This country fruit and veggie stand is quite nice. There are many such stands in this area, all…read morevisible as you travel eastward from Manteca on Hwy 120, but after stopping at 4 of them, this one impressed me as having far better quality than most, and more choices. They carry beautiful, locally grown produce, but they have so much more to offer. Our first great find here was their fresh and frozen fruit pies made by The Pie Company, a well-known, local business located in nearby Ripon. We are already big fans of this pie manufacturer because they supply their frozen pies to some of the larger Ace Hardware stores in our area, too. We live in So Cal, but we can pick up the exact same pies they make and sell here in Ripon/Manteca. We swear by them, especially the peach, apricot, and blackberry. They taste homemade and are piled full of naturally ripened fruit with very little sugar so the fresh fruit flavors shine through. While the crust is more thick than I usually prefer, I decided their crust is one of the better ones. Such a treat! Another find here was the wonderful array of flavored vinegars and honeys. The fig balsamic vinegar is amazing. So good, we returned the next day to bring a few more bottles home with us. There are several local brands to choose from. And then, check out the refrigerator section. If you see products from Long Ranch, this is a local pig ranch that has prize-worthy, thick cut, perfectly smoked bacon that has brought me to tears. Their bacon is heavenly. If I ever get a do-over, I would grab some of everything I see from this Ranch. Since we were on a road trip, we grabbed a few snacks. The sesame sticks, packaged under their own label, are so fresh and delicious. They have many other snack options that carry their label. Bet they are all really good. I am so impressed with the quality of the products they sell, I only wish I lived closer. I'd be a regular here.

This is our go to spot for fresh fruits, veggies, unique flavors, and pies. Today was a quick trip…read moreto get veggies for salsa, some snacks, and corn. As usual, the place is well stocked, and the staff super friendly. The prices are reasonable and th place is is to get to and park. We always recommend to visitors to stop by here and load up.

If I could do double the stars, I moat certainly would! This FM is a gem! It is absolutely amazing…read more I drove you, walked through, hung out and left with a smile on my face and Joy in my heart. I have been to other markets and this one by far exceeded my expectations. The vibe was just what needed to roll me into the weekend. I am still thinking about it and can't wait to go back. There were so many awesome vendors and the fact that proceeds help support the amazing Joy Garden is awesome. You feel the love that goes into creating this space for people to come and gather. Food, music, sweet treats, flowers...the list goes on. It is truly a must if you are in the area or don't mind a little drive because it surely won't disappoint.

This market is great. Family friendly with amazing vendors. They usually have something for…read morekids, classes or an activity. They have a good variety of food choices as well. Typically they have a local brewery, or a traveling tap. The venue is small in size, but it is packed with tons of goodness. I believe they have a parking map on their IG, FB, website. Go,shop, eat and hangout in the garden area with some friends or family.

Stopped here on the way to the mountains to check out the produce amongst the many orchards and…read moreother stands along the way competing for sales. The stand was run by a single lady who was friendly and answered our questions about all the produce she had out. Lots of the usual - strawberries, apricots, walnuts and more. There were some unusual (at least for me) pieces for sale such as the persimmons. This stand was also significantly bigger than a lot of the others we passed which I assume is due to DePalma being a bit more established. I didn't get anything but I did sample a few pieces of fruit and all were very good and encouraged by the lady running the stand. One of the people in my travel group also got a piece of corn that he ate raw and said it was "very sweet and delicious." It looked good and take his word for it.

Absolutely fantastic ! Great service and very helpful.. hopefully I'll y'all soon. Blessings upon…read moreyou all..

Over the years, I have picked cherries, peaches, apricots, apples, olallieberries, apples, and…read morestrawberries but have always wanted to pick blueberries. Not only it is my dad's favorite fruit but they tend to be on the pricier side. So when I discovered it available for U-Pick at Jessop Farms in Ripon, about an hour and 15 minutes away, I knew I finally need to go for myself. It can be labor intensive until you get the hang of it but at just $3.75 per pound, you can get more than triple the amount for the price you would for just a quart at the Farmer's Market - http://aroundthebayandaway.blogspot.com/2019/06/fruits-of-our-labor-in-ripon.html. In addition to blueberries, they also have strawberries, cherries, and peaches for U-pick as well but call to confirm availability before going as they have a short season.

Great place!!! Surprised there are not many reviews…read more Bounce house, basketball court, putting area, blueberry picking, almonds, strawberries, sand/beach area, chalk boards, blue sand area. All for donations. Great place to come with the family and have a good time!

I don't have a photo to post but just a screenshot from their FB page…read more I couldn't believe the price the first time I came across their page, which was 6$ for 15 dozen I missed out on that deal but came when I had my cousin to help me carry the eggs. We went during the summer the day before the Fourth of July around 9am which was a Friday. It wasn't busy but a few cars there. The regular price is $10 for 15 dozen, still a great amazing deal. Fast friendly service, at their window pick up. This week of August 11th they had an $8 deal for the 15 dozen We came on Thursday the 13th and got that 8$ deal!! We mentioned them to family and friends. My cousin's family from her husbands side has a lot of kids and went by in the afternoon and said there was a long line and a lot of people My Thursday morning around 10a wasn't busy, even with the deal, so I guess their afternoons are a lot more busy FYI I hope they will still have these amazing prices for months to come which definitely helps big families. The place is clean and beautiful They have a sign saying to watch out for chickens crossing the road. Please do!! I also wish I can give them 15 dozen stars

AWARENESS: Because of the heat in the valley, my chickens…read morehave slowed their laying so, I needed to grab a few eggs to tie my family over for a few days. NARRATIVE: I drove to Pleasant Valley Farms on a Sunday morning, just after they opened for day. There were a few cars and waiting people when arrived but, the line to grab some fresh eggs moved quickly. I grabbed 18 large brown eggs and paid $5 dollars. No fuss. No muss, just some fresh eggs. SCENE: Pleasant Valley Farms is located in the unincorporated city of Ripon on W Ripon Road between Austin Road and S Curtis Avenue. The farm has signs clearly marking which way to enter and leave the property and the process for getting eggs is simple; drive up. Find a place to park. Head to the window and buy your eggs. RECOMMENDATION(S): You can't beat the freshness of their eggs nor their price. Highly recommended.

Excellent produce and pies. Vety helpful people who are happy. Produce is fresh, eggs are the best.read more

Worked here for years and this will always be the best fruit I've ever tasted. Will miss the fruit…read morestand and the fishers very much!

A couple weekends ago went was great ! The peaches, plums, tomatoes and apricots were sweet great…read more. Summer squash and avacado also great. The got the bread nice and fluffy. The cookies oatmeal without raisins and chocolate chip, am glad we got one each if we bought any more we would have finish them off before we got home. And local honey, I plan to restart taken local honey for allergies so I'll plan to buy more honey. There was some tumblers and yarn dish scrubber, I think. Plan to go Saturday again, and restock. Lol this time will bring coffee to go with them yummy cookies. Gonna try the sugar cookies !

I stop by here often to pick up the latest in season fruits and veggies. One of the rare locations…read moreto offer fresh figs when they are in season. They also have great sourdough bread so fresh and so good I always have to pick up a loaf. They also have a small selection of desserts like turnovers and such. It's always tempting to pick up a few treats.

We arent from this area, but I know this is prime territory for fruit and vegetable stands. Get…read morelucky and you can get local jams, vinegars, honey, snacks as well. There were things we liked about this fruit stand. It was notable that they carried many snack items (fresh nuts, many varieties of seasoned almonds, freeze-dried vegetables, dried fruits, etc). The bonus was, they had small jars to get samples of everything. We bought several as a result. Next, were their strawberries. Wonderful! Since it was May, I knew they were at their peak in sweetness. While everyone usually goes for the big plump ones, I found a half tray that had seconds, which I prefer. Seconds suffer in looks, but tend to be even more so sweet that the oversized ones, IMHO. These were a beautifully flavored variety and thoroughly enjoyed. We were on a honey hunt. There was a large variety of local honeys here. Loved that we could buy them in many different sized jars, including the cute honey bear squeeze bottles. They did not offer tasting, however. The two we picked were the blue sage and blackberry honeys. Both are great. Their Achilles Heel, sadly, were the baked goods. They looked good, but did not pass the taste test at all. We bought a pie and a couple turnovers. The strawberry rhubarb pie ended up tasting like cherry, and not even a good cherry pie. It had highly thickened filling, little sugar, and was lacking in any real fruit taste. This held true for the turnovers as well. Possibly some of the worst we have ever had. Sadly, everything ended up in the trash. Horrible. Stick with the produce and snacks. Nice quality and many choices.

Casual Fruit stand by the highway! Stop by for some fruit or snacks or nuts…read more Lot of jams to choose from too Got a box of apples , $10 Service was kind

Upon seeing the company logo…read more(http://www.yelp.com/biz_photos/m0I1TLmK568I29YBnfBlmA?select=f_SZnXa0FeKMeFhqbmA7Bw#f_SZnXa0FeKMeFhqbmA7Bw) I'll admit I was a quite skeptical. Throughout my life I've had lots of fresh apricots, and depending on the source these have ranged from bland to tart to sweet, but to make the claim that theirs was the sweetest on earth ... I knew I had to try these to believe it! Thanks to CUESA, the educational organization that runs the Ferry Plaza Farmers Market, a group of us got to visit with farmer John Driver on his 10 acre apricot orchard recently. The farm doesn't offer public tours and these CandyCots are fairly exclusive so this might have been an opportunity of a lifetime to actually visit the farm. CandyCot apricots are bred varieties, grown under the hot Central Valley heat. The fruits which are smaller in size than the standard supermarket apricot are known for their pronounced flavor described by some as "spicy" and their high sugar content. Using a Brix rating system which measures dissolved sugars CandyCot ratings measure in the 20's and 30's while standard apricots are usually in the teens. Because it was a scorching 97 degrees outside John picked out a nice covered area to do a presentation for our group (http://www.yelp.com/biz_photos/m0I1TLmK568I29YBnfBlmA?select=f_SZnXa0FeKMeFhqbmA7Bw#RvTqNPe7kmfcGbhoA5vzqA) and give us the lowdown on his CandyCot fruits. John has traveled the world in search of truly sweet and flavorful apricots and in his introduction he brought up places like Kazahstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and Central Asia. He gathers seeds, grows plant samples and grafts them together (http://www.yelp.com/biz_photos/m0I1TLmK568I29YBnfBlmA?select=f_SZnXa0FeKMeFhqbmA7Bw#Gm-KBNQISJJG_m8m9NN-0Q) in an attempt to recreate some of earth's sweetest fruit. These plants take many years of love and nurturing in order to bear fruit and John's patience and dedication to his craft has resulted in the sweetest apricots almost every member of our group would later agree that they had ever sampled. To prove this point John also has non-grafted California Blenheim apricots (http://www.yelp.com/biz_photos/m0I1TLmK568I29YBnfBlmA?select=f_SZnXa0FeKMeFhqbmA7Bw#zknyp7DAo6EMihCLeZHZLQ) on his orchard for skeptics like myself to sample and compare. Blenheims are the standard California apricots found in most supermarket produce sections. After a short talk and Q&A on soil conditioning, pruning and pest management John took us out onto the orchard and allowed our group to pick and sample fruit directly from the trees (http://www.yelp.com/biz_photos/m0I1TLmK568I29YBnfBlmA?select=f_SZnXa0FeKMeFhqbmA7Bw#3ZeeqGX8i2WPQ9JSCuHtZQ). For the record John prunes his trees using the letter V shape (http://www.yelp.com/biz_photos/m0I1TLmK568I29YBnfBlmA?select=f_SZnXa0FeKMeFhqbmA7Bw#4tm2_oBedWSHZwRi9G3OyQ) because it creates better airflow for his trees and the fruits seem to grow best this way. These were the Anya variety and we were instructed to pick anything that didn't have green spots. Many of the fruit had brown spots not caused by bruising as John explained but are actually natural indicators of the fruit's sugar content. The more browning on the fruit the sweeter the fruit. I picked one of those and bit into it without a second thought. The juice actually popped from the fruit and ran down my chin and all over my hands. Apricot heaven is what immediately came to mind. These apricots were beyond sweet and amazingly enough one could truly differentiate between the apricot flavor and the sugar content. As unbearable as the outside heat was I didn't want to leave that orchard. Thankfully, John allowed us to pick extras so I had fruit to take home to enjoy (http://www.yelp.com/biz_photos/m0I1TLmK568I29YBnfBlmA?select=f_SZnXa0FeKMeFhqbmA7Bw#9GydI61pdwGNnvQ6-1kIOg). CandyCots are currently sold either at the Saturday Ferry Plaza Farmers Market (only through July 7, 2012), select markets such as Save Mart and Whole Foods or through mail order. Check out their website for more details. Because of the high sugar content the fruits don't spoil as quickly and keep very well in the refrigerator.