Heritage Apple & Pear Orchard

Heritage Tree fruit

Our orchard has an interesting variety of heirloom fruit trees. Warm Valley Farm started as a pear orchard, back in the fruit export heydays of the late 1890's. Our historic fruit barn was the holding space for hundreds crates of pears, until they could be sent by boat to the mainland. We still have over 61 fruit and nut trees, and plan to plant many more. Many hundreds of pounds of our wonderful apples were sold to Orcas Island Distillery and turned into award winning apple brandy and Eau De Vie.

OUR ORCHARD VARIETIES

Sheep Shed Pasture:

Satsuma Plum 1 tree planted 1974

Comice Pear 2 trees unknown planting date

Unknown Heirloom Pear 1 tree unknown planting date

UPPER ORCHARD:

Heirloom Bosc Pear 17 trees unknown planting date

Spartan 3 trees planted 1977

Red Oak 1 tree unknown planting date

HOME ORCHARD:

Semi-dwarf King Apple 1 tree planted 1963

Dwarf King Apple 1 tree planted 1963

Dwarf Gravenstein Apple 1 tree planted 1963

Anoka Early Apple (Gurney) 1 tree planted 1966

Pineapple Quince 2 trees planted 1966

Blue Elderberry bushes 2 bushes planted 1967

Butternut 1 tree planted 1971

Juneberry Bush 2 bushes planted 1968

West Field

Heirloom Bartlett Pear 3 trees unknown planting date

GRAPE VARIETALS

Interlaken 5 plants Seedless, good for raisins. A cross between Ontario/California Thompson crisp medium-sized fruit with a delightful aroma and refreshing tangy flavor.

Island Bell - 9 plants A concord type vine also known as Campbell Early, these are large black grapes with big clusters. Flavor is similar to concord, but sweeter and without the musky aftertaste.

Niagara 3 plants Is the leading green grape ,with large, slipskin berries, juicy with a strong foxy flavor.

Red Canadice 1 plant Bears medium-size, firm, red grapes that keep well on the vine. Seedless.

Suffolk Red 1 plant. Red, seedless, dessert variety. The large bunches are loose, the berries are crisp and tasty.

Lynden Blue 6 plants Large sweet dark blue seeded grapes that are excellent eaten fresh or for juice. It ripens in early October.

Red Reliance 2 plants A juicy, deep red grape that is flavor-packed. This variety is perfect for eating fresh or putting in fruit salads.

MIDDLE FIELD

Spitzenberg 1 tree planted 1978

Winesap 2 trees planted 1978

Black Mission Figs 3 trees planted 1969

Desert King figs 1 tree planted 1981

Flowering Crabapple 1 tree planted 1970

Wilston D'Anjou Pear 1 tree planted 1981

Wilson Seckel Pear 1 tree planted 1981

Bartlett Pear 1 tree unknown planting date

Heirloom D'Anjou Pear 1 tree unknown planting date

Heirloom Bing Cherry 1 tree planted 1972

Filbert Nut 14 trees planted 1976

Santa Rosa Plum 1 tree planted 1978

Shiro Plum (stark) 1 tree planted 1978

Santa Rosa Plum (stark) 2 tree planted 1978

Green Gage Plum 1 tree planted 1978

Satsuma Plum 1 tree planted 1979

Burbank Plum 1 tree planted 1981

Comice Pear 1 tree planted 1979

Mor Plum 1 tree planted 1979

Wilson Sprite Cherry Plum (freestone) 1 tree planted 1981

North Field

Heirloom Royal Ann Cherry 1 tree unknown planting date

Heirloom Black Tartarian Cherry 1 tree unknown planting date

Heirloom Bing Cherry 1 tree unknown planting date

Heirloom Bartlett Pear 1 tree unknown planting date

Heirloom Filbert Trees 3 trees unknown planting date

Heirloom DuChilly Filbert 1 tree planted 1964

Barcelona Filbert 1 tree planted 1964

Shumaker Filbert 2 trees planted 196