Quick Facts
- We are one of the longest continually-operating orchards in the entire state of VT.
- The current owner, Bill Suhr, purchased this orchard in 1998 when he was 27 years old, with the help of the Vermont Land Trust.
- We have 300 planted acres of fruit trees.
- Our farm is almost entirely solar powered!
- All of our fruit is either ecologically grown and third-party certified by the IPM institute or organically-grown and certified by VOF
- 100,000+ bushels of ecologically grown apples are typically harvested in a season.
- We deliver fresh fruit and farm goods all over VT and in parts of MA, Upstate NY, & NYC
- We employ over 35 full-time staff, plus a crew of ~50 Jamaicans that return seasonally.
- In 2020, we acquired the neighboring Douglas Orchards in Shoreham.
Fruit:
146 varieties of Apples (and counting)
23 varieties of Pears (Asian & European)
15 varieties of Plums (Summer & Fall)
9 varieties of Cherries (Sweet & Tart)
17 varieties of Peaches
6 varieties of Nectarines
2 varieties of Apricots
12 varieties of Raspberries (Red, Gold & Black)
2 varieties of Blackberries
2 varieties of Elderberries
2 varieties of Currants (Red & White)
3 varieties of Medlar
6 varieties of Quince
(more details on fruit HERE)
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