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THINGS
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Ambers U-Pick
Cherry Farm Leona Valley
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Ambers Cherry Farm is located in Leona
Valley California. Bring along a sack lunch and take
a break under cool shady pine-trees. Take in the blue
skies and fresh air while you pick sweet cherries. Refreshments
and cool drinking water is sold from the cherry stand.
Ambers farm is just 50 minutes north of Los Angeles
and a few miles from Lake Elizabeth and Lake Hughes.
Leona Valley is best known for its agriculture, particularly
cherries and wine grapes. The town of Leona Valley holds
its annual Leona Valley Cherry Festival in honor of
its agricultural heritage.
Ambers Cherry farm has over 475 trees producing several
cherry varieties. Bing, Rainier, Lapins, Ticton, Brooks,
Utah Gaint and Tartarian cherries are all gown in the
cherry orchard. Cherry picking season usually runs from
mid May to early June.
There are plenty of picnic areas plus kids play areas
and a barbeque area. Season mid May to early June. Call
ahead to check on availability.
Fresh California Bing Cherries are as
nutritious as they are delicious, packed with vital
nutrients that are a perfect match for today's healthy
lifestyles. Cherries can help with Heart Disease Prevention,
Cancer Prevention, Pain Relief and Bone health.
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Leona Valley Cherries |
Cherries are members of the Rosaceae family,
subfamily Prunoideae - a distant cousin to peaches, plums,
apricots and almonds.
Sweet cherries (like California Bings) are members of
the species Prunus avium.
The sweet cherry originated in Asia Minor, in the fertile
area between the Black and Caspian Seas, and was probably
carried to Europe by birds.
Cultivation of sweet cherries likely began with Greeks,
and later Romans, who valued the tree's timber as well
as its fruit.
Sweet cherries came to America in 1629 with English colonists,
and later to California with Spanish missionaries.
Today's Bing Cherries come from stock that dates back
to the 1800s, when California became an established cherry
production region.
Ambers U-Pick Cherry Farm 9300 Leona Avenue Leona Valley,
CA 93551 Web
Site
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Julian
enjoy famous apple pie and take a walk
around this historic mining town. |
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Tanaka
Farms family
run operation that grows organic strawberries in
Orange County. |
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Leona
Valley choose from at more than a dozen
orchards to pick sweet cherries. |
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Oak
Glen famous for Apples, Cider, Antiques,
apple orchards and fruit stands. |
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