We Want Your Fruit!

Hi there, We’d love your fruit! We accept almost everything: ALL apples (including crab and ornamental), grapes, cherries, apricots, plums, berries, and more. Last year, we collected over 60,000 pounds! We don’t accept saskatoons or rhubarb. 

Picking & Delivery:
If you can pick and deliver your fruit, that helps us the most — and we pay for it! We pay the same prices to you that we pay local farmers (prices are set in July each year ). Payment is by e-transfer 2ish weeks after delivery or in cider when it's ready the spring after harvest - up to you how you want to get paid. 

We do our best to pick fruit ourselves, but we have over 500 households that request picking every year and we cannot make it to everyone. We do keep a list but we get busy quickly, usually by mid August we only make it to about 10% of the trees on our list. We always try our best to pick everything but we can’t guarantee anything. You might also ask a neighbour or family member for help. If we do pick the fruit ourselves we do not offer to pay. 

Not sure when your apple tree is ripe? Look for brown seeds! White seeds mean it still has a ways to go :). The best way to pick apples? Shake the branches over a tarp! 

Fruit Drop-Off Details:

  • Use any containers you like (boxes, buckets and bins are best, garden bags are ok, plastic bags are not ideal). 

  • We don’t accept moldy fruit or apples with broken skin. No sticks or leaves. Bruises on apples are fine!

  • When dropping off, you will need to fill out a short form with your contact info and you may need to wait for staff. You may need to help our staff transfer your fruit into our containers. You will keep your own containers. Your help and your patience is appreciated! 

Payment Rates:

  • Most apples & pears: set in July

  • Specialty apples (Dolgo & Kerr):set in July

  • Grapes: set in July

  • Cherries, apricots, currants, plums, most berries: set in July

  • We do not pay for fruit we deem unusable

  • e transfers are sent on a schedule every 2 weeks 

New This Year:
We now accept frozen cherries, berries, and grapes in ziplock bags! Please remove leaves — pits are fine. No need to wash anything before freezing. 

Drop-Off Location:
Low Life Barrelhouse
398 Daly St N, Winnipeg, MB
R3L 2K6

Fruit Receiving Times:

  • Mon–Tues: 10am–2pm (book in advance)

  • Wed–Thurs: 5pm–9pm

  • Fri: 2:30pm–9pm

  • Sat: 12:30pm–9pm (CHECK TAPROOM CLOSURES ) 

  • Sun: 2:30pm–7pm

If you need us to pick, please contact us about 1-2 weeks before you need your tree picked and provide your name, address, phone number, and neighbourhood. We cannot guarantee we will make it.

Thanks again — we really appreciate your support!

Jesse Oberman

Next Friend Cider