Harvests Kimmel Orchard offers a variety of products made from its own orchard selections. Available year-round at the Apple Barn are apple and cherry cider, Farmer's Choice meats, jams, jellies, pies, apple doughnuts and caramel apples. These and other items are available at the produce market, gift shop, and for diners at the Apple Barn's Kimmel Kitchen.

Apple Harvest From August to November, the apple harvest is a busy time at Kimmel. More than twenty varieties are harvested and sold at the Apple Barn ready for eating, pie-baking or cider-pressing. Apples have been grown at Kimmel Orchard for nearly 80 years, and today the orchard's growing selection appeals to a wide variety of tastes and needs. Cherry Harvest Kimmel is home to one of the biggest cherry orchards in the tri-state area (Nebraska, Iowa and Missouri), and is renown for its pleasingly tart Montmorency variety of cherries that are particularly prized for pie baking.

Peach Harvest Tree ripened for freshness, Kimmel's peach selections provide a juicy treat for visitors between the busy cherry and apple seasons. Peach varieties, available from late July to late August, include Red Haven, Crest Haven and Loring.

Partners



The Kimmels championed the benefits of higher education, and in 1925 began work with the University to develop a research facility for alternative crops.

History



Richard P. Kimmel grew up in Nebraska City where he attended school and graduated in 1915. After high school, he attended Cornell College in Mount Vernon.

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The study and development of agricultural-related tourism is an important focus of the Kimmel Education and Research Center (KERC) at Kimmel Orchard.

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