2013 Top Stone Fruit Growers

This list, which is part of American/Western Fruit Grower’s annual Top 100 Growers report, is ranked according to 2012 acreage for the below crops, and the farms must be owned or leased by one company that is responsible for maintaining it.

 

Rank	Company	Stone Fruit Grown	Total Stone Fruit Acreage	Total Acreage	2012 Rank
1	Gerawan Farming, CA	Peaches, Nectarines, Plums, Apricots	9,189	11,974	1
2	Wawona Packing Co. LLC, CA	Peaches, Apricots, Nectarines, Plums, Pluots, Cherries	6,700	6,700	2
3	Titan Farms, SC	Peaches	5,30	5,350	3
4	Sunwest Fruit, CA	Peaches, Plums, Nectarines, Apricots, Cherries	4,900	9,800	4
5	Family Tree Farms, CA	Peaches, Apricots, Nectarines, Plums, Prunes, Cherries	4,500	4,500	5
6	Sun Valley Packing, CA	Peaches, Nectarines, Apricots, Plums	4,259	4,651	9
7	Moonlight Companies, CA	Peaches, Plums, Pluots, Apricots, Cherries	3,995	5,430	6
8	Fowler Packing, CA	Peaches, Plums, Nectarines, Apricots, Cherries	3,900	3,900	7
9	Taylor Orchards, GA	Peaches	3,600	3,600	8
10	J.W. Yonce and Sons, SC	Peaches	3,200	3,200	10
11	Gebbers Farms, WA	Cherries	2,514	9,778	15
12	Cherry Bay Orchards, MI	Cherries	2,510	2,820	16
13	Dixie Belle Orchards, SC	Peaches	2,400	2,420	13
14	Lane Southern Orchards, GA	Peaches	2,300	5,300	11
15	Simonian Fruit, CA	Peaches, Nectarines, Plums	2,251	3,000	14
16	Orchard View Farms, Inc., OR	Cherries	2,040	2,094	17
17	Valley View Packing, CA	Prunes, Plums, Apricots	2,000	2,000	18
18	WMJ Farms, CA	Peaches, Plums, Nectarines	1,905	1,905	19
19	Stemilt Growers, WA	Cherries, Peaches, Apricots	1,720	11,364	20
20	McClaskey Orchards, OR	Cherries	1,577	1,577	n/a
21	Symms Fruit Ranch, ID	Peaches, Plums, Nectarines, Prunes, Apricots, Cherries	1,557	3,227	22
22	Cherry Ke, MI	Cherries	1,500	1,500	23
23	Pearson Farm, GA	Peaches	1,427	3,814	25
24	Broetje Orchards, WA	Cherries	1,400	6,500	24
24	Excelsior Farming, CA	Cherries	1,400	1,400	n/a