Cabalo's Orchard & Gardens

Our take

What the record actually confirms

Cabalo’s Orchard & Gardens is a ten-acre family operation in Kuna, Idaho, southwest of Boise in Ada County — a different part of the Treasure Valley than the Emmett cluster that dominates much of this Idaho research batch. The Cabalo family grows tree fruit and vegetables using pesticide-free methods, according to the sources checked, which sets it apart from the more conventional commercial orchards found elsewhere in the area. Six apple varieties are named: Red Delicious, Golden Delicious, Gala, Honeycrisp, Criterion, and Jonathan. That’s a notably wide lineup for a ten-acre operation, and Criterion in particular is a name that doesn’t appear at any other orchard in this research pass — it’s a yellow apple sometimes described as a cross involving Golden Delicious, though the record itself doesn’t provide any description beyond the name.

Pesticide-free, not necessarily certified organic

It’s worth being precise about the pesticide-free claim here, since the wording matters. The sources describe the orchard as growing pesticide-free, but nothing in the record indicates a formal organic certification, which is a distinct and more rigorously audited standard. A visitor who cares specifically about certified-organic status should ask directly rather than assume pesticide-free growing automatically means certified organic — those are related but not identical claims, and conflating them would overstate what the record actually supports.

A six-day-a-week… actually four-day window

Despite being open most of the week by some standards, Cabalo’s schedule as reported is Thursday through Sunday only — Thursday, Friday, and Saturday from 9am to 6pm, and Sunday from 1pm to 6pm. That leaves Monday through Wednesday closed, according to the sources checked. Anyone planning an early-week visit to this part of Ada County would need to adjust their plans or wait for the Thursday opening.

An unconfirmed source, worth flagging

Unlike some other orchards in this file where the operator’s own website was read directly and quoted, Cabalo’s information here comes from directory and search sources describing the orchard, while cabalosorchard.com itself — though located — was not directly fetched to confirm the details. That distinction matters: hours, hours specifically, should be treated as approximate rather than locked in, since they weren’t confirmed against a current, farm-owned page. The same caution applies to the exact address; while a specific street address (2087 W King Rd) is given, it hasn’t been independently verified against a mapping service.

What’s still missing

No pricing information was found for any of the six apple varieties, and there is no confirmed 2026 season start or end date — a real gap for anyone trying to time a visit around peak ripeness for a specific variety like Honeycrisp versus a later one like Jonathan. There’s also nothing in the record about parking, accessibility, or payment methods.

Bottom line

Cabalo’s Orchard & Gardens offers something genuinely different from the Emmett cluster dominating this Idaho batch: a smaller, pesticide-free family operation with an unusually diverse six-variety lineup, including a rare Criterion planting. But because the orchard’s own website wasn’t directly read during this research pass, the hours, address, and complete absence of pricing information mean a phone call to 208-922-3301 is the responsible next step before making the drive to Kuna.