About the Farm
The 50 acres of apple and pear orchards on the farm's 205 acre property not only provide a scenic foreground for the stunning landscapes of Mt. Hood, Mt. Adams, and Mt. Rainier, but also offer an insider's view of a working farm that grows 87 varieties of apples, pears and quince. The 7o varieties of apples are grown on dwarfing root stocks and planted 3 feet apart in a tall slender spindle trellised system. John has grafted and made many of the thousands of trees, and his grafting hands are immortalized by Getty Images in their library of stock photos.
Brady and John were pioneers in the organic movement and Mt. Hood Organic Farms was the first certified organic commercial orchard in the state of Oregon. The farm is also a Demeter certified Biodynamic® farm, which is considered natural land stewardship at its best. It is the highest paradigm of sustainable farming, offering one of the smallest carbon footprints of any agricultural method. Biodynamic® farmers work in cooperation with nature's rhythms, using organic, holistic methods to create a self-contained, self-sustaining ecosystem, while producing the most vital food available.
The farm is set against a magnificent natural backdrop where all manner of wildlife abounds, and hawks, eagles, and osprey circle above. The landscape has been gently and artfully sculpted to create open fields, ponds, a lake, and a myriad of gardens and wildflower insectaries that provide food for bees and habitat for beneficial insects to help control harmful pests. Compost teas and BD preparations are regularly used to aid in the health of the orchard.
Fruit Sales
It's the beginning of harvest at the farm, and we're always excited to share our fabulous array of delicious specialty apples and pears with you.
- Fruit sales begin at the farm on October 3rd and continue until we are out of fruit. Due to weddings on the weekends, we are closed until then. Call for special requests during the week.
- Hours: 10 am – 5 pm daily until mid-November. Call for weekend hours after mid-November when we break down the fruit stand and just have fruit in the cooler.
- All pears are $2.00/lb, with two exceptions (Warren and Passe Crassane @ $3.00/lb).
- Most apples are $2.50/lb with a few exceptions that will be a bit higher or lower (e.g. Mountain Rose @ $4.00/lb and Galas @ $2.00/lb).
- Processing grade fruit is $.75/lb.
Available As Harvested (only those varieties with an asterisk)
- Pristine Apples: $1.50/lb
- Gravenstein Apples: $2.50/lb #1 grade
- Red Bartletts: $2.00/lb
- Honeycrisp: $3.50/lb
- Swiss Gourmet: $3.00/lb
- Elstar: $2.50/lb
- Rubinettes: $2.50/lb
- Jonagolds: $2.50/lb
- Empire: $2.50/lb
- Cortland: $2.50/lb
- Fiesta: $2.50/lb
- Ribston Pippin: $2.50/lb
- Mountain Rose: $4.00/lb
- Spitzenberg: $2.50/lb
- Ashmead's Kernal: $2.50/lb
- Cox's Orange Pippin: $2.50/lb
- Corail Apples: $2.50/lb
- Ambrosia: $2.50/lb
- Macoun: $2.50/lb
- Starkrimson Pears: 2.00/lb #1 grade
- D'Anjou: $2.00/lb
- Galas: $2.00/lb
- Cascade Pears: $2.00/lb
- Comice Pears: $3.00/lb
- Passe Crassane Pears: $3.00/lb
- Canal Red Pears: $2.00/lb
- Warren Pears: $3.00/lb
- Bosc
- Please drive slowly.
- Please leave your pets at home or in the car (no leashed dogs) because we have our own pets out and about on the farm and one doesn’t like other dogs.
- Please don't call for pricing.
- We are not a U-Pick farm.
- Please remember to bring cash or checks only. We do not take credit cards.
- We are closed to the public the rest of the season, except from October through January (see Fruit Sales section above for some exceptions).
Farm Policies
Apple Varieties
| Ambrosia | Arkansas Black | Ashmead Kernal/dual purpose |
| Bramley’s Seedling/dual purpose | Calville Blanc d’Hiver/dual purpose | Candycrisp |
| Corail | Cox Orange Pippin/dual purpose | Crispin/dual purpose |
| Criterion | Elstar | Empire |
| Enterprise | Fiesta | Gala |
| Golden Russet | Grimes Golden/dual purpose | Honeycrisp |
| Hudson’s Golden Gem/dual purpose | Idared | Indian Summer |
| Jonagold | Kidd’s Orange Red/dual purpose | Macoun |
| Madeline | Maiden’s Blush/dual purpose | Mollies Delicious |
| Mountain Rose | Newtown Pippin/dual purpose | Pomme Gris/dual purpose |
| Pristine | Red Cortland/dual purpose | Red Gravenstein/dual purpose |
| Reine de Reinettes/dual purpose | Ribston Pippin/dual purpose | Rubinette |
| Spitzenberg/dual purpose | Splendor | St. Edmund’s Russet/dual purpose |
| Swaar/dual purpose | Sweet Coppin/dual purpose | Swiss Gourmet |
Cider Varieties
| Bitter Pew | Bramtot | Brown’s |
| Bulmer’s Norman | Cap of Liberty | Chisel Jersey |
| Dabinette | Domaines | Ellis Bitter |
| Frequin Rouge | Harrison | Harry Master’s Jersey |
| Karmine de Sonjaville | Kermerrien | Kingston Black |
| Medaille d’Or | Michelin | Muscat de Bernay |
| Muscat de Dieppe | Nehou | Porter’s Perfection |
| Redfield | Roxbury Russet | Shavel Sharp |
| Sommerset Redstreak | Tom Putt | Tremblett’s Bitter |
| Yarlington Mill |
Crab Apple Varieties
| Chestnut | Hewe’s |
| Red Giant Cider | Whitney |
| Wickson | Niedzwetzkyana |
