Producer
Vintage Virginia Apples
Address: 2425 Rural Ridge Ln North Garden, VA, 22959
Phone: 434-806-6627
About Us
"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."
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."