Where to Buy Michigan Plums
Click for interactive mapThe Michigan plum season typically runs from mid-July to late September, beginning a few weeks earlier in the southern area of the state.
The list gives some sources of plums for normal years. This list will be expanded, so check back.
Growers and farm marketers wishing to be added to this list should contact the Michigan Plum Advisory Board (see email address on homepage).
Southwest Region
Gary Huntsberger
2301 62nd Street
Fennville, MI 49408
269-561-2118
About our business: We grow the plums we sell for fresh market. Varieties include Stanley, Methley, Shiro, Early Magic, Early Gold.
J W Morlock & Girls LLC
8410 N Branch Road
Watervliet, MI 49098
269-463-8024
Farm market address: 5000 N M 140, 49098-9707 Watervliet, MI
About our business: We grow plums for our farm market. Varieties we carry in normal years include Early Golden, Methley, Shiro, Red Heart, Simka, Ozark Premire, Fortune, Damson, Empress, Greengage, Stanley.
Nye Heritage Farms and Apple Barn, LLC
1532 S. Windsor Drive, St. Joseph, MI 49085
Farm cell (Angela) 269.208.2344
clattak@hotmail.com
Retail Varieties available at Nye's Apple Barn & Farm Market: Early Gold, Methley, Shiro, Santa Rosa, Black Amber, Toka/Bubblegum, Red Heart, Elephant Heart, Stanley - other varieties are sometimes purchased from other growers so call for availability. Wholesale (depends on the crop/year): Stanley
More varieties are planted that will be in production soon.
Paul Rood Orchards
Paul Rood
72723 County Road 378
Covert, MI 49043
269-764-1405
email: paul_gerry_rood@frontier.com
About our business: We sell plums direct at our farm (2 bushel minimum), and wholesale in half bushel cartons or baskets, field crates, your contaniers. Varieties grown: Vibrant, Vanette, Tulare Giant, Sutter, Muir, Stanley, Fortune, Ruby Queen, Red Heart, President.
South Central Region
Fusilier Farms
Michael Fusilier
16400 Herman Rd.
Manchester, MI 48158
734-428-8982
kmfusilier@aol.com
About our business: We handle several varieties throughout the season. We sell direct from our market.
Skow’s Berry Farm
Rod Skow
2578 Ogden Hwy.
Adrian, MI 49221
517-263-5579
About our business: We sell plums direct at our farm market. Our sweetest and juiciest varieties are, in order of ripening: Early Golden, Methley, Shiro, Early Magic, Early Wizzard, Bluebyrd, Mirabelle, Mt. Royal, Starking Delicious, Alderman, Red Heart, Ruby Queen, Victory, Vision, Valor. We have many more varieties that are not yet in production.
K's Acres Orchard
Tom and Scott Kolasa
4680 Fitzpatrick Rd
Hillsdale, MI 49242
517-437-7054
email: Hllsdltom@aol.com
Facebook: K'sAcres@Facebook.com
About our business: We grow the plums we sell at our farm market. We sell plums at local farmers markets. Varieties we grow included: Shiro, Bubblegum, Red Heart, Early Gold, Pipestone
Phillips Orchard & Cider Mill
1174 W Gratiot County Line Rd
Saint Johns, MI 48879
989-292-5252
email: brian.phillips@phillipsorchard.com
website: www.phillipsorchards.com
About our business: We grow Stanley plum for farm markets, including our own.
West Central Region
Daly Orchard Company
Martin J Daly
3585 W. Jackson Rd
Hart, MI 49420
231-873-3894
email: mmjaydee@hotmail.com
About our business: We sell plums wholesale to processors and for farm market. 8 bushel minimum, local delivery only. We grow Castleton, NY6, NY9, and Stanley.
Lewis Orchards, Inc.
Scott Lewis
4180 W M-20
New Era, MI 49446
231-861-5730, fax 231-861-5773
email: scott@lewisfarmmarket.com
fax: www.lewisfarmmarket.com
About our business: We grow the plums that we sell at our farm market, at farmers market, and will sell them wholesale. Varieties include Bluebyrd, Early Wizzard, Shiro, Alderman, Damson, Early Golden, Ozark Premier, Redheart, Santa Rosa, Simka, and Spring Satin Plumcot.
Nels & Luanne Nyblad Family Farms
17965 Hall Rd
Casnovia, MI 49318
616-675-4696
email: nnyblad@yahoo.com
About our business: We grow plums for processing, our farm market, local farmers market, wholesale for farm market (minimum 5 1/2 bushel baskets, and for grocery store trade in 30 lb packs. Varieties we grow are Early Magic, Shiro, Castleton, Stanley, Vibrant, Tulaire Giant, and Bluefre.
Christofferson Farms
33441 South Morton Rd
Ludington, MI 49431
231-845-5831
email: hattrickred@gmail.com
About our business: We grow plums and many other tree and small fruit. We are open Sunday thru Friday from 8 AM to 5 PM.
Northwest Region
Cherry Beach Orchards
Mark, Karen, and Melissa Drake
855 S Stony Point Rd
Suttons Bay, MI 49682
231-271-3404
cherrybeachorchards@hotmail.com
About our business: We grow the following plum varieties for sale at local farmers markets-- Friar, Blufree, Italian, and Stanley.
Farmer White’s
Mary Cooper
11452 US 31 S.
Williamsburg, MI 49690
231-632-1500
email: Farmerwhites@gmail.com
web site: Farmerwhites.com
About our business: We grow Stanley, Grand Prize, Shiro, Santa Rosa, and Red Heart. We sell direct from our location.
Fredrickson Farms
Gary Fredrickson
10201 Foxview Dr.
Northport, MI 49670
231-386-5352
orangebarn@sbcglobal.net
About our business: We sell Stanley plums for wholesale only.
Jelinek Orchards LLC
Marty Jelinek
5282 North Jelinek Rd.
Northport, MI 49670
231-271-3774
About our business: We grow Castleton, Valor, Stanley, and Vanier plums. We sell at farmers markets and do direct sales and wholesale from our location.
King Orchards
Jim King
4620 N M-88
Central Lake, MI 49622
877-937-5464
http://kingorchards.com/
About our business: We grow some yellow plums as well as some purple plums. We sell all of them fresh. Our largest plum crop is Stanley prune plums. We do sell Stanley plums wholesale.
LaCross Farms
Glenn LaCross
5536 Sharnowski Rd
Cedar, MI 49621
231-228-5366
email: Gflacross@yahoo.com
About our business: We grow Damson plums wholesale for processors.
