Morning Shade Farm

Our take

The short version

Morning Shade Farm is best known locally for blueberries, according to the research notes, but the record confirms a genuine u-pick apple, pear, plum, and grape orchard operating alongside that reputation — priced by the pound, open weekends only, and running, per the farm’s own /ripe/ page, through the end of September. That closing date is worth taking seriously: if apples specifically are your goal, this is one of the few orchards in the dataset with an explicit, farm-stated cutoff rather than an open-ended fall season.

A real deadline, not a vague estimate

The record’s season_end field is set to 2026-09-30, based directly on the farm’s own /ripe/ page stating u-pick fruit runs “through the end of September.” That’s more specific than most of the other Oregon orchards in this dataset, many of which give no end date at all. One caveat: the page itself didn’t explicitly state the year, so 2026 is assumed from context rather than printed outright. Still, if you’re weighing this orchard against others with vaguer fall windows, Morning Shade gives you the clearest deadline to plan around — just don’t expect to find apples here in October.

A small, genuine pricing incentive to pick your own

The record confirms $1.50/lb for u-pick orchard fruit — apples, pears, plums, and grapes all included at that rate — versus $1.70/lb for the same apples bought already picked at the farm stand. That’s a modest but real 20-cent-per-pound reward for doing the picking yourself, a clearer and more direct pricing structure than many orchards offer. If you’re bringing kids who want the picking experience anyway, this is one of the few records where that choice also saves you a little money.

An unusual variety name, left as printed

The record names the apple variety here as “Wyanochke or Harel Red” — an unusual, oddly phrased name read directly off the farm’s own page. It could not be independently verified against standard apple cultivar naming, and rather than guess at a correction or drop it entirely, the name is reproduced exactly as the farm itself printed it. If you’re curious what this variety actually is, asking directly at the farm (503-651-2622) is probably more reliable than trying to match it to a known cultivar from this record alone.

Weekend-only, with more than just fruit on the property

Days open are limited to Saturday and Sunday, 9am to 3pm — a tighter window than daily-open orchards, and worth building into weekend-only travel plans. Beyond the orchard itself, the record lists a plant nursery and an event venue among the property’s activities, suggesting Morning Shade functions as more than a single-purpose fruit stop; if you’re already browsing plants or considering the property for an event, a stop at the u-pick rows could be a natural add-on rather than the sole reason for the trip.

Getting there

The address on file is 8345 S Barnards Rd, Canby, OR — no ZIP code was included in the record — in Clackamas County. The listed coordinates are an approximate estimate for that address rather than an individually geocoded point.

Bottom line

Morning Shade Farm gives you two things many other records in this dataset don’t: a specific, farm-stated end-of-September closing date, and a clear, small financial reason to pick your own apples instead of buying them pre-picked. The apple variety on offer carries an odd, unverified name, and the weekend-only Saturday-Sunday schedule means this trip needs planning around a narrower window than a daily-open orchard would. Call 503-651-2622 if you want to confirm the variety or check on remaining availability before the season closes.