Pease Ranch

We came here a few years ago and the cherries were plentiful. It must be the end of the season as we just went this morning and it was a bit limited. They have cassidy and rainer cherries. Not a ton left. Price seems the same as elsewhere ($ 3.50/lb). They also had berry picking — logan, black and olallie. That’s a cool option to be able to do both in one place. They had clean looking picnic tables off the parking lot and their portapotties were actually not terrible. We drove 90 mins to Brentwood to get cherries so unfortunately picked just a few pounds here and then headed to a different farm to gather more. Nice folks working at Pease Ranch.

Pease Ranch is a great place to go cherry picking with the kids. It was our first time here and will definitely come back. I would suggest calling ahead to make sure what their hours of operations are and if there are fruits to pick. We live in the South Bay so wanted to make sure before we drove up.
It is very clean, the staff were friendly and parking is right on the farm. They provide the buckets and boxes/​bags for your cherries, have a good amount of ladders throughout the orchard, a sink to wash, portable potties and a picnic area. The picnic area is shady with tables and chairs and has a nearby garbage can. You can relax after the hard work and munch on the cherries and have nice lunch there.
Our kids had a great time picking cherries, seeing the big tortoise and the pack of roosters and enjoyed their picnic. I highly recommend this place.

2014 is the worst season for cherries. Pease Ranch, like the rest of the cherry farms, have less than 50% of their usual crop. It’s unfortunate because cherries are so darn tasty! With that in mind, my family still drove out to Brentwood for the experience. We originally planned on going to a different farm, but they had closed early when we arrived, so we continued driving down Marsh Road with hopes of finding someone open. As I drove pass Pease Ranch and took a double take at another family in between the cherry trees, and I quickly spun the car around and entered the farm.
The owners were nice and very honest with their crop. They actually have quite a variety of cherries on the farm and although they just opened, not even 2 weeks ago, the early varieties were almost done. All of their trees are color coordinated and listed at the counter so check it out before picking. We arrived just a week too early for their Bing and Rainier variety, which should be ready to pick the week after Memorial Day weekend. We were driven around by the younger gentleman in their go cart to certain parts of their farm. At first he drove us to the front lot where very limited coral champagne cherries were, so he decided to bring us to the back where their Chinook variety were ready for the pickin’. He was so great with my little 6 year old and made his day by zipping around the farm at a high speed– my son said it was like being in a real video game. :)
The cherries were not in their usual clusters and poking out of the leaves, but instead were tucked under them, which made the picking more like a treasure hunt instead. We still had a great time picking the Chinook cherries and got 3 ¾ lbs. of them. We would have picked more but at 3:15 (just 45 mins. after arrival) we were told to leave because the farm had to close early. I wish they had told us they were closing earlier than usual so we could have picked the cherries faster instead of taking our time. I really wanted at least 7 lbs so I could give some away and make a few pies for Memorial Day weekend. Regardless, we still had a wonderful time being out there in the country and enjoyed walking up and down the rows of trees. Idk, we might just have to come back next weekend for Bing cherries. :)
*they also had olallie and logan berries to pick but we just didn’t have time to pick any.

Bad! Bad! Bad customer service! Will never come back again!!! The owner was so rude!

What a wonderful morning of cherry picking, well worth the drive from the bay area… The Pease family runs the show and they were so kind and helpful. We were greeted by a grandson in the parking lot and met the grandfather in the fields who gave us a little history on the ranch. Not an expected experience and one that we will remember. Thank you so much… oh and the cherries…

First time cherry picking and we went to Pease Farm — had a blast! They had a good variety of cherries other than Bing and Rainer. From the entrance tent, hang a left and go to the back for the sweetest cherries. They have some shaded picnic tables to bring some lunch! Other than 2 porta potties (that needed a good hosing down) there are no toilet facilities.
We paid for a 12 pounds of cherries but upon weighing them \when we got home it only amounted to 10 pounds. And yes, they do «subtract» the weight of the buckets. All in all, the cherries came out to $ 2.75/pound versus the advertised $ 2.25. In essence they add a pound per person — which is probably what we «tasted» anyway while picking fruit!
4 stars for the quality of the cherries and the grounds. 2 stars for the dubious weighing system. I averaged those scores to a 3 star rating.
I still think it’s a good deal and a fun day.
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For those that are curious — I weighed the cherries on a kitchen scale and on 2 separate regular scales. My review stands.

**HIGHLY DISAPPOINTED IN THE SERVICE.
I would not recommend this place solely based on their customer service.
No one comes all the way to Brentwood to pick cherries because you just want to eat cherries, you come for the EXPERIENCE.
We started out the day with parking our car and finding our friends. We had 9 people coming, and went to the counter to ask for several buckets. They made us share buckets because they were running out, understandable.
We spend 2 hours picking cherries and finally get to the counter to pay for everything. Being 3 separate households, we wanted to divide the cherries at the counter and pay for whatever we were bringing home individually. There was no one in line behind us, but they MADE US COMBINE OUR CHERRIES AND PAY TOGETHER.
Following that, they gave us 1 paper bag for our 7 ¾ lbs of cherries + 2 tiny bags, and REFUSED to give us any more bags or a larger bag. When we approached several different people at the counter to ask for the bags, they were rude about it. I’m a smart girl, I would’ve understood if they gave us some sort of cost analysis or an explanation of why they couldn’t give us more bags. Instead, we got passed around to two other ladies who told each other not to give us any more bags as if we weren’t standing right there. The funny thing is that the bags we wanted were given to other people who bought much less than we did, even as the three of us divided our pickings.
If I just wanted to eat cherries, I would go to the grocery store.
I had a blast with my friends, but NO THANKS to coming here again.
You can see that I’m pretty fair with my ratings. Out of 217 reviews, this is 1 of 12 that received ONE star from me. That must say a lot for this place.

After driving around to sooo many different orchards, we finally found one that still had cherries available! SCORE!
FRUITS
We only looked at the cherries at this orchard. Rainier and Bing cherries were abundant. Not as big as I’d hoped, but we found a couple trees that still had sweet fruit so we loaded up. My nieces and nephews had fun climbing the trees (but shh… you’re not really supposed to do that!)
ATMOSPHERE
I’m not sure if it’s the spacing of the trees or the size of them, but this was a much SHADIER (in a good way) orchard! Compared to Bacchini’s, we were melting under the sun but here we were able to find shade easily.
PRICE
Comparable to other orchards; $ 2.50/lb. Got a couple lbs of cherries for $ 5 and they were really yummy after you chill them in the fridge!
PARKING
There’s a guy directing traffic for parking, so it’s not a mad house. In order to exit, you have to drive through the edge of the orchard, making it a bumpy but fun ride out.
Coming back here next year to load up on cherries!

Went first to Bacchini’s fruit tree for other fruits then stopped here around 1115a today on a Saturday. Starting to get crowded, but not too crazy yet. Lots of picnickers under cherry trees! Will try that next time ;) Lots of cherries, first time cherry picking so took a while to figure out there were many different varieties, I think only found 4 of the many many varieties. Like the Cassidy! Lots of low branches where the kids had a great time picking with their little buckets– a huge place with abundant clusters on many trees.
We asked a employee about where the berries were (few varieties too). He told us where they were, offered a ride in his golf cart, but advised us it wasn’t the best pick by the time we got there, and being the weekend (best time to pick cherries during midweek) and the kids would probably not enjoy it too much, so we didn’t end up picking berries this trip. Had a good time, not too hot yet, but wind starting to get allergies going, so we headed home. Fun trip, would definitely come again.

Cherry picking with the fam bam and thanks to Unilocal,we went to Pease Ranch in Brentwood. First of all let me just say, Brentwood is far. I didn’t realize that it is a good hour drive from Fremont. Tip: Leave early because Pease Ranch opens early and it gets busy… FAST. We finished our cherry picking at about 10:30 am and there was already a substantial line for buckets and the port-​a-​potty. That’s right, no public restroom here, so if you have «issues» with port-a-potties…better have a strong bladder because the closest public restroom is on the other end of Vasco Road. That is a good 30 minute drive without traffic.
Suggestion to Pease Ranch: Limit 1 bucket per family. You won’t run out of buckets so fast. :)
Cherries were hit or miss on sweetness. I think it maybe still early in the season AND the weather has been pretty funky this year. You had to get lucky and find a «good tree», but there were A LOT of them to find. The bigger sized cherries were closer to the top, but there were plenty of ladders, so it was really how much you wanted to work for it. We had a blast!!! It was my kids’ first time cherry picking and I haven’t been since I was a kid myself!
The hardest part was navigating the parking lot on the way out. It was very crowded and it baffles my mind how many parents let their little ones, and I’m talking 1 — 3 year olds, just wander aimlessly around darting in front of moving cars and they don’t even care! Thank GOD the hubby is super cautious because 2 little ones darted out in front of our car and I didn’t see their mom or dad anywhere. Unbelievable!!! Be careful out there, and please… hold your kids, there are plenty of cherries and it would really spoil your family outing if somthing happened to your child because you were engrossed in cherry picking.
All in all, great cherry picking experience at Pease Ranch.

We were just there on Saturday ⁵⁄₁₉. I think the cherry season had just started about a week ago so cherries were not quite sweet yet. Rainier cherries not ready for picking either so that was a bummer. same pricing for all cherries @ $ 2.25/lb. that’s a steal for rainier, that is, if they still have some:) no minimum purchase ($ 20 min if paying with a credit card though)
They have about 6 – 8 picnic tables under the shaded trees so that it a plus.
Would probably come back to pick rainier cherries, my favorite. You should call the ranch to ask which cherry is in season first!

$ 2 a pound for 7 different types of cherries.
rainier, bing, cassidy, van, utah giant, chelan, chinook.
they have ladders set up for you, as well as buckets for you to take. and bags for you to take home.
get there EARLY… it gets pretty crazy and people start to pour in around 11… so if you’d like to beat the crowd, get there before 10 for sure.

Abundance of cherries at a great price! $ 2 a pound.
Plan a picnic around it. Bring your blanket and lunch and sit under a cherry tree. :)

I have to say my family and I love this place!
Been up here a couple times during the season and each time they had different cherries that were ripe. ^_​^
On our last visit, their Cassidy, Bing, and Rainier varieties were ripe for picking. I love Cassidy and Rainieirs! The cherries are amazingly sweet and huge!
The trees are very low with tons of fruit. My two kids have a blast here everytime we come (7yrs old and 1.5 yrs old). The 7 yr old never wants to leave even if we’re there for 6 hours. =)
They have a nice parking lot, half of the spaces are shaded by trees and the other half exposed to the sun. I think they have about 8 picnic benches there.
We usually pack a nice picnic when we go up there. They allow you to picnic in the orchard as well as the picnic site. We would bring our blankets while we are in the orchard. After about 1.5 hours of cherry picking, we would spread out under a tree to rest and enjoy the sun and cherries. We would continue to pick for another hour or so before we finish. We would end up with about 16 pounds of cherries by the end of the day.
After we have paid ($ 2/​pound), we would set up our picnic in the picnic area and relax.
My daughter loves to look at the chickens when we’re there. She would visit them at the beginning and also at the end. ^_​^
4.5 stars rounded up. If they had real bathrooms instead of portable potties, it would be 5 stars.

This was fun! Tons of cherry trees and the cherries were sweet and yummy (although they all tasted the same after eating 1lb worth? haha) They were selling $ 2/​lb if you pick your own cherries and free for the ones you eat at the ranch. You don’t need to bring a bucket as they provide small, medium, and large buckets for your picking pleasures. They have a small picnic area for you to sit down, have a picnic (bring your own food), and chill. They also had a small chicken pen and a small tortoise house– kinda cool in a random sorta way :) Open everyday until 5pm. Cash only.

Everyone here is super friendly, and there were plenty of cherries available to be picked. (Not too crowded, picked beginning of May). Didn’t had a lot of variety but a couple of types. Charged $ 2 a pound.
If you go up Vasco, be careful. Gets windy and the road is windy.
They also have a bunch of chickens. One of my friends fed them a cherry and they went crazy.

Man, this place holds so many memories of my family.
I remember coming to this place with my mom, dad, aunts, uncles, cousins. Almost everybody on my dad’s side of the family. Us kids would go around scared shitless and trying to get black cherries here because they we’re the best. Some people gave no mercy when it came to those cherries man.
It was pretty cool there, I think they charged something like $ 1-​$ 2 dollars a pound for bing cherries. We would come home with BUCKETS of them.
I wanna come here again with my kids. Shits gonna be a yearly tradition.

We went to DC cherries last year, about a week earlier. We decided to try this place this year.
Likes– they have a lot of cherry varieties here (Utah, Cassidy, etc), and they also have berries for sale– though you better get here early if you want them because they sell out in the first few hours after opening. I also like that they have a place where you can wash your hands by where you check out.
Dislikes– maybe it was just the timing, but they ran out of buckets, so we had to wait to get some to use. They had a ton of Rainier cherries and not so many bings. Since bings are the sweetest this was a let down. Also– someone said you don’t need a ladder here– that’s not true at all– we had to use a ladder for most of our picking.
So, comparison to DC
Less sweet cherries
but they have more trees and their trees have more fruit
they have picnic tables but they are crowded– so be sure to being a mat to sit on underneath a tree
Bring your own buckets so you don’t have to worry about them running out– you can always use them as chairs too
Go the weekend before or after Memorial Day– it will be less crowded and you’ll get better cherries
Like many of the places– cash only and $ 2 a pound

We returned again this year… only at the beginning of the season this time. Cherries are still $ 2 a pound this year. A real deal and they don’t spray them for pests. The berries (logan, olalliberry and blackberry) will be ready next week. We also enjoyed a picnic at the tables in the shade and let the kiddos run around making it a perfect day!

Today was the first day of cherry picking… what a glorious day it was! Sunny and 78 degrees in beautiful Brentwood.
I love the scale of this place… easy parking, access to the counter, and picnic tables. They will have berries later in the season… yum!
Lots of low fruit for the kiddies to *harvest*…and plenty of good fruit for the adults to reach, too! No ladders required, yet!
$ 2 bucks a pound… and worth every penny!