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In 1961, Ben Bauman's son, Marion, purchased the business. Various plantings of dwarf and semi-dwarf trees were made over the years extending our offerings with peaches, plums, and sweet corn. A partnership was forming with sons Doug coming into the business in 1987 as sales manager, joined by Bill in 1990 as orchard manager. Their added experience and enthusiasm for the family business brought growth and expansion of the orchard. In 1991, an additional cold storage building was built which holds 17,000 bushels of apples. This allows us to offer apples to our customers for a longer season. As of 2003, the total acreage, in Rittman, is 117 acres. We have increased our apples trees to 20,000 spanning 25 different varieties. Our peach trees number 3,000, with at least 15 varieties; including white peaches and our most popular, Red Haven. See our orchard page for more information about our fruit orchard.
Our retail farm market in Rittman, is open all year round. We offer seasonal fruit, homemade pies, cookies and even gift baskets. See our farm market page to find out what is available. Scenic
Ridge Fruit Farm We stress a "Pick Your Own" operation at Scenic Ridge. We welcome all visitors to come and pick your fill of our fresh fruit and vegetable offerings. This seasonal market is open June through Mid-November. Find out more about Scenic Ridge. For more information, contact us at 330-925-6861 or email us at baumanoffice@neo.rr.com.
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Ben
Bauman started Bauman Orchards in 1929. It began with 20 acres, where
the house and storage building now are, and a 10-acre apple orchard, which
was originally planted in the 1900s. As the business grew, an additional
50 acres were purchased. In 1942, 50 acres were planted with apple trees.
We
press our own Cider from September through May. All cider is pasteurized
for the safety of our customers. Cider is sold wholesale and in our retail
market.