Welcome to
Penryn Orchard Specialties

Our orchard is small but incredibly diverse. This biodiversity creates
year-round habitat and food sources for beneficial insects, birds, lizards, and frogs, all allies in sustainable farming.
The trees are interplanted rather than in blocks,
hampering the spread of disease and confusing the pests
(as well as the farmer).

We grow nine varieties of Asian pears, four varieties of European pears, six kinds of apples, eight different types of persimmons, figs, cherries, mandarins, clementines, kiwis, lemons, feijoas, plums, grapes, pecans, almonds, peaches, nectarines, and pomegranates, and we make traditional Hoshigaki,
all on under five acres. This doesn't count the hedgerows and Laurence's vegetable and herb gardens.

We use Integrated Pest Management techniques and careful handling to bring you the most flavorful fruit possible while maintaining a healthy environment and nurturing beneficials. The principle: farm in partnership with nature, standing ready to address disease or pest imbalances when necessary.
For more information, please visit our sustainablity page.

We sell our fruit at the Santa Monica Farmers Market every Wednesday from late July to January.
In season, we also accept shipping orders for hoshigaki and for satsuma mandarins. We also turn our prunings into Fruitwood Smoke Chips that will add fabulous flavor to your gas grill, BBQ or Smoker.

Below is the current list of our crop-bearing trees and vines, in approximate order of appearance throughout the year. Click on the links for more details of each fruit's personality.

Thank you for your support,
Jeff and Laurence (AKA the French Girl)

Cherries: Bing, Lambert (May)

Feijoas (pineapple guavas): Blossoms in spring, fruit in fall

Figs: Mission, Celestial, fig leaves

Plums: Santa Rosa, Howards Miracle, Satsuma, Elephant Heart

Peaches: O'Henry, Goldmine nectarines, Rio Oso Gem, Indian Blood

Grapes: Black Corinth, Ruby, Black Monukka, Chasselas Dore, Muscat Hamburg, Muscat Alexandria

European pears: Bartlett, Forelle, Comice, Golden Russet Bosc

Asian Pears: Kosui, Hosui, Shinseiki,Yali, 20th Century, Kikusui,Tsu-li, Cho Juro, Shinko

Apples: Crispin, Golden Delicious, Red Delicious, Fuji, Arkansas Black, Granny Smith

Pomegranates: Wonderful

Nuts: Hard-shelled almonds, American Native Pecans

Persimmons: Tsurunoko, Gosho, Fuyu, Maru, Hyakume, Hachiya,Tamopan, Tanenashi, Hoshigaki

Kiwi: Hayward and Bruno

Citrus:Satsumas mandarins, Eureka Lemons, Algerian Clementines