Producer
Vintage Virginia Apples
Address: 2425 Rural Ridge Ln North Garden,, VA, 22959
Phone: 434-806-6627
About Us
Vintage Virginia apples is a specialty orchard comprised of 200 plus cultivars of both heirloom and hybrid varieties located in North Garden, Virginia. They also sell fruit trees including apple, pear and peach, make cider and teach classes.
"The fruit tree collection at Rural Ridge began as many home orchards do--as a hobby. After buying the property in 1986, Bud Shelton, the family patriarch, started a large garden and began looking at other agricultural possibilities for the land.
In 1992, Charlotte Shelton, now CEO of Vintage Virginia Apples and Albemarle Ciderworks, attended a tasting of rare and heirloom apples at Thomas Jefferson's Monticello. There she visited with Tom Burford, an old family friend and connection from Amherst county, a celebrated nurseryman and apple expert. With Tom's guidance, and the collective talents and energy of the Shelton family, the orchard grew to encompass the 200-plus cultivars growing here today."
"The fruit tree collection at Rural Ridge began as many home orchards do--as a hobby. After buying the property in 1986, Bud Shelton, the family patriarch, started a large garden and began looking at other agricultural possibilities for the land.
In 1992, Charlotte Shelton, now CEO of Vintage Virginia Apples and Albemarle Ciderworks, attended a tasting of rare and heirloom apples at Thomas Jefferson's Monticello. There she visited with Tom Burford, an old family friend and connection from Amherst county, a celebrated nurseryman and apple expert. With Tom's guidance, and the collective talents and energy of the Shelton family, the orchard grew to encompass the 200-plus cultivars growing here today."