OUR STORY

It has been almost a century since great grandfather Leonard Ardiel first planted apple trees on the home farm.  He was succeeded by grandfather Fred who focused on expanding the orchards.  
His legacy has been perpetuated by his son John, along with his wife Lynda, and their sons Greg and Liam. They continue to grow the apple business and plant more orchards in the Beaver Valley.

Apple Tradition

Each generation of the Ardiel family has been committed to growing new varieties and adopting new planting techniques with a goal of producing the elusive “perfect orchard”. This propels the family to continue learning and experimenting and adopting new production techniques.  Sometimes taking a risk or two with new varieties is necessary as exemplified by the extremely successful Ambrosia, Gala, Fuji, Crispin and Honey Crisp varieties.

Cider Integrity

APPLES are grown in the Beaver Valley, Blue Mountains at the Ardiel family orchards. The region is known for its cool northerly climate where orchard farmers have been growing unique varieties of heritage apples for over a century. These crisp, tart, higher acid apples have been revered for eating or making delicious apples pies, more recently they are highly sought after to make classic traditional styles of cider with exciting flavour integrity: Varieties include Cortland, Ida Red, McIntosh, Russet, Spartan and Spy to name a few.

PEARS are all Ontario grown, the Bartlett pear grown in the Beaver Valley at the Ardiel home orchard farm and the Bosc and Cold Snap pears sourced from orchards in Niagara and Essex County.

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