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Firefly's Young Fruit Orchard

Fruit at Firefly Farm

North Carolina peaches

 

Apples, cherries, peaches, pears, oh my!

We grow time tested heirloom varieties that are well adapted to our region. Some of the trees in our young orchard have begun bearing fruit and we look forward to increasing our offerings in the future. Each autumn we have young apple trees for sale that are grafted from the varieties that we grow. Contact us by April 1 to order a specific variety (pre-payment required).

Apple varieties (Available August through December):

Summer- Duchess of Oldenburg, May Reid, Summer Rambo

Fall: Blacktwig, Buckingham, Cox’s Orange Pippin, Esopus Spitzenburg, Keener Seedling, King David, King Luscious, Kinnaird’s Choice, Macoun, Magnum Bonum, Opalescent, Pomme Gris, Stayman Winesap, Virginia Beauty

Winter: Ashmead’s Kernel, Baldwin, Ida Red, Newtown Pippin, Roxbury Russet, Westfield-Seek-No-Further, Winesap

Peach varieties (Available July and August): Challenger, Garnet Beauty, Hale Haven, Madison, Red Haven

Pear varieties (Not available in 2011): Dana Hovey, Sekel

"Repast by the River": Firefly Farm Dinner 2012September 6th, 2012

Join us on Sunday, September 9th at 5PM for our annual on-farm dinner.  We set up a large tent in our pasture along the river and serve a multi-course dinner complete with hors d'ouevres, wine,&n

2012 ASAP Farm Tour (Sept. 22-23)July 25th, 2012

This year's ASAP (Appalachian Sustainable Agriculture Project) Family Farm Tour will take place on Saturday, Sept. 22 and Sunday, Sept. 23. Come visit the mountains and tour several participating farm

New Slideshow: Pastured Devon cattleJuly 12th, 2012

Click here to view the slideshow.

Grafted Heirloom Apple trees

Call to order your grafted heirloom fruit tree. Grafts are from our heirloom orchard scion wood. Call Scott at the farm for more information.