Brentwood has some of the best family-friendly u-pick adventures and Maggiore is no exception. Came on a Sunday nearing the end of cherry-picking season and was surprised that the trees were still filled with ripe, beautiful, and sweet cherries. Tips/Additional Information: - Do make sure to come early in the morning. Crowds start coming in at around 9:30 which means fewer cherries for everyone. - The current price is $3.50/pound - Go to the back closer to the edge of the field, that's where you will get the most quality cherries. - Don't pick the cherries out in the sun as delicious as they look, they are usually smaller because the water moisture has been sucked out of them. Overall, such a fun activity for a weekend morning. Definitely will come back again for more! read more

Maggiore Ranches - Beauties - Fruits & Veggies Near Me - Byron, California

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We've been picking cherries at Maggiore Ranch for many years and we always had a great time. read more

Maggiore Ranches - Freshly picked cherries from Maggiore Ranch - Fruits & Veggies Near Me - Byron, California

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Cherry picking season is usually right before Memorial Day weekend and by the time it is Memorial Day weekend, the trees are picked dry! So my sister and I decided to squeeze in cherry picking right before the holiday this past weekend and boy the trees are already naked! You have to go in the back to find the untouched trees. Pick the dark ones for a sweeter taste. It's $3.50 per pound right now. Must sign a waiver before you pick! DO: bring a picnic blanket and basket of goodies to relax after your harvest! AND allergy meds! read more

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picked here today, check in was easy, all worker was very friendly, the farms has lots cherry trees, it organized well, trees and ground are all nice & clean (without those white spots all over the leaves make me wondering if they may be just sprayed...) cherries are pretty fresh but many were ripe enough to pick, they charged $3.50 per lb, which consider very reasonable, yes, I 100% recommended this cherry U-Pick. read more

It was a freaking MADHOUSE when we came during Memorial Day weekend. But the 3 kids with us (one was mine and two were loaners) had an absolute blast. Hint: find an out-of-the-way corner of the orchard if you want the best cherries with minimal crowding. read more

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Had a great time picking cherries today just a day before Mother's Day. $3.50 per lb and picking your own is worth it than buying from Costco...parking was free and the lot had plenty of space. Experience was pretty good... will do it again next year read more

Maggiore Ranches - Super juicy - Fruits & Veggies Near Me - Byron, California

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Maggiore has 4 different sites. Just went to the 2251 Camino Diablo Rd location. Excellent Coral and Brook cherries, lots of them in low hanging clusters, and large, can still be found towards the back of the orchard. I picked 11 lbs of cherries just off of 3 trees in no time. They were sweet, juicy, slightly tangy. read more

In A Nutshell: -Maggiore Ranch is a definitely a hidden gem amongst all the cherry orchards in Byron/Brentwood. -First time I've been back cherry picking since I was a kid. -Awesome that California had historic rainfalls late 2016/early 2017 bc these cherries are so PLUMP & JUICY. -The customer service was very informative & friendly. -$3.50 /lb. -They provide buckets (a full bucket weighs about 30 lbs). Overall, you'll see many, many options to pick cherries, but if you want reachable, hardly touched trees then come to Maggiore Ranch before it's too late! read more

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I'd like to start off by saying that the address listed is wrong. Maggiore is located on Walnut Blvd. between Armstrong Rd. and Eureka Ave. I live less than a mile away from the Cherry Ranch so I know that Balfour Rd. is not where it's at. Anyway, my husband and I went on Thursday to go pick up a few pounds of cherries for me to cook with. We did the whole U-Pick deal. That day, there were two types of cherries we could pick - Coral cherries, identified by the blue band painted on the trunk, which are a crisper, non-sweet cherry and Brooks cherries, identified by a yellow band painted on the trunk, which are softer and very sweet. The trees were heavy with sweet, ripe fruit and the trees are pruned so that the use of a ladder isn't necessary to pick fruit. There are ladders if you're just aching to get the cherries at the top of the tree, but pre-Memorial Day, there's enough fruit to pick at the bottom. My husband and I picked about 6 lbs of cherries in maybe 20 minutes so it's not a long, arduous process to pick fruit. Be prepared to sign a safety waiver saying you know climbing on ladders is inherently dangerous and should you fall to your death, the Ranch is not liable. Oh, and you can bring a drink with you into the cherry orchard so you don't overheat and pass out should you go in the hottest part of the day. Very good product and cheap prices = a cherry ranch worth going back to. read more

Went here last week and loved it so much, I requested another trip to Brentwood for Memorial weekend. The cherries were so amazing. We probably all ate as much as we picked (just couldn't help popping those juicy morsels into our mouth) and the kids faces and hands were purple from cherry juice. We bought a lot of cherries (and that was only after 15 minutes worth of picking). They didn't last the week. Prices are better than the place we went to this weekend. The cherries were better too. read more

My first time to this ranch, decided to come out early this year to avoid the larger crowds on Memorial weekend. My normal spots (such as Pomeroy) has yet to open. Directions: it's very close to the intersect of Balfour and walnut, but on walnut, you can't miss it because there will be a huge "Maggiore" U-Pick Cherries sign, with attendants on the road side waving flags direction traffic Parking: it's adequate for a non-Holiday weekend, I got there around 2:30pm and the dirt lot was only half full with around 30-40 cars. Fruits: there were brooks and corals, as usual the trees in the center near the entrance are fairy barren and well picked, but once you go deeper into the farm, there are plenty of trees with good amounts of cherries. They were crisp, clean and sweet, god I missed fresh picked cherries. Facility: there are abundant number of tall ladders lying around for those who are more adventurous, outside the entrance there are hand washing stations and portables. These I generally avoid, I often took care of my business at the McDonalds on 2351 Balfour road or at 7455 brentwood Blvd. Price: $3.5 / lb, reasonable and comparable to other places Staff: generally friendly and somewhat helpful. Would return again. read more

This is my first time cherry picking and it was great! Cherry season starts in May and coming on a Sunday which also happened to be Mother's Day was packed with a LOT of people. After reading some of the previous reviews, I figured coming early is definitely worth it. We arrived at 11am and I was super surprised the parking lot area was nearly maxed. (Not much of a parking area except just parking on dirt/grass). After parking you have to sign a liability form (no charge), because the farm has ladders...yup ladders for climbing up them and picking the cherries from the top of the trees. That's fun! Probably around 1 hour later, we ate and gathered 3lbs of cherries in a large bucket. Not to mention the cherries are super sweet, and I ate a good handful of them :-) which is allowed. The price is $3.50/lb...but is it worth it? Definitely. It's a good day's outing and fun to do. read more

Maggiore Ranches - One of the many cherry trees. - Fruits & Veggies Near Me - Byron, California

Excellent ranch for cherry picking. Very sweet cherries and this was on the way to Brentwood. Usually, there is too much traffic getting into Brentwood. This place in Byron is about 8 miles south and was convenient to get to. Plenty of cherry trees and the parking lot was spacious. Only problem is that this place is cash or check only. So, givinng it 4 stars, given it was inconvenient to drive up to a nearby ATM to withdraw cash for cherry picking (nearby Valero charged $3 for cash withdrawal). read more

This is a huge place, with rows and rows of cherry trees, each bursting with pounds of cherries. The parking lot can look full, but there is an abundance of shiny red cherries. The fruit is at all levels. Even toddlers can reach fruit and put it in the bucket. Big people can also climb ladders to get to the dark sweet ones. We've had good luck at this place the past few years. The downside is that it is extremely popular, so there are lots of like-minded families crowding into the parking lot and queuing up for buckets. It would also be nice if they allowed picnics. If you are looking to spend a morning wandering through an orchard, filling up a bucket of cherries, and getting in some photo ops, this fits the bill. read more

Put the right address. Goodness!!! 2251 Camino Diablo Brentwood, CA 94513 United States read more

Because of severe drought, this 2014 cherry picking season costs $3.50 per pound at this location. Kind of pricey, but if you go early enough (we went at 10am), you beat the crowd to get to the best cherries and beat the afternoon heat! Some types of cherries aren't fully ready to harvest yet so make sure to ask the people who work there for details. Surprisingly, they rounded down the weight of the cherries. I don't have any complaints about this place. The fruit growth isn't under their control and the service was great! read more

My growing family has gone cherry-picking in Brentwood each year since 2009, and we often change up which farm we visit. I'm told that this year cherry season hit early, and was a diminished crop. Last night I double-checked the farm I had planned for us to visit this morning and all seemed well. We got there and I noticed "cherries" missing from the sign listing available fruit for u-pick. I asked the people working there and they said they were completely cleaned out yesterday!!! They suggested I just keep driving down the road (Walnut) and look for places that had u-pick cherry signs posted. Kids were a touch grumbly, but we got back in the car and within a couple of minutes found Maggiore. The friendly guy directing us to park said they just opened a new section and had plenty of great cherries. And they DID. My three young kids had a fantastic time "finding" cherries (yeah, they were everywhere) and we didn't need to use ladders at all. (It did concern me a little to see so many ladders out -- I don't recall that from many other farms we've visited -- but fortunately we told the kids not to climb them and they miraculously listened to us.) They had trees marked with red or blue so you know which kind of cherries were growing on them (but um, I was wrangling kids while they told my husband the names)--I believe it was coral and brooks, but I could be wrong on the second one. My husband said something about a third variety but I don't think we saw it. The vast majority of cherries we found were plump and dark and perfect. Everyone had a blast and I only wish it took longer than 30 minutes to collect 15 lbs, because the kids definitely wanted to stay longer and pick more! All the staff were friendly and helpful and I have no complaints. Oh - and still $2.50 per pound; I've noticed some other farms have gone up to $2.95/lb. read more

Honestly, this is the only place I come to go cherry picking. I've been to other places before, but nothing beats the hometown feel and the friendly customer service. In my opinion, they've got the best selection of cherries in Brentwood, but you've got to come here right when the season starts. I've come a bit too late in the season and pickings were slim, but still a lot more then most other places. Prices here are very reasonable. In my opinion, best prices for quality cherries you're going to find. I've left here before with 10lbs of cherries and a summer filled with happiness. Nothing beats fresh picked cherries. read more

Yesterday we stopped at Maggiore Cherry Ranch and picked......drum roll please......cherries! After Memorial Day weekend most of the farms are pretty much all picked out but we were still able to find 13 pounds worth - that's $26 worth of cherries! Can anyone say cherry pie, frozen cherries, cherry juice, cherry jam? hmmmm what else. Anyway we were really happy to finally try the infamous corral champagne cherries which were actually not coral colored at all and so kind of disappointing but we found a few trees with rainier and that made us real happy. We also found a few trees that were half rainier and half a dark red type of cherry. That was very strange. read more

Ok, so being a SoCal girl from Ventura County, it was all about the beautiful delicious strawberries that were grown locally. I don't recall eating many cherries and the ones I did were just meh. Fast forward to living in the Bay Area, a good friend took me cherry picking for the first time at Maggiore Ranch a few years back. What were these gems of pure heaven and where have they been all my life?? In that moment, a new annual love affair took hold of my life... The ranch itself is the smaller of the two Maggiore farms. We prefer this one as it is away from all of the other farms in Brentwood...it can get really busy over there. It is very peaceful and I love going deep into the orchard and getting in my cherry picking zone. It's a nice way to escape and clear your mind for awhile...very therapeutic. I have also tried the other farms in Brentwood but they just don't compare. The two varieties that they have are Brooks and Corals...hands down the best cherries ever! Large, firm, juicy and sweet...just perfect. Now the tricky part is that you only have a 2-3 week window for these suckers. You need to call the recorded line starting at the end of April to find out when the opening day will be. If this is yet undetermined, keep calling each week. We usually go opening weekend then proceed to go into a panic as we feel that we didn't get enough cherries...Lol. This leads us to do a follow up visit the next weekend in the hopes that there are still some left. Yes, we're a little cherry crazy over here! Tips: -The past couple seasons have been light so get there on opening day. -Arrive early to avoid the traffic and the heat. -This year's price was $3.50/lb. It went up from previous years but still worth it. read more

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So we went cherry picking for the first time and we LOVED it god knows how many cherries we ate while filling up our bucket but we did go home with 8lbs worth of cherries and at $2.50lb it wasn't to bad ,we had so much fun picking cherries and watching other people have a good time, we saw lots of children running around and smiling and families picnicking it was nice and we will definitely be going back soon =] . read more

Delicious cherries. Plump and dark. They aren't as sweet as I would have liked but they are sweet and tart and that's good (sometimes) too. I don't know what other reviewers said regarding mushy cherries, but as it's a u-pick location, you get to decide what kind of cherries you take home/pick from the tree. Will be back for more cherries when i finish these delicious suckers i got this week! Must try! read more

Address is wrong both here and in the comments. One takes you to a different farm. The other takes you to a ranch not open for upick. Where is it? I just went to chavez cherries, and it was great read more

Yum yum!! The cherries here are fantastic, firm, large and sweet. The branches were full of ripe dark red cherries, we only went to about 5 trees and picked an amazing 28 pounds. We will definitely return here next year or in a couple weeks!! read more

Delicious, huge juicy cherries. My friend told me about this place. So glad we went. Worth the drive, in my opinion. Lots of parking. Can get a little crowded, but there is nothing like California's stone fruit- especially when it is tree ripened. Bring cash. No CC for cherry payment. read more

Simply the sweetest, biggest cherries! We go every year! They have many kinds of cherries but I always go for the black ones in the older trees. read more

We've been coming here 2 years running. There are signs for the other u-picks but I know where to head-RIGHT here. Bountiful to pick (but I went on the second day of the season, a Saturday). Prices are good (considering you spend some time sampling too). We were done in one hour and 23 lbs of cherries...Still eating (this is 1.5 weeks in) and they are just as delicious and fresh now! At the facilities, they have portable bathrooms and portable hand wash stations. Decent parking on the dirt road, so you shouldn' keep your windows partially ajar unless you like dust in your car. read more

I've been going to this place for the past 6 years and I'll continue to go! Their cherries are always huge and sweet Parking is free and easy. See you again next year! read more

For starters, this ranch is not at the intersection of Walnut and Balfour. Since we had to ask the locals (and some still didn't know), I thought I would save people the trouble of wasting time driving around. The ranch is on Walnut Blvd away from the Balfour/Walnut intersection shopping center and residential homes. We went there on the second day they opened and many of the trees were already picked over. We went all the way to the back and must have tried cherries from at least 10 trees. More than half of these trees produced cherries that were not as crunchy and sweet as from last year but I assume it must be from the drought. But the trees that a produced the good ones, I can only say, "Yummy!" They were crunchy and sweet... Even over a week, the cherries have still maintained their texture (make sure you know how to store them correctly in the fridge). All in all, I would say this place does have good cherries. Just make sure to try cherries from each tree, even if they look the same. For $3.50/lb, it was worth every penny! read more

Found tons of great cherries, very sweet. Bought at least 3 times more than I was planning. Thanks for a great 2014 season. 1 star missing for no raniers read more

My friends and I drove up to Brentwood this Saturday to pick some fresh Bing cherries. When we got there we were told that we cannot pick Bing cherries so we picked Champagne cherries instead. The cherries were really good--big, juicy, sweet and dark red. I had such a great time climbing up the ladder and the tree to pick these juicy, ripe and delicious cherries. Between my friend and I we picked 16 lbs worth of cherries and who knows how many pounds we consumed while picking it. The pricing is very cheap too $2.00/pound and the quality is excellent. Lucky for us the weather was not too hot and there was a breeze. I will definitely come back next time to pick the Bing cherries since I need time to recover from picking my own cherries. read more

We tried to go there Sunday, May 17. What a mess. Maggiore was closed, had been picked out or something. That was understandable. What was unacceptable was the parking guy waving the flag. He stood there at the entrance and waved his orange flag at people in this mean way, not explaining anything. He created a HUGE traffic jam with his antics. Each car would get to the driveway, try to pull into the parking lot, and this guy would wave his orange flag, and occasionally yell "NO!" or "CLOSED!" though it was clear that there were plenty of pickers in the parking lot, and empty spaces to park. We parked on the other side of the road like lots of other people, figuring the parking lot was full. Then I stood by my car trying to figure out what was going on. As family after family would cross the road to walk in, he would wave his flag in their face, yell "Closed!" at them. It was only when somebody asked him a question that he yelled "We are CLOSED! We might open again in 2 hours" that it finally made sense. If he had told cars that as they drove up, or had a SIGN that said that, it would have prevented or reduced the huge traffic jam he was creating. And he acted racist. Any Asian family was shouted at "CLOSED!" without any other explanation. He seemed to assume that Asian="can't speak english". He was yelling at them, standing in front of them, and waving that stupid orange flag as if it explained everything. We drove on, got to Nunn Better. They were also closed but at least those women were super polite and helpful and suggested other places that still had cherries. We ended up at Lopez Ranch after way too much time stuck in traffic. My suggestion is to go Saturday, not Sunday, and go EARLY. And avoid the angry traffic guy at Maggiore. read more

Due to the drought the cherries arent that great this year. The cherries are pretty small, mushy and not as crunchy as it was years before. The price is 3.50/lb for the cherries which is pricier than the last time I was here again due to the drought. read more

I saw this on CBS-5 last week and this is a great place to pick the cherries for the pies and jams to be made soon. Most of the good cherries have been picked already, but there are plentiful. It's $2/lb and my co-workers had a great time. Drink plenty of water as it tends to get hotter than hades in this place. They have boxes, but it is wise to get some ice to layer it on your bings. Keep them cool or they will break. I haven't gone cherry picking in 20+ years, and it is definitely fun. read more

What a Funtime for the family! We found a spot where the crowd wasn't and picked away on a few trees. Even our almost 2 year old daughter was able to pick the low hanging fruit and have fun. We'll be back next year for sure. read more

We love going cherry picking at least one day during the memorial day weekend. We came to this farm last year and the family just loved it. We enjoyed it just as much this year as well. The cherries we picked were so sweet and fresh and the weather was just perfect as well. We did have to walk a little further inside this year since the cherries in the trees towards the beginning of the farm had already been picked. But we still did get a good share of a lot of cherries so the long drive all the way there was absolutely worth it! Also, the girls in the front who gave us instructions as well as who weighed our bucket were all very friendly and courteous. We'll definitely go back there next year again. read more

This place is abysmal. Rules are everywhere about what you can't do. They pick all the good cherries for themselves. Then they give you some vague directions to the cherry labyrinth about where the ripe cherries are located. It was picked pretty clean before we got there today on the 11th. The joy was sucked out of our experience. I will never go back. I think they are the descendants of Benito Mussolini. read more

We picked cherries there this morning and they are very good. They are nearly as big as the Utah Giants sold by DC's Extraordinary Cherries. Pick from the trees with the blue colored ring, and choose the dark ones. They are charging $2.25/pound during the week and $2.50 weekends. Varieties are Coral and Brook. We found no evidence of rain damage despite the wetness of the year. The farmer said it was because they have had relatively little rain this year. It is supposed to rain for the next three days, and I hope the cherries survive. read more

convenient location. friendly people. we hit it up toward the end of the season. Will probably try to visit earlier in the season next year. read more

Went cherry picking today! It was very busy but they have folks directing traffic and the staff is very friendly. The orchards were wonderful but you'll want to find a ladder to get the giant, juicy cherries at the tops of the trees! Lots of people and fewer cherries than normal... read more