I’ve not tried to sell them at farmers markets because I believe it would permanently turn people off of aronia and perhaps my farm. Pears and apples can be grafted to aronias and if I’m still having trouble moving them then I can use my backup plan and graft very rare fruits on the aronia The ace up my sleeve regarding pear scions. I’m more of a commercial grower aka farm so the idea is I grow a large crop and a large juice company or winery would purchase the crop. When I grew grains I grew 40 bushels per acre x 25 acres per year for soybeans so yields now are drastically improving but it’s slow progress. We grow a lot of hay and fruit and the soil is in much better condition. My orchard is around 5-6 acres and I have the remaining land in hay. My orchard is mostly experimental crops such as aronia. At the time I planted them I had a large juice company that was a buyer for $1 per pound. The aronia are now producing and buyers simply can’t keep up with what producers are growing right now. It’s not worth it for me to transport the aronia crop very far.
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