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In the spring of 2022, we planted over 600 dwarf apple trees in 8 rows in what had been a small hay field. We also grafted 1100 dwarf apple trees that winter that we planted the following spring, in 2023. Fireblight, unsuccessful grafts and other infestations have taken their toll, but this fall (2025), we will have our first harvest from our cider apple orchard.

There are twenty varieties of apples in this orchard, with a total of over 1700 trees, some planted four feet apart, most planted three feet apart. Many are too bitter to eat, others are some of the best eating apples there are, but all make good or excellent hard cider. The purpose of the orchard is to provide the best cider apples that can be grown in West Virginia to West Virginia’s growing hard cider industry.

With a total of three small orchards on about 3-1/2 acres containing about 2500 trees, we think our apple farm is one of the most unique in West Virginia. Nestled in the high mountain meadows of northern Webster County, there is no place that compares to it.

Our hard cider varieties are too numerous to list, but Ashmead’s Kernel, Golden Russett, Black Twig, Spitzenburg, Goldrush and King David make up the bulk of them, with some Black Limbertwig, Newtown Pippin, Foxwhelp, Harrison and York, plus some others, thrown in for good measure.

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