Ferma Fruct Brabova

One orchard, four fruits, grown and cared for in Dolj county.

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Our fruits taste the way fruits did when you were a child.

Grown on the hill at Brabova, picked when ripe and sent on while they are still fresh.

Our fruits

  • Cherries

    May — June

    The first we pick and the first to run out. They ripen all the way on the tree, and the skin splits if they stay a day longer, so their season is measured in days rather than weeks.

    Cherry leaves and ripe cherries, seen up close
    Ripe red cherries hanging in a cluster on the branch

    From the orchard, straight to you.

    They get eaten straight out of the crate, before anyone gets round to washing them. Anyone who grew up with a cherry tree in the yard knows the taste at once, which is why we never pick them early, however much easier that would be.

    Grown with care. Picked on time.

    1. May

    2. Start of the season

      The first ones take colour, but stay on the tree until they are fully ripe.

    3. Peak of the harvest

      Picked daily: the skin splits if they stay one more day.

    4. June

  • Apricots

    June — July

    We grow several modern varieties with firm flesh, a sweet taste and a full aroma. They do not all ripen at once: each variety comes good in turn, which stretches the picking season out naturally.

    A branch loaded with ripe apricots
    Ripe yellow and orange apricots on the branch

    Firm to the touch, full of aroma.

    When ripe, the fruits turn orange with a bright red blush. The flesh stays firm but sweet and deeply aromatic, and apricots hold their quality well both in transport and on the shelf.

    You know the ripe ones by their smell, before you taste them.

    1. June

    2. Ripening in stages

      Within any one variety, the apricots come ripe over seven to ten days.

    3. One variety after another

      As the picking of one variety ends, the next begins to ripen.

    4. July

  • Plums

    June — October

    They arrive with the bloom still on them, that fine dusty layer that rubs off the moment you touch it. It is the sign that nobody has handled them since picking. The first variety ripens at the end of June and the rest follow, one after another, until October.

    Ripe plums among the leaves of the tree
    Dark purple plums with their bloom, clustered on the branch

    With the bloom still on them.

    They ripen late and they keep well. Of the four, they are the only ones that take a long journey without going soft, and their sweetness only settles after a few days of rest.

    Late to ripen, long to keep.

    1. June

    2. The bloom forms

      The fine layer settles on the fruits and is never touched again.

    3. The main picking

      They take the journey to you without losing their firmness.

    4. October

  • Pears

    June — October

    They are picked firm and left to soften on their own for a few days at room temperature. That is the one part of the job we leave to whoever is going to eat them.

    Ripe pears among the leaves of the tree
    Yellow and red pears hanging in the tree

    Rich taste, deep aroma.

    They close the orchard year in October, when the other trees are already bare. You feel the juice from the first bite; if it does not run down your hand, they need another day.

    Picked firm. Ripened at your place.

    1. June

    2. The first varieties

      They come ripe in the last week of June, rich in taste and deep in aroma.

    3. The last varieties

      They close the pear season in October.

    4. October

The orchard, filmed from a drone, this spring.

Frequently asked questions

What people ask us most often after they have tasted the fruits.

  • Does the taste differ from one variety to another?

    It does. Every variety has its own taste and aroma, and the time it ripens makes a difference too. Varieties picked later spend longer in the sun and can carry a deeper aroma.

  • Are you sticking to just four kinds of fruits?

    No. We plan to extend the orchard by about ten hectares of sour cherries, peaches and nectarines.

  • Why do your fruits taste different?

    Our fruits are grown here, not imported, and treatments are only used when they are genuinely needed. We let them ripen on the tree and pick them when they are ready, not before their time. That is how they keep their taste and their aroma, and why they remind so many people of the fruits they ate as children.

  • Do you deliver outside Dolj county?

    Yes. We deliver across Dolj and the neighbouring counties, including Vâlcea, Gorj and Argeș, and to warehouses in Bucharest that distribute the fruits nationwide. We also work with businesses that want to bring our fruits closer to their own customers.

  • How do I recognise Ferma Fruct fruits in a shop?

    Every crate we deliver to a shop carries a label with our company details, the location of the farm and the variety of the fruits.