Opening Day: Friday, May 12, 2023
Open Monday – Saturday 9 – 5 pm
Closed Sunday
Closing Day:
Saturday, October 28, 2023
Back in the early 1900’s Anders Seaquist planted his first cherry trees and discovered that Door County has a unique way to nurture and grow these particular trees. In the 1960’s, they expanded acreage to 100 acres of cherries and apples. In 1983 Dale and Jim formed a partnership and doubled the acreage to 200 acres. At that time the focus became more on the tart cherries, less on other fruit. From the 1990’s to present day has brought the largest changes with planting new orchards every year since then.
Today the farm consists of approximately 1,000 acres of tart cherries and over 50 acres of apples and sweet cherries. In an average year the farm can produce about 6 million pounds of cherries.
Our Cherries
Although we have a small acreage of sweet cherries, we grow mostly Montmorency Tart cherries. These cherries pack some great health benefits, including improving sleep, easing soreness post work-out or for arthritis and gout, and it also reduces risk of heart disease. These are the cherries that you typically see in cherry pie filling, dried and in juices.
One of our most asked questions is how do we harvest them?
Cherries were hand-picked. We now use machine harvesters to shake the trees. Cherry season lasts only a few weeks and it is extremely important to remove the fruit at its peak ripeness. This is where Jim and Zach are experts at knowing exactly which order to shake each orchard. The fruit is shaken off the tree in about 3 seconds, caught in a “catching frame”, and stored in a tank of cold water. These tanks get delivered to the processing plant.
Our Apples
We have about 30 varieties of apples that we sell at our farm market and press into apple cider. Our largest acreage and number one variety is the Honeycrisp. These trees, unlike cherry trees, are dwarf trees and are planted “high density”. Unlike cherries which can be machine harvested, apples need to be gently handpicked. We have an excellent crew who spend all fall picking apples!
Different varieties are grown for many different uses. This is a question we most frequently get asked, so we have created a table that helps you know when each of our fruits are ripe and their best uses.
Opening Day: Thursday, May 4, 2023
Open Monday – Saturday 9 – 5 pm
Closed Sunday
Closing Day:
Saturday, October 28, 2023
Summer Hours
Monday – Saturday: 9am-5pm
Sunday: Closed
Now Open Monday – Saturday
Closed Sundays
Fall Hours
Thursday – Tuesday: 9am-5pm
Wednesday: Closed
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