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Cherry Picking in Victoria, Seville Farm - Free Entry, $8/Kg

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Cherry Picking in Victoria, Seville Farm - Free Entry, $8/Kg
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Pyourhumbleopinion on 11/12/2014 - 14:24 facebook.com (2443 clicks)
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Cherry picking season is here again! Seville Farm U-Pick Cherries has many varieties to try - choose from dark and juicy, mahogany, extra juicy sweet or red and firmer.

All the produce at Seville Farm U-Pick Cherries is grown to organic principals with no chemicals used.There is no entry free and visitors are welcome to eat as much as they want whilst picking - otherwise if you want to take cherries home it is $8 per kilo.

When: Open every Friday, Saturday and Sunday, 10am to 5pm from now until end of season, probably mid January.
Where: 56 Monbulk - Seville Road, Seville, Victoria
Cost: $8 per kilo for cherries you take home, eat as much as you want whilst picking, no entry fee.

Note: Feedback from OzBargainers has been that the free entry is for the bad quality cherries.

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  • BeefBiryani on 11/12/2014 - 14:27
    +4

    Sounds like a nice picnic option for kids.

  • fattyboombatty on 11/12/2014 - 14:33
    -4

    I anticipate chronic cases of the fruit squirts after that visit

    Just pondering - I imagine they use some sort of pesticides on the fruit on the tree, which is why we wash them before eating at home. If you're scarfing them down straight from the tree, you don't get the "benefit" of washing - is that something to cause concern?

    • wisc on 11/12/2014 - 14:38
      +4

      ERM it clearly states with no chemicals used?

    • Jamesx on 11/12/2014 - 14:49
      +3

      I've been pick fruits for years, great day out. most people eat heaps there, never heard on radio/TV any epidemic :) certainly not my family or friends.
      $8/kg is very cheap, most places charges $10~$15 and an extra $10 entry to cover the "picnic" cost.

    • wkd on 11/12/2014 - 15:18
      +2

      i use to cherry pick as a job. ate as many as i wanted without washing. never had the squirts. this was about 15 years ago.

    • skazclaw on 11/12/2014 - 19:26

      Not sure why people are down voting. I had some friends recently go to a u-pick cherry orchid, my mate had some weird rash come up on his hands after picking cherries, you could see a film over the cherries. Certainly some bad chemicals are used.

      If you're going for non organic I suggest washing before you eat.

  • MelbBargainChaser77 on 11/12/2014 - 14:34
    +5

    misleading title. Click bait alive and well here. Be honest and put the $8 per kilo in your title

    • m1nh on 11/12/2014 - 14:38
      +7

      You can eat there for free. Other U-pick cherry farms will charge for entry.

      • MelbBargainChaser77 on 11/12/2014 - 14:41
        +8

        Im sure the business will survive by encouraging scabs to go there for free entry, then pick and eat only on site and then leave. $8 / kg is a bargain for picking your own cherries to take home. Whats wrong with putting that in the title?

        • bargain_knight on 11/12/2014 - 14:45
          +1

          You're calling me a scab? This is Ozbargain!

      • smartazz104 on 11/12/2014 - 14:53
        +3

        Surely they don't encourage you to just turn up and eat all their produce…

      • argamond on 11/12/2014 - 15:05

        Then the title should be eat cherries for free, rather than cherry picking for free (unless you are suggesting that OzB should just pick and then leave the cherries on the ground)

        Besides - when I used to go to Young (NSW) to pick cherries - I was never charged an entry fee. Maybe Victorians are just unlucky

  • ITveteran on 11/12/2014 - 14:42
    +1

    Nice. Anyone knows similar offer in NSW/ACT?

    • argamond on 11/12/2014 - 15:12
      +3

      Try Young - about 2hr away from Canberra.

      Here is an example
      http://www.allambieorchard.com/

      no entry fee and free to eat and $6/kg to take home

      • homersyd on 11/12/2014 - 16:17

        But it's NOT all you can eat apparently…From their website:

        "…Still no entry fee*** and a modest $6 per kilo that you pick. What you pick, you pay for.

        *** This does not mean that it is a " free feed". Modest sampling is encouraged, a special Munchers/ Grazing Licence is being considered as an option for the more hungry in 2015 .
        *** Deliberate destruction of trees branches , and buds will not be tolerated .name /car plate details gazetted to other orchards in the area. ( The buds of next years cherries are already on the same branch!)"

  • altomic on 11/12/2014 - 14:47
    +2

    I did this as a job for 2 seasons in the early 90's after school had finished.

    as a 17 year old, and making $150 a day working from dawn to dusk, was awesome.

    you don't want to eat what you are picking with out washing them first. this is due to the herbicides and pesticides they use.

    Also, they will relegate you to the crappy varieties of cherries.

    I've only ever eaten cherries once since then.

    • jv on 11/12/2014 - 15:11
      -2

      due to the herbicides and pesticides they use.

      It says they don't use chemicals…

      • altomic on 11/12/2014 - 16:17
        +3

        define "chemicals"

      • IMBI3 on 11/12/2014 - 17:42

        so what do they use?

  • DrStinge on 11/12/2014 - 14:55
    -1

    Bit of a trek from the city - does anyone else recommend any other activities in Seville?

    • King Steuart on 11/12/2014 - 14:57
      +3

      Lots of wineries in the area.

      Also there's the Dandenong Ranges… waterfalls, bushwalks, cafes and tea rooms..

      Usually a market on somewhere in the ranges on Sundays.

      Lots of op shops and antique stores scattered around.

      Olinda, Sassafras, and Warburton have good old-fashioned candy stores.

      • DrStinge on 11/12/2014 - 15:14

        Thanks a heap :)

    • siraitken on 11/12/2014 - 19:28
      +1

      Seville Hill Estate winery is fantastic.

      Also Elmswood Estate has an amazing panoramic view.

    • razor swatkat on 14/12/2014 - 19:35

      Had been to cherry picking few weeks back…a must visit for us while returning from anything that side of the city is the Kalista Tea Rooms at 103 Monbulk Road, Kallista, Victoria. Try the variety of teas they have there. Scones are awesome as well with the berry sauce.

  • babiguling on 11/12/2014 - 15:02

    Missus wants to go in early Jan as we're busy during December… I said to her,..the cherries will be all gone, Ozbargained by then even by next week!

  • mel-t on 11/12/2014 - 15:07

    No white cherries, or it is still too early in the season for them?

    • snappy1234 on 11/12/2014 - 15:19

      I always wear a Blue tie when picking white Cherries

  • tikei on 11/12/2014 - 15:23

    lol. i'm picturing the place packed with people and their kids, just picking, eating, and spitting the seeds anywhere on the ground, their tummies getting bigger. They belch and leave empty-handed (well, hand rubbing on tummy).

  • Dr Techno on 11/12/2014 - 15:34

    Is each person within the group you rock up with, obligated to purchase $8 each.

    Went cherry picking down at mornington years ago.. each person had to purchase min of 1kg @ $12 or $13.. was expensive since in total 5 ppl and got sick of eatting a fridge full of cherries.

  • PJC on 11/12/2014 - 16:26

    We've been getting cherries from Young at $8 per kilo at Hurstville and last week I saw cherries (Australian but I don't know where from) for $14 for 2 kilos at Roselands.

    • WT on 11/12/2014 - 16:38
      +3

      Last year at roselands was better, $4.99 a kg. They were competing with coles

  • joeno on 11/12/2014 - 17:28
    -2

    Just eat it all and pay $0.

    • MelbBargainChaser77 on 11/12/2014 - 17:46
      +6

      That'll help the grower wont it…If Colesworth doesnt screw them, we may aswell hey? I suggest to everyone that does go to these places, show your appreciation and throw an extra fiver their way for the "sampling" you'll do along the way. Their hard work in producing fresh food for us should be rewarded.

      • altomic on 21/12/2014 - 00:03
        +1

        yeah, because cherries just don't grow on trees

  • xioxxio on 11/12/2014 - 18:40
    -4

    $8kg is not a bargain. It should be much cheaper since you are doing the work for them. Aldi is currently selling cherries for $6kg. That is a bargain to have a picnic without doing work.

    • marquise on 11/12/2014 - 18:50
      +4

      How about all those cherries you eat for free? Try doing that at Aldi

    • [Deactivated] on 11/12/2014 - 19:14
      +1

      The Aldi cherries are small and mediocre, one variety only. Cherry picking is an outing, you won't save much generally but it can be a lot of family fun. We used to do it as an annual family trip until petrol became a major issue. Do the right thing by the orchard, enjoy the experience and the fruits of your labours.

      • jv on 30/12/2014 - 07:41

        but it can be a lot of family fun.

        Are you serious?

        • EnALup on 02/01/2015 - 16:56

          Yes, I don't find anything funny in that. It is subjective what anyone find fun in. Few families can stay inside their home watching movies for the whole day or playing games and few enjoy outdoors in a pool, sea or garden.

          I think it is fun to go for a fruit pick garden, but I don't think everyone should or would love it. But that is fine and I respect that.

  • BuyoTheCat on 11/12/2014 - 19:23
    +1

    Flamenco!!!! opps…wrong Seville

  • xioxxio on 11/12/2014 - 19:25
    -7

    If it looks like a duck and quacks like a duck it is a duck. $8kg is not a bargain.

    • [Deactivated] on 11/12/2014 - 19:30

      If ducks understood arithmetic they'd be able to work out that if you eat a kilo and buy a kilo the price is halved. That's obviously a bargain even if you don't factor in the joy of sunshine, picking the best fruit and sampling different varieties to get the type you like. Quack.

      • xioxxio on 12/12/2014 - 16:12

        A person that eats 1kg while picking will be buying much more than 1kg. I would imagine most people would buy over $3kg.

        • [Deactivated] on 12/12/2014 - 21:19

          True. And not many will be able to eat a kilo of cherries while picking even over a period of a few hours if our experience is typical but that wasn't the point of my comments.

    • Memo14 on 11/12/2014 - 19:47
      -6

      Agree not a bargain $6/kg near orange nsw..no entry fee

      • [Deactivated] on 11/12/2014 - 20:48

        Link? Obviously it's only a bargain if you live near the orchard, the fruit is good quality, and you place a value on picking your own. Claro? Let me guess, you live nowhere near either place.

        • Memo14 on 11/12/2014 - 21:22

          For most people cherry picking is not a bargain at any price (travel costs ) but is a great outdoor experience for the family . We have enjoyed it most seasons for the last ten years and have visited orchards at Bathurst ,Orange and Young. Going rate $ 5-6 kg. couple of the orchards asked for entry fee per person this year in orange .

        • jv on 30/12/2014 - 07:46

          @Memo14:

          but is a great outdoor experience for the family .

          You need to get out more..

      • sulmar on 12/12/2014 - 00:13

        memo14, care to provide the address? Because I've tried looking for one and have not been sucessful.

        • jv on 30/12/2014 - 07:47

          He was referring to the IGA supermarket

  • siraitken on 11/12/2014 - 19:27

    If you cbf picking cherries you can buy them at Blue Hills (nearby) for $8 per kg.

    We bought some last weekend and they are fantastic!

  • wsl on 11/12/2014 - 19:38
    +4

    $3 per KG with free entry at "TOM AND ERIN POWELL", but it is in Beechworth, it might be worth only if you visit around that area.

  • Matt88 on 11/12/2014 - 20:42
    +1

    The mahogany ones have been scientifically proven to ease gout - might go get some

    • Jaystea on 11/12/2014 - 21:14

      If you know anything the first thing about science, you will know that nothing is "scientifically" or even "clinically" "proven". Supported perhaps, but not proven. Although having said that, all fruits are great for health!

  • dreamzz on 11/12/2014 - 22:27

    We have been to sunnyridge strawberry farm in morninton peninsula, the best strawberries i ever had in my life, juicy and tasty. Its taste so sweet.

  • jobski on 11/12/2014 - 22:29
    +6

    Checked the link and this is what I saw… beware guys.. http://i.imgur.com/SfLef2j.jpg

  • inherentchoice on 11/12/2014 - 23:11
    +3

    Just bought cherries tonight at the fruit shop for $5/kg. In Woolies next door the price is $8.88/kg

  • sulmar on 11/12/2014 - 23:29
    +1

    Can you list the address of any in NSW, esp if near orange/bathurst? I knew of one but it does not exist anymore.

    Please provide an address, esp to the guy who negged this deal.

    • EnALup on 11/12/2014 - 23:43

      Looking for a place near Sydney too.

      • sulmar on 12/12/2014 - 00:18
        +2

        Found one, although near young.

        Address: 3725 Olympic Highway, Wombat.
        Cost: $6/kg
        No entry fee. You pay for what you pick.

        http://www.allambieorchard.com/

        • homersyd on 12/12/2014 - 14:55

          Not all you can eat tho…see my post above

        • EnALup on 12/12/2014 - 15:52

          Thanks Mate.

  • ozbargainkim on 12/12/2014 - 21:46

    THANKS MATE!

  • uraha on 13/12/2014 - 00:29
    +1

    Has anyone actually been there?

    • Barbiee on 14/12/2014 - 08:54

      Yes, today

      It's totally fake ….entry is $10 per person n cherries is $10 per kg

  • 1bargain on 13/12/2014 - 10:16

    I can't find out where they advertise as free entry.

  • 1bargain on 13/12/2014 - 10:49

    Last week we just spent $150 on entry fee for the farm nearby and $10/kg to take home. We thought it was fun and wanted to come back. Can't believe this is free. Thanks so much ozbargain.

  • yaziyo on 13/12/2014 - 17:00

    This sounds like it would make an awesome date idea. Take note lads.

    • altomic on 21/12/2014 - 00:04

      they are not dates, they are cherries.

  • 1bargain on 13/12/2014 - 17:39

    Feedback: the experience was terrible. There was nothing edible, most of the fruits were rotten even though they weren't ripe yet. We wasted time looking for a decent tree but there was none.

    Ended up going back to the farm last week to buy the cherries and other yummy berries. The other place cost $10 entry but you can stay at one tree and just eat for half an hour. 99% of the fruits on the tree were perfect.

    • pyramid on 14/12/2014 - 14:14

      Which farm?

  • ozbargainer888 on 13/12/2014 - 20:17

    Went today and it was chockablock. Very hard to find good cherries. Wasn't worth the savings for the cherries. They're mostly tart and we could barely fill the kilo. Wouldn't recommend to anyone.

    • 1bargain on 13/12/2014 - 21:28

      I couldn't even find one to taste. They were mostly rotten.

  • Barbiee on 14/12/2014 - 08:52

    Absolutely fake. Went there yesterday. There is an enter fee of $10 for adults and $5 for kids and cherries is $10 per kg.
    FREE ENTRY IS FOR PICKING SOUR CHERRIES—- but u have to buy min of 3 kgs @ $8 kg
    It's a scam n time waster——SCAM

  • Barbiee on 14/12/2014 - 09:23

    Can someone please guide me on how to add a pic to the comments??

  • uraha on 14/12/2014 - 14:05

    Went there today. They are closed for the season

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