Satsumas

Satsumas

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Brickyard Point Farms is primarily a pecan farm that produces eight different varieties of pecans.  Our most popular types are: Schley, Cape Fear, Desirable, and Stuarts. The pecan harvest starts about the third week in October and normally runs through late November.  After years of considerable deliberation, we have decided to only sell pecans shelled.  In-shell sales can often produce a less than desirable product for the customer. Our shelled pecans are inspected and reinspected to ensure only the best possible product is delivered to our customers.

Lemon processing

Lemon processing

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We also have several different types of pears for sale.  The season for them starts between the first and second week of August and continues through the end of September.  Types that are most requested are our Asian and Kiefer pears.  We have three different types of Asian pear.  Additionally, we have an excellent cooking pear that is sold to the restaurants in Charleston, through our food hub, Grow Food Carolina.

Our persimmons come due around the middle of October and last until late November.  Currently, we only sell a large, astringent persimmon. The variety is called Hachiya.  It is sold once the fruit reaches its full color yet is still firm.  Once it becomes soft the pulp is used for cooking and provides an excellent, high antioxidant source of nutrition. 

We still have a few pomegranate bushes left on the farm.  Previous hurricanes have reduced the number of bushes.  They become ripe in mid August and are pretty much done by the end of September.  The primary variety on the farm is called Wonderful.  It is a large pomegranate that produces a tangy flavor.

In late November and early December our citrus comes due.  We have Improved Myers lemons, Satumas (tangerines), grapefruit and two superior types of navel oranges (Washington and Blood). The lemons come in a bit earlier than the other citrus but most are available throughout December.  We also have Valencia oranges that are a later crop that ripens in January.

The pricing for all of our products is competitive with local markets and grocery stores.  We have diligently tried to keep our prices constant and reasonable throughout the past years regardless of continual rising overhead costs.

In 2018 we installed three arrays of solar panels in an attempt to reduce electric costs associated with irrigation and pecan processing equipment. This in turn should help reduce overhead and the need to raise prices.