Category Archives: Growers

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Whittier Fruit Farm Whittier Fruit Farm was founded in 1974. Its production orchard, where SweeTango® apples are grown, is located

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Applewood Orchards, Inc. Walter E. Swindeman, Sr. planted his first apple trees near Deerfield, Michigan in what would become Applewood

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Pine Tree Orchard The first apple trees were planted on the shores of Pine Tree Lake in 1904. More than

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Gunnison Lakeshore Orchards Gunnison Lakeshore Orchards has been in operation since 1826, and currently is operated by the family’s sixth

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Pepin Heights Orchard, Inc. Owner Dennis Courtier’s parents first planted this land to apples in 1949. An excellent site and

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Wood Orchard Founded in 1955, Wood Orchard is operated by the second and third generations of the Wood family. The

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Tom K. Mathison Orchards, LLC Stemilt’s company roots trace back to 1893, when the first generation of the Mathison family