Berries & small fruit
Across the U.S., cherries ripen from California (early May) all the way to Wisconsin (mid-July). Hatched chalk is the early and late shoulder; the solid stretch is peak.
No chalk window in these states — no meaningful market production, so we'd rather say so than invent dates. Each page says where the supply really comes from.
Pick with stems attached and keep buckets shallow — stemless cherries weep and need eating within a day.
Time the trip with the u-pick planner — it builds in the two-weeks-either-side honesty.
It depends where you stand. Across the U.S., cherries ripen from California (early May) all the way to Wisconsin (mid-July). In most growing states the peak lands around June — your own state's row on the board above is the honest answer.
Washington, where the season runs early June to mid-August. Long seasons usually mean a big state with more than one growing region inside it.
Pick your state on the what's-in-season board (it remembers you), or jump to your state's row above — each one links to the full cherry-and-state page.