I love fruit picking ! There are many advantages to it.
Strawberries are my favorite to pick - although we've gone apple picking as well.
Fresh fruit are ripe for the picking. Produce from  fruit can often be found in country shops.
We have a small shop down the road that sells all sorts of fresh fruit.  I especially like it when they have watermelons.
I love in Washington.. where a majority of the apples from the trees are made into apple cider.