The Brown family of Waterport, New York, has grown apples and other crops for more than 200 years on the same farm, located along Oak Orchard River that leads to Lake Ontario. The farm was established in 1895 when Harry and Pearl Brown began specializing in tree fruit production, selling their flock of sheep to buy quince trees. Later, they had what was reputed to be the world’s largest quince orchard, with more than 60 acres. By 1900, they were shipping apples to New York City and Europe in wooden barrels. Tree fruit was grown for processing in the 1940s […]