Recently I've been devoting a good deal of thought and planning to having an orderly progression of fruit harvests through the summer. The situation here, in short, goes like this:

June - Berry crops
July 1-10 - Sour cherries (early)
July 10-20 - Gap; sometimes filled by early apricots but these bear irregularly
July 21-31 - Sour cherries (late)
July 26-mid Sept. - Plums
August 15 - Early apples (Zestar, Duchess)
September onward - Plenty of fruit, main crop apples and pears, grapes, etc.
October - late crop apples
November - January - apples from the fridge
February - frozen, dried, or canned fruit, or things trucked in from far away

Dates may be a little earlier for some of you in warmer climates.

I'm trying to figure out a reliable way to fix the "July gap," in essence, the time between the end of the strawberries and the beginning of the early plums. The sour cherries are a start and I may experiment with the new, hardy semi-sweet types. Beyond that, I don't know quite what to do, since apricots are unreliable at best here. I suppose some of the everbearing strawberries and raspberries would work but they're a lot of work to grow.

Thoughts?