruit farm situated in the heart of the Sussex Weald, overlooking Bewl Water. We have 50 acres of orchards and summer fruits and we are open from 9 am to 8 pm or dusk during the harvest season.

Fruits now in season
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Shortly in season
Strawberries Strawberries
We try to choose a range of varieties to give excellent flavoured fruit through June and July. ..... Read more
Gooseberries Gooseberries
The crop appears to have set well in 2013. ..... Read more
Rhubarb Rhubarb
Our variety Timperly Early has haad enough rain in May to produce a strong flush of fresh stalks for summer picking. ..... Read more
Out of season
Cherries Cherries
This year the weather at pollination was good but that only sets the potential for a bumper crop. ..... Read more
Raspberries.and other cane fruit Raspberries.and other cane fruit
Raspberries have become our most popular pick your own fruit. ..... Read more
Plums Plums
We specialise in plums and are always looking at new varieties. ..... Read more
Blackcurrants and redcurrants Blackcurrants and redcurrants
We produce nearly 200 tonnes of blackcurrants a year for Ribena, so we should be able to supply your needs! ..... Read more
Cobnuts Cobnuts
Our old plantation of Kent Cob is from stock taken from a 100 year old platt that grew on one of the farms flooded by Bewl Water. ..... Read more
Latest News

May 20th 2013

It has been a long winter and our fruit season will be very late this year. We are still enjoying a wonderful blossom season, but it is three weeks behind what we expect in a 'normal' year (whatever that is).

At the moment I expect to open for strawberries and gooseberries on about 20 June, and by the middle of July we should have loads of cherries and summer fruits. All depending on our wonderful weather, of course!

I will start to update the webpage weekly from now on, so that you know how long you have to eke out those last pots of jam.

We look forward to seeing you on the farm,

Tom Maynard