2012 Top 25 Apple/Pear Growers

This list, which is part of American/Western Fruit Grower’s annual Top 100 Growers report, is ranked according to 2011 acreage for the below crops, and the farms must be owned or leased by one company that is responsible for maintaining it.

Top Apple/PearGrowers

Rank	Company	Pome Fruit Grown	Total Pome Fruit Acreage	Total Acreage	2011Rank
1	Evans Fruit Co., WA	Apples	8,000	8,400	2
2	Gebbers Farms, WA	Apples, Pears	6,103	8,297	3
3	Stemilt Growers, WA	Apples	6,100	7,820	1
4	Borton and Sons, WA	Apples, Pears	5,670	5,670	4
5	Broetje Orchards, WA	Apples	5,000	6,500	5
6	Zirkle Fruit, WA	Apples	5,000	5,500	5
7	Hansen Fruit, WA	Apples, Pears	4,800	4,800	7
8	Naumes, Inc., OR	Pears	4,500	4,500	8
9	Fruit Hill Orchard, VA	Apples	3,472	3,479	9
10	Farmland Management Services, CA	Apples	3,145	31,788	n/a
11	Quincy Valley Orchards, WA	Apples	3,000	3,050	10
12	Fowler Brothers, NY	Apples	2,750	2,755	11
13	Bowman Fruit Sales, LLC, VA	Apples, Pears	2,500	2,506	14
14	Washington Fruit and Produce, WA	Apples, Pears	2,500	2,900	13
15	McDougall & Sons, WA	Apples, Pears	2,248	2,621	15
16	Rivermaid Trading Co., CA	Pears	2,000	2,000	n/a
17	Mt. Adams Orchards, OR	Apples, Pears	1,850	1,850	16
18	Gilbert Orchards, OR	Apples	1,800	1,800	17
19	Auvil Fruit, WA	Apples	1,750	1,820	17
20	Bear Creek Orchards, OR	Pears	1,700	1,700	17
21	Symms Fruit Ranch, ID	Apples, Pears	1,517	3,224	20
22	Premiere Entities/Westchester Group, CA	Apples	1,500	17,000	24
23	Roche Fruit, WA	Apples	1,500	1,500	n/a
24	Taylor Orchards, WA	Apples, Pears	1,400	1,898	22
25	Forrence Orchards, NY	Apples	1,200	1,200	25