Online Resources

Select Sources/Orchards with Information on Southern Apples

Southern Heritage Apple Orchard at Horne Creek Farm
Operated by:                                                      The North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources, Division of State Historic Sites
Web address: www.historicsites.nc.gov/all-sites/horne-creek-farm
Email address:

hornecreek@ncdcr.gov

Jason Bowen: Horticulturist, Southern Heritage Apple Orchard

jason.bowen@ncdcr.gov

Mailing address:

Southern Heritage Apple Orchard

c/o Horne Creek Farm

308 Horne Creek Farm Road

Pinnacle, NC 27043

Phone: (336) 325-2298
Albemarle Ciderworks & Vintage Virginia Apples
Owners: E. R. "Bud" & Mary Shelton Family
Web address: albemarleciderworks.com
Email address: fruit@albemarleciderworks.com
Mailing address:

P.O. Box 210

North Garden, VA 22959

Physical address:

2545 Rural Ridge Lane

North Garden, VA 22959

Phone: (434) 297-2326
Big Horse Creek Farm
Owners: Ron & Suzanne Joyner
Web address: oldapple@bighorsecreekfarm.com
Mailing address:

Ron and Suzanne Joyner

PO Box 70 1

Lansing, NC 28643

Century Farm Orchards
Owner: David Vernon                                  
Web address: centuryfarmorchards.com
Email address: david@centuryfarmorchards.com
Mailing address:

P.O. Box 271

Altamahaw, NC 27202

Physical address: Reidsville, NC 27320
Phone: (336) 349-5709
Foggy Ridge Apple - Foggy Ridge Cider
Owner: Diane Flynt                                   
Web address: foggyridgecider.com
Email address: dflynt7@gmail.com
Mailing address:

1328 Pineview Road

Dugspur, VA 24325

Kuffel Creek Apple Nursery
Owner: Kevin Hauser                               
Web address: kuffelcreek.com
Email address: apples@kuffelcreek.com
Mailing address:

P.O. Box 2663

Riverside, CA 92516-2663

Monticello
Organization:                         Thomas Jefferson Center for Historic Plants
Contact: Jessica Bryars, Assistant Manager of Nursery Operations
Web address: www.monticello.org
Email address: catalog@monticello.org
Mailing address:

P.O. Box 316

Charlottesville, VA 22902

Phone:

Nursery: Jessica Bryars - (434) 984-9818

General Info: (434) 984-9800

Botany and Horticulture Library, National Museum of Natural History
Operated by:                                                      Smithsonian Institution
Web address: library.si.edu/libraries/botany
Email address:

AskaLibrarian@si.edu

Mailing address:

10th St. & Constitution Ave., NW

Washington, DC 20560

Phone: (202) 633-1685
National Agricultural Library
Operated by:                                                      United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)
Web address: nal.usda.gov/main
Email address:

 

Mailing address:

10301 Baltimore Ave.

Beltsville, MD 20705

Phone: (301) 504-5755
National Plant Germplasm Repository for Apples
Operated by:                                                      USDA, Agricultural Research Service - Plant Genetic Resources Unit
Web address: www.ars.usda.gov
Email address:

Acting Curator for Apples & Cherries - Benjamin Gutierrez

ben.gutierrez@usda.gov

Mailing address:

Cornell University Experiment Station

630 W. N. St.

Geneva, NY 14556-0462

Phone: (315) 787-2439
Cornell Orchards
Operated by:                                                      Cornell University Agricultural Experiment Station
Web address: Cornell Orchards | Cornell University Agricultural Experiment Station
Email address:

orchards@cornell.edu

Farm Manager John J. Owens: jso43@cornell.edu

Mailing address:

709 Dryden Rd. (Rt. 366)

Ithaca, NY 14850

Phone: (607) 255-4542
American Pomological Society
Operated by:                                                      University of Pennsylvania
Web address: American Pomological Society – Established in 1848
Email address: aps@psu.edu
Mailing address:

103 Tyson Building

University Park

Pennsylvania 16802

Phone: (607) 255-4542
Seed Savers Exchange Fruit and Nut Inventory
Operated by:                                                      Seed Savers Exchange
Web address: seedsavers.org
Email address:

 

Mailing address:

3094 N. Winn Rd.

Decorah, IA 52101

Phone: (563) 382-5990
North Carolina Apple Growers Association, Inc.
Operated by:                                                      NC Apple Growers Association
Web address: NC Apple Growers Association
Email address:

 

Mailing address:

PO Box 58

Edneyville, NC 28727

Phone: (828) 685-3241
North Carolina Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services
Operated by:                                                      NC Department of Agriculture
Web address: www.ncagr.gov
Email address:

 

Mailing address:

1001 Mail Service Center

Raleigh, NC 27699-1001

Phone: (919) 707-3000
Kordick Family Farm
Operated by:                                                      Kordick Family Farm
Web address: Kordick Family Farm in North Carolina
Email address:

cheers@kordickfamilyfarm.com

Mailing address:

1259 Joyce Acres Rd.

Mt Airy, NC 27030

Phone: (336) 351-5186

 

Other Websites

orangepippin.com  Contains information on over 700 apple varieties as well as other fruit trees. Orchard and fruit tree registry.

applename.com This page is in its infancy, but may be able to help identify apple varieties

NAFEX – North American Fruit Explorers

 

Articles

All Hail the Harrison: A Historic Apple Takes Root in Central Virginia. C-VILLE Weekly, Sep. 9, 2020 by Erika Howsare.

The Fatherland of Apples. Orion Magazine, by Gary Paul Nabhan.

Exploring the Origins of the Apple. Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History, May 27, 2019. 

The Heirloom Apple Orchard. The Jentsch Lab, Cornell University.