Papini Family Orchards and Farm

First of all Papini’s Farm never sold for $ 6.00 a lb. They do not threaten to call police this is county of Contra Costa sheriffs. people like to lie because they pick and bring up cherries and say they don’t want them. Tell them they have to pay that what the rules are if you pick them you need to pay or don’t pick!!! People like to come eat and then leave. It costs a lot to raise a crop and the farmer has to depend on the weather. The farmer costs are sky high and some people take advantage of that. People leave lots of garbage, break branches. Respect the farmer and the orchards or there will no longer be u-​pick cherries!!!

5÷16÷14 CHERRIES! You pick! $ 3/​pound, cash only.
It’s farmers market prices, but they’re delicious! The orchards were clean, and didn’t have cherries scattered throughout the floor. The trees were well spaced apart and weren’t too far. We were able to find 5 trees that had plenty of cherries and yielded 8 pounds. Nom nom!
**don’t eat cherries and drink milk at the same time… they don’t mix well

After my amazing experience at Maggiore (the cherries were so good), this was kind of a let-​down. Maybe because it was a week later and at the end of a 3-​day weekend, but the trees were totally picked over and the cherries on the trees were not ripe. We went to the far end of the orchard to get at trees that had been less picked over. There were plenty of cherries on the trees there, but they were still not ripe, smaller and not as juicy or tasty as the ones we picked last week. Price per pound was still good, but not as cheap as Maggiore either.
My husband was happy though. He prefers his cherries tart.

My friends and I came here for cherry picking during Memorial Day weekend. We originally planned to meet at Tachella, but one car arrived first and told us that Papini’s had sweeter cherries so we detoured here. With the late start and Memorial Day traffic, I only spent an hour here since they close at 4p, but I was able to pick very delicious coral champagne cherries — a relatively new sweet cherry crop that is coral pink and low in acid. Their cherries were $ 2.50/lb. that weekend, but they don’t have any minimum purchase compared to Tachella’s $ 2/​lb. with $ 5 minimum per bucket. The cherries were so good that we spent over $ 5 here anyway. The staff was friendly and seemed to let visitors enjoy the orchards. I didn’t see a long list of rules and regulations like at Tachella. I saw families picnicking and kicking balls around. I’d definitely return next cherry season and spend more time at Papini; their telephone recording said that they are out of cherries. Also, to be fair to Tachella, from the outside (after missing their 4pm last entry), it looks like they have many different crops of cherry trees so they might’ve had coral champagne as well.