American and Western Fruit Grower’s 2014 Top Stone Fruit Growers

Posted by Christina Herrick|September 13, 2014

SunWest Fruit Company, profiled in American and Western Fruit Grower’s 2014 September/October cover story, also make this year’s Top 100 Report as one of the 25 largest stone fruit growers in the country. This list has been compiled for more than 25 years. Farms included on this list must be owned or leased by one company that is responsible for maintaining it.

2014 Top 100 Lists:

• • Nuts
  • Apples and Pears
  • Grapes

Rank	Company	Stone Fruit Grown Top Articles Read More Read More Read More Read More Read More A New Biopesticide in the Making To Fight Spotted Wing Drosophila	Total stone fruit Acreage	Total Acreage	2013 Rank
1	Gerawan Farming, CA	Peaches, Nectarines, Plums, Apricots	8,306	11,974	1
2	Wawona Packing Co. LLC, CA	Peaches, Apricots, Plums, Nectarines, Cherries, Pluots	6,700	6,700	2
3	Sunwest Fruit, CA	Peaches, Plums, Nectarines, Apricots, Cherries	4,900	9,800	4
4	Titan Farms, SC	Peaches	4,673	5,364	3
5	Family Tree Farms, CA	Peaches, Plums, Nectarines, Prunes, Apricots, Cherries	4,500	4,500	5
6	Moonlight Companies, CA	Peaches, Plums, Pluots, Apricots, Cherries	4,402	6,247	7
7	Sun Valley Packing, CA	Nectarines, Peaches, Plums, Apricots	4,299	4,951	6
8	Fowler Packing, CA	Peaches, Plums, Nectarines, Apricots, Cherries	3,900	3,900	8
9	J.W. Yonce and Sons, SC	Peaches	3,200	3,200	10
10	Taylor Orchards, GA	Peaches	3,000	3,000	9
11	Cherry Bay Orchards, MI	Cherries	2,510	2,820	12
12	Cherry Ke, MI	Cherries	2,500	3,000	22
13	Gebbers Farms, WA	Cherries	2,415	11,236	11
14	Dixie Belle Orchards, GA	Peaches	2,400	2,420	13
15	Lane Southern Orchards, GA	Peaches	2,300	5,000	14
16	Simonian Fruit Co., CA	Peaches, Nectarines, Plums	2,251	3,000	15
17	WMJ Farms, CA	Peaches, Plums, Nectarines	2,156	3,450	18
18	Valley View Packing, CA	Prunes, Plums, Apricots	2,000	2,000	17
19	Orchard View Farms, Inc., OR	Cherries	1,908	2,145	16
20	Stemilt Growers, WA	Cherries, Peaches, Apricots	1,720	11,364	19
21	Symms Fruit Ranch, ID	Peaches, Plums, Nectarines, Prunes, Apricots, Cherries	1,580	3,264	21
22	McClaskey Orchards, OR	Cherries	1,577	1,577	20
23	Pearson Farm, GA	Peaches	1,574	4,051	23
24 T	Broetje Orchards, WA	Cherries	1,400	6,500	24
24 T	Excelsior Farming, CA	Cherries	1,400	1,400	24

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