Three buildings on the farm survive from this era - the farmhouse, the equipment shed and the red barn.įor many years this orchard was known as the Van Buren Farm. In 1932, Barent sold a 42-acre section of this farm another Van Buren family, Harry and Edwina Van Buren, who grew apples on the land for another two decades. In the 1920s, the land between Route 9 and State Farm Road, currently our Home Farm and State Farm orchards, belonged to a fruit farmer named Barent Van Buren. This is nearly the precise location of present-day Golden Harvest, which shows that apple farms have existed in our immediate vicinity at least as early as the 1870s. The climate and soil composition is especially good for growing apples, especially in Columbia County, where the largest apple farm in the US was located in the 1800s, according to historical sources.Ī bird's-eye view of Valatie from 1881 shows a large, full-grown apple orchard located just to the north, along the New York - Albany Road (now U.S. The apple orchards of the upper Hudson Valley are some of the most productive in the world, and have a history that goes back hundreds of years. Taxes, fees not included for deals content.Golden Harvest was established in the 1950s, but the story of apples growing on our land goes back much further. If you have any questions or suggestions regarding this matter, you are welcome to contact our customer support team.īusinessYab is not a booking agent, and does not charge any service fees to users of our site.īusinessYab is not responsible for content on external web sites. The brand names, logos, images and texts are the property of these third parties and their respective owners. BusinessYab cannot be held responsible or liable for the accuracy, correctness, usefulness or reliability of the data.
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