About Phillips Orchards & Cider Mill
Our History
Our History
Our History
Our family has been growing fruit on this land since 1852. Originally the farm included cows, sheep, chickens, hay, and grain along with the first apple orchard. That first apple orchard included Northern Spy, Baldwin, Snow, Tolman Sweet, Steele Red, and Rhode Island Greening apples. Over the years we've also grown peaches, tart cher
Our family has been growing fruit on this land since 1852. Originally the farm included cows, sheep, chickens, hay, and grain along with the first apple orchard. That first apple orchard included Northern Spy, Baldwin, Snow, Tolman Sweet, Steele Red, and Rhode Island Greening apples. Over the years we've also grown peaches, tart cherries, sweet cherries, plums, pears, strawberries, raspberries, pumpkins, squash, watermelons, cantaloupe and more.
Over time, we focused more and more on apples
Our Process
Our History
Our History
We use a traditional rack and cloth cider press to make our cider. It's more labor intensive, however it produces the finest quality cider. Nothing is added or taken away, just freshly pressed juice, kept cold for your enjoyment.
We press cider 6-8 months of the year. During that time we also freeze thousands of gallons of cider and w
We use a traditional rack and cloth cider press to make our cider. It's more labor intensive, however it produces the finest quality cider. Nothing is added or taken away, just freshly pressed juice, kept cold for your enjoyment.
We press cider 6-8 months of the year. During that time we also freeze thousands of gallons of cider and we sell that during the 4-6 months each year when we aren't pressing.
Our Orchard
Our History
Our Orchard
In 1852, when Parmer Phillips settled our farm, this was the frontier. He chose a spot on the north slope of a ridge of land, with the Maple River running through the north edge of the farm. An orchard was started immediately, and over time it became clear that he had selected great fruit growing land. We currently grow 34 varieties of apples to use in making our ciders.
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