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Orchard
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“This orchard belongs to my mother, Mary Williams. We’ve been selling apples and peaches over seventy-five years, I guess,” proprietor Eddie Williams said.
“Both my parents were bom and raised in the county. My dad • his mother and his grandparents were here.”
“Farming is my livelihood, not my hobby... It’s the worst addiction anybody ever had, farming, worse than drinking or drugs, you name it,” opined Williams.
They have peaches still, including some Sunhighs if you’re in time. As the fall comes along, toward the end of September they make fresh cider twice a week, and will be open daily until November. Ohand if you have a big freezer, ask him about a fresh side of beef.
Williams raises beef cattle. He has a breeding herd, and sells feeder cattle- cattle that others buy, feed, raise and sell.
Jenkins’ Orchard, off Yancey Road, between Rt. 522 near Flint Hill and Rt. 231, is one of the more out of the way spots, but well worth looking for. The Jenkins name has been an essential part of the landscape of Rappahannock since the very beginning. On all the apple boxes you see stacked around the stand is printed the name Jerry Jenkins- the patriarch who founded these orchards in 1954. Ibday, Jenkins Orchards is still a family operation, run by the founder’s son James and grandson Jesse Jenkins. They have a large cold storage facility, so they can keep fruit a bit longer than some. Along with Bisco and Madison peaches,
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